In the month of February 2007, the Lakeland Police Department hosted the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's First Responder Training Program at the Department's main station Community Room.
The First Responder Training Program is a three-day program designed to address the first response of law enforcement personnel to major incidents. The incident responses covered within this program ranged from criminal acts to natural disasters, with highlighted incidents such as the 9/11 attack upon the Pentagon.
This program utilized lessons learned from previous major incidents that have occured nationally. The after-action reports from many of these incidents identified specific areas of need and concern for law enforcement agencies.
The First Responder Training Program provided guidelines and resources that can be considered for future responses by law enforcement personnel to major incidents. Part of the training course allows participants to engage in table top exercises to develop and improve their responses to critical incidents and utilize the principals of the Incident Command System (ICS) in their responses.
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