LAW ENFORCEMENT: Tactical Driving for LEO?

Tactical driving? We don’t got time for that crap! Dumb sumbitch!

If you asked me, the one thing that gets literally left to the curb in law enforcement training is tactical driving.

I have to speak from my personal experience as I know there are other agencies that do a lot more driving training than mine does (at least I hope). Our only training (qualification) is the Florida State Vehicle Operations Performance Evaluation. This involves backing in a box, swerve to avoid, slaloms, and some other things that I can’t even recall as it’s been a while. Then we “chase the rabbit” in the “pursuit” course which you have like 10 minutes to complete. I think the max speed we get up to is maybe 35 MPH if you’re a Mario Andretti kind of driver.

That’s it. No other driving training is offered. After a few times you could drive our course blindfolded. I find it strange that we train the least, on the thing we do the most; driving. Yeah, yeah, we do it every day so why would we need more training? What’s the big deal?

Well when I think of “tactical driving” I think of all things that would encompass it. I guess this comes from my time doing PSD work in the Army. Jumping curbs, J-turns, Bootlegs, and the topic which would make your Chief or Sheriff shit himself if he heard you mention it: Ramming.

My first real experience with tactical driving training came when I was a driver for the ADC-S (Assistant Division Commander-Support) First Cavalry Division. The Cav was gearing up for our deployment to Bosnia. The CG’s driver (who was also an MP) and I weaseled our way into the BSR (Bill Scott Racing (R.I.P.)) anti-terrorist evasive driving course.

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Hey bacon breath how many rounds you got?

Your new Chief, Sheriff, or Commissioner just bought you all new AR15 style rifles because the pumps were rusted shut on your 1970’s era shotguns. Everyone is excited on your first range day and can’t wait to get that perfect zero and dial in your optics (they did buy you optics right?). You zero in and do a few shooting drills, everyone is feeling great and ready to take on your local drug dealers.

You start gathering your gear and your crusty old range master hands you two magazines with 60 rounds and says go get em’ champ. He adds he was kicking ass with a six shooter when you were in diapers. Your dreams of thwarting the next al-Qaeda attack are gone and the realization that your local drug dealer still rocks more firepower than you has just set in.

This is pretty much what went through my mind when my agency let us carry AR’s. I must admit I was a little jaded as I had just left the Army and was used to carrying a “combat” load of ammo. I know your thinking here is another PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) victim thinking he’s back in Afghanistan but this is America man, simmer down.

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