Training

A training component is associated with each monthly meeting. The topics for training are developed by Auxiliary and OPD ranking staff. Some of the training topics have been:

- Policy and procedures

-Verbal Judo

-Use of force -CPR/First aid

-Foot patrol procedures

-Ethics

-Tornado awareness and procedures

-Crowd control

-Defensive driving skills

-CRT call-up procedures

-Crisis intervention

-Legal updates

-Hazardous material procedures

-Infectious diseases-Blood borne pathogens

-Drug Awareness

-DARE and GREAT programs

-Defensive Arrest Tactics

-OC use and procedures

-Gang activities and awareness

-Traffic direction

-Subject control

-OPD Chaplains program

AUXILIARY ACADEMY

Do largely to the efforts of Sgt. Jewell, an Auxiliary Academy training series of classes have been developed. The Auxiliary Academy program is designed to provide new recruits and current Auxiliary Officers with comprehensive instruction and information related to various law enforcement and public safety policies, procedures and techniques used by the Oshkosh Police Department. The goal is to further enable Auxiliary Police Officers to perform assigned tasks with a higher sense of overall awareness, understanding, discipline and confidence. The Auxiliary Academy program is to be more advanced than the typical training given at monthly meetings. Instruction will be designed and provided by the Oshkosh Police Department Training Staff. Training methods will use both lecture and hands-on techniques to insure that the skills presented are clearly understood by the trainees.