Training complexity.

Time is not an infinite resource. It is also not “Always on your side.” as is often stated in law enforcement training and operations. Time is a finite, ever changing resource. One second you “have” time. The next second, you “have” no time. Here is a great article by Michael Musengo, Lon Bartel, and Lynn Westover discussing the issues of time in high stress, high consequence events.

Can the instructor and the learning environment they create positively or negatively affect the learner?

Yes and Yes.

It’s not a matter of if an officer will have to transition between weapon systems, it’s a matter of time. In the linked article, Lon Bartel and I discuss the importance of training weapon transitions.

How cost, quality, and time affect law enforcement training development.