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As a reserve you may work 20 hours a week or 20 hours a month. How can you stay current? It’s a combination of training and experience. For the experience end of things, nothing beats working as many shifts as you can. If your schedule permits, work weekly. When you work the same day or days each week you stay fresh and the people who work with you come to know and rely on you. For training — there are many ways to get it.

Start with your own agency. Does it require quarterly firearms training and/or qualification but allow for monthly practice? If so, do it monthly! You can’t practice too much. The same applies to defensive tactics training. If it’s offered, take advantage of it as often as possible.
Does your agency have training at patrol briefings? If so, attend it. Do they offer it online? If so, check it out. If not, try to get it initiated. Many agencies are finding it more time and cost effective to offer training online or sent out by mass email. Not every sergeant or watch commander is well-versed in all topics. By having the resident experts put together presentations on their subject areas and distributing them by email, every officer gets the same quality training.

Your agency may require full-time officers to attend annual continuing professional training of some kind. It may not be required of reserve officers — but it should be. Attend that training if at all possible. Just as the military reserves attend periodic training, law enforcement reserves should do the same. Beg, borrow or buy your way into it.

 

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