Retirement of POST Continuing Education Coordinator
For training sponsors and law enforcement agencies,
It is with mixed emotions that I share this message with
you. After 42.5 years of public service, 37 in law enforcement, our Continuing Education Coordinator Bob
Hawkins is retiring. We were fortunate to have Bob as a part of the POST
team for the past 14 months. Bob also served as interim Assistant Executive Director. We are thrilled for
Bob and his family, but we will certainly miss him. Bob’s last day in the
office is February 26, 2021.
POST is currently in the process of filling both the
Assistant Executive Director position and the Continuing Education Coordinator
vacancy. During the temporary vacancy, please have your staff send any
continuing education documentation to POSTBoard.Continuing.Education-Rosters@state.mn.us.
We will review and approve the documentation as quickly as we
can. Our goal is to send you an approval letter, email
attachment, within 30 days of receiving the paperwork.
If you or one of
your staff members has questions regarding continuing education, please contact
Michelle Haggberg, 651 201-7786, Michelle.Haggberg@state.mn.us.
Thank you so much for your patience and understanding!
Erik Misselt
POST Executive Director
UPDATE February 3, 2021
From the Executive Director:
In an effort to be more transparent
and keep interested stakeholders informed, I am sending out
highlights/updates on POST Board activities as regularly as I can.
February
3, 2021:
Update
on complaint reporting and training database required by police reform
legislation
·
We have hired both a project manager and a
business analyst to lead the work with Benchmark Analytics who is the software
developer both for the complaint reporting and training database. In addition, Angie
Rohow, one of our Standards Coordinators, will be the lead POST staff member
for this project. They are currently working in earnest on requirements
gathering for the software development.
·
The timeline for this project is to have the
complaint reporting database developed and up and running by July 1, 2021 when
agencies are required by statute to begin reporting this data in real time.
More specifically:
o
Mid-January to mid-February: Requirements
gathering (case management & Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs))
o
Mid-February to end of April: System
configuration (POST and LEA side)
o
May to June: Analytics and reporting
configuration, training material creation, system testing, go live training.
o
July: Go live and support
·
The second phase of the project will run
during the second half of 2021 and will focus on the development of the
training tracking/assessment portion of the new mandates.
January
Board Meeting: The Board has already completed a number of
tasks such as approval of the new use of force policy and banning warrior
training. At its January meeting, the full Board took action on a number of remaining
items related to the police reform legislation, based upon recommendations from
the training committee:
·
Pre-Service
and In-Service Autism Training Learning Objectives (New)
·
Revised
Pre-Service Learning Objectives – Recommendation for change based on new
legislation
·
Revised
In-Service Use of Force Learning Objectives
Job
Task Analysis (JTA): One of the recommendations from the IADLEST
audit was to complete a new JTA for the position of police officer. The last
JTA was completed by POST in 2015 and best practices suggest that it is done
every five years. Among other things, a JTA provides guidance regarding the
requirements to perform a particular job and consequently also informs training
that should be conducted. I am exploring the possibility of partnering with one
or more of our academic institutions to conduct a thorough, updated JTA based
on best practices in the profession. I will be submitting a written description
of POST’s needs for this project to our academic partners soon.
Staffing
Update (POST positions related to the police reform bill)
·
The Assistant Executive Director: Posted
12/29/20 to 01/19/21
·
Continuing Education Coordinator: Posted
12/23/20 to 01/13/21
·
Standards Coordinator: Posting pending
·
Link to Careers page: http://www.mn.gov/careers
Ensuring Police Excellence and Improving Community Relations
Advisory Council
·
The Advisory Council’s next meeting is
February 19, 2021.
·
Here is the link to the agenda and to view
that meeting online:
https://dps.mn.gov/entity/post/meetings/Pages/advisory-council.aspx
POST
Board rules overhaul
·
The next meeting of the Advisory Committee on
POST Board Rules Overhaul is February 17, 2021.
·
Here is the link to the agenda and to view
that meeting online:
https://dps.mn.gov/entity/post/meetings/Pages/advisory-committee-post-board-rules-overhaul.aspx
Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any
questions about this information.
Erik Misselt
Executive Director
Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training
