S2 E9 The Greatest Failure of Reality Based Training - Kelly Keith

Kelly Keith has 32 years Police experience.  He has served with the Winnipeg Police Service as a General Patrol Constable, Plain Clothes Detective and Undercover Drug Officer. He has also served with the Victoria Police Department as a General Patrol Constable and while employed with Victoria Police was seconded to the Justice Institute of British Columbia as a Sergeant in charge of Use of Force and Physical Training. He then served with Atlantic Police Academy as an Inspector in charge of Officer Safety, Use of Force, Physical Training, Communication Tactics and Tactical Firearms. Kelly is still an active Police Sergeant with the Ste Anne Police Service on a part time basis.

Kelly has extensive practical experience working the street and dealing with Use of Force from officer presence up to dealing with assaultive males with knives and handguns.

He has also taught instructors extensively in the United States and a handful of times Internationally in Use of Force related topics.

Kelly has testified in Use of Force related cases in various provinces within Canada and has been declared a Use of Force Expert for court purposes across Canada. Kelly has also done internal Use of Force related investigations in various provinces within Canada.

Kelly answers the questions:

What do you think is the number one thing most trainers get wrong when delivering reality based training?

What if the solution is not agreed on by instructors? if they are grey scenarios does that mean the solution is not black and white? 

Will the grey scenarios result in higher number of failures with students going through the training? 

Why do you think it is that instructors avoid these grey scenarios if there is so much advantage to them? 

and more!