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SPD outlines training plan to meet state law mandate; department adds ICAT and 'SafeRep' restraint training
Summary
Captain Wheeler told the committee SPD will use reality‑based training, ICAT and a SafeRep-style control technique to meet the 24‑hour in‑person patrol tactics requirement by Jan. 1, 2028, and described a schedule of in‑person classes and online CJTC coursework.
Captain Wheeler, an SPD captain and former academy commander, briefed the committee on the department's training plan to meet the Law Enforcement and Community Safety Act (referred to in the meeting as ‘Litaxa’).
Wheeler said the department is running multi-day in‑service modules that combine reality‑based scenarios with instruction on constitutional policing, evidence collection and medical response, and that the city legal office (Andy Duggan) will lead constitutional‑policing training in the upcoming in‑service. He described a…
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