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2 MILITARY POLICE . 19-15-1 Brigadier General Mark S. Spindler Chief, Military Police Corps Regiment, and Commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School Greetings! I hope that you relaxed and enjoyed the company of Family and friends over the recent holidays—you and your Families certainly earned it! In previous issues of Military Police, I discussed the frst two priorities for the Military Police Corps Regiment: leader development and force design and construct. 1, 2 The third, and fnal, priority that I would like to discuss is what we call the professionalization of . Frankly, I have never really liked the term professionalization because it seems to suggest that we suffer from a lack a professionalism—and nothing could be further from the truth! The term continued professionalization is probably a better one since we are referring to the enhancement of our law enforcement certifcation pro- gram to achieve compliance with a new Department of Defense (DOD) initiative for law enforcement standards and training within DOD. "Regardless of how much new training must be conducted at home stations, commanders will always be the sole certifying offcials for military police employed at our posts, camps, and stations— always!" Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5525.15, (LE) Standards and Training in the DOD, estab- lishes policy and assigns responsibilities for enhancing the quality of DOD law enforcement. It creates a body of DOD-wide standards for selecting, training, and employing law enforcement personnel within DOD. It also sets a new, heightened baseline standard for peace offcer certifcation within DOD law enforcement agencies. Incorporating these newly defned standards into our own military police certifcation program not only signifcantly improves our military occupational spe- cialty profciency, but also more closely aligns us with industry standards and accredited civilian police offcer training programs. The challenge in implementing this new instruction package at the U.S. Army Military Police School (USAMPS) is that it needs to be done within the limits of current training timelines and the confnes of resources that are already on hand. USAMPS staff members have diligently worked to prioritize training topics to make room for the stated DODI require- ments. We are committed to maximizing training at USAMPS in order to minimize the number of DODI tasks that must be trained and certifed within formations. However, we will not sell off our combat support training, which remains im- perative for full military police military occupational specialty qualifcation. Regardless of how much new training must be conducted at home stations, commanders will always be the sole certifying offcials for military police employed at our posts, camps, and stations—always! The implementation of DODI 5525.15 fnally provides military police Soldiers with recognized accreditation as peace offcers. This recognition will allow transition qualifcation requirements to be streamlined so that military police Soldiers can assume duties as civilian law enforcement offcials in many states. In this way, we improve the product departing from USAMPS, we preserve the commander's authority and responsibility for certifying our military police, and we promote Soldier for Life initiatives by better preparing our Soldiers for their lives after the Service. This is what professionalization is all about; it's a great news story! I look forward to the great achievements that surely lie ahead for our proud Regiment. Continue to take care of one another. Assist, Protect, Defend—to Preserve the Fighting Force! (continued on page 4)