<p><strong>POLICE ACADEMY</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Background Information:</strong><br />
An area Police Academy engaged Century to observe and diagnose their drivers training curriculum.</p>

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<p><strong>Problem:</strong><br />
Identify the level of risk associated iwth the cadet in regards to their driving once they graduate from the academy.</p>

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<p><strong>Process:</strong><br />
Assessments were administered prior to th exetensive driving instruction given to the cadets in May 2012. Post assessments were administered at a different location after the majority of the academy had been completed in August 2012.</p>

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<p><strong>Findings:</strong></p>

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	<li>30% of cadets had high order errors occur during their post assessments.</li>
	<li>Half of the cadets had dramatic increases in their level of risk.</li>
	<li>Headway scores were the lowest variable amongst both the pre and post assessments.</li>
	<li>Vehicle handling scores were consistent from the pre and post assessments.</li>
	<li>Some similarities did exist to other research administered in relationship to the effects of Task Loading on the driver.</li>
	<li>Additional data was exposed on the impact of fatigue and the level of risk with driving.</li>
	<li>The chane in venue of the route did not cause an impact on the scores for the group.</li>
	<li>Many issues still exist for those cades with significant Task Loading risk.</li>
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<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong><br />
From the results of the study we are able to state that the superman effect, as state by Dorn and Brown in 2003 (making sense of invulnerability at work&mdash;a qualitative study of police drivers), was present. Additional secondary factors still need to be examined. Future training involving secondary factors causing driver error should additionally be pursued.</p>