Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy

Hosted by: The Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy

When:
July 16, 2019
Aug. 12, 2019
Sept. 16, 2019

Cost: $125 per individual

Where:
OPOTA Training Center
1960 U.S. Route 42 SW
London, OH 43140

Course Information:
Every year, officers engage in pursuits. The Precision Immobilization Technique, or PIT, is a way that allows officers to decide when and where to end a pursuit. Officers with the ability to perform this trained technique can have a huge benefit to departments and citizens in that jurisdiction. It is also a skill that can be lost if it is not used.

This one-day class will provide officers who have already completed PIT training, either through OPOTA or another agency, with an update and refresher of their PIT skills. Many officers were trained in a Ford Crown Victoria but are now driving different platforms in which they have never had the opportunity to practice or perform a PIT. This refresher course will feature Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles and Dodge Chargers that are equipped with training bumpers so that officers are able to practice in a vehicle more closely resembling what they drive now. The course will use exercises that officers may not have seen before that work on specific skills. as well as ample PIT opportunities on the OPOTA track, providing a more realistic experience. Driving basics (hand placement, eye placement, braking and acceleration) will be covered and practiced as well in conjunction with the practical exercises.

This course will be driving intensive and classroom time will be minimal.

Prerequisites: All participants must be PIT certified in order to attend this course.  

For more information: Please contact OPOTA registration at 740-845-2700 or 800-346-7682.