EP 21 "Safe by Design” - Critical Aspects of Training Safety with Ken Murray

Effective law enforcement trainers know the critical importance of conducting force-on-force high-fidelity training. The ability to develop highly adaptable and resilient officers, capable of making excellent decisions during complex and rapidly unfolding events rests squarely on the effectiveness and ‘reality-based’ nature of their training. However, over the past year there has , yet again, been several incidents of training incidents in North America where functional and loaded firearms have been discharged during high-fidelity force on force training where only nonlethal training ammunition and non-live firearms should have been used. Many of these incidents were ‘near misses’ tragedy where was averted only because of luck, in some of these incidents trainees have been seriously injured, in some fatalities have  resulted.

In this timely interview, Trainers Bullpen host Dan Fraser talks with law enforcement training expert Ken Murray, Director of the Reality Based Training Association and author of Training at the Speed of Life , discusses the critical aspects of designing and implementing training that is “Safe by Design”.

This interview contains several important and practical take-aways that law enforcement trainers should be sure to implement in order to conduct safe scenario-based training.