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Enforcement Reporting and Tracking System], and the cor-
rect use of citations and forms) has greatly improved since
the inception of Tier 2 and Tier 3.
Throughout 2013, DES received numerous interactive
customer evaluation (ICE) comments that directly related
to military police Soldiers' performance and profciency lev-
els or tasks ranging from directing traffc to responding to
calls for service. Approximately 12 percent of the comments
received were positive, but an overwhelming majority were
negative. Throughout 2014, the ICE comments dramatically
improved—approximately 50 percent of the comments re-
ceived for that year were positive. For the frst 8 months of
2015, approximately 55 percent of the ICE comments were
positive—a 5 percent increase over 2014. Although these
are nonstandard representative samples, the numbers are
somewhat indicative of the public perception of military po-
lice Soldiers conducting law enforcement duties.
Since the implementation of tier training, the battalion
has continually received positive feedback from senior lead-
ers throughout the installation, mostly commenting on the
increased professionalism seen in on-duty military police
Soldiers.
Way Ahead
Currently, the Tier 1 training is implemented on a
monthly basis, with the other tiers scheduled quarterly or
as needed based on demographics. The battalion is test-
ing a pilot program in which the tier courses are melded
together to create a police certifcation course. The goal of
the new course composition is to provide the newly arriv-
ing military police Soldiers/DACPs with the training needed
to effectively work law enforcement at their level. For in-
stance, a captain attending the entire course would complete
Tiers 1, 2, and 4 and be certifed to conduct military po-
lice duty offcer on-the-job training. The police certifcation
course is designed to be modular, allowing military police
Soldiers/DACPs who have already completed a portion of the
tier program to complete the required classes for the next
tier course. The goal is to create a more capable, profcient
military police Soldier/DACP at the end of the course. Once
the 2015–2016 population completes their tier courses, the
new certifcation course model will be solidifed and will be-
come the standard for police certifcation.
To address the lack of specialized instructors available
to the battalion, units are to semiannually send NCOs to
the specialized instructor courses to maintain two instruc-
tors for INIWIC, SFST, and radar/lidar courses based on
projected losses of current instructor staff.
A program to reinstitute Digital Training Management
System job books at the squad leader level is being imple-
mented in fscal year 2016. This program will allow units
to observe and record semiannual and annual training re-
quirements for their military police Soldiers, as directed by
the Provost Marshal General. In addition, the job books will
streamline the requirements and allow the critiques to be
completed in real time while the squad leader and military
police Soldier are on duty.
Conclusion
Before the implementation of the tiered police certifca-
tion system, the standard for police training and certifca-
tion was inconsistent and dependent on the SME and in-
structor populations of the military police companies at any
given time. The goal of the tier system is to standardize
training and provide DES with better-trained military police
Soldiers/DACPs who understand law enforcement concepts
and conduct themselves as police offcers on patrol. Great
strides have been made by focusing the training on law en-
forcement tasks identifed as lacking across the formation by
the units and DES senior leadership. Moving forward, the
battalion and DES continue to resource certifed instructor
schools, increase military police Soldier/DACP profciency,
and ensure the continuity of institutional knowledge with
the goal of ever improving police training and certifcations
at Fort Polk and across the Military Police Corps.
Endnote:
1
According to the New York Police Department, COMPSTAT
is a statistics-based policing model.
2
An Intoxilyzer calculates the alcohol concentration in a
breath sample.
DA Pamphlet 350-38, Standards in Training ,
6 October 2015.
Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 31, -
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