Week seven was filled with
action. Both Tuesday and Thursday we had firearms half the day and arrest
control the other half. The firearms class is a blast! 
So far everyone has made
great improvements on their shooting skills. With 44 recruits, the
level of shooting expertise is spread all across the board. The
instructors assure us that by the end of the academy we all will be
very good at shooting. I hope to make lots of improvements.
Arrest control has also been a
great deal of fun. This far into learning, we have worked on
different control holds, searching and handcuffing. All is beginning
to come together naturally. We are beginning to do the
tasks without having to think about them.
Report writing was a little more
intense this week, we had very good role players yelling and screaming at us.
We had to use what we have learned so far and command presence to control the
situation.
Tests continue to be difficult and the majority of my spare time
goes towards studying, shining my boots and getting my three different
bags together for the academy, which are my lunch bag, firearms and arrest control bag and my classroom
bag. I have had to establish a routine in order to stay on top of
everything.
Friday we had CPR and First Aid.
We had scenarios for First Aid rather than watching a four-hour video, which
was great. For the scenarios we teamed up with a partner and had to quickly
respond and react to the injured person and provide care. The practice skits
even included some uncooperative actors. 
I would like to give a shout out to Recruit Charloe for
winning a fitness competition. It
was a timed workout and Recruit Charloe got the fastest time. I don't remember
the exact workout but it was tough!
The reward was that he got to
pick the next workout. Let's just say his workout had most of the recruits
in pain.
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