“It wasn’t that bad at all,” Chris Sullivan with the Hearne Police Department said when asked about the first test.
Donny Ohana, a recruit with the Texas A&M Police Department added “It seemed easy when you first looked at the questions. But when we got the results, we missed more than we thought we would. For the most part, it wasn’t too bad.”
Sullivan and Ohana pretty much echoed the sentiments of the majority of the class.
The test is taken online on a system developed by TEEX’s Technology and Economic Development Division. It consisted of 100 multiple-choice questions and the students had 90 minutes to complete it. All the students get the same questions, but they are in random order as generated by the testing system.
“There’s usually quite a bit of nervousness going into the first exam,” Mr. Santo said. “The students don’t know how the questions are going to be and don’t know the test format. The results usually improve on the rest of the exams because they know how to prepare.”
There’s no rest for the weary in the Central Texas Police Academy. The cadets took the exams Wednesday afternoon, but they also covered some very important topics the remainder of the week.
“The info is non-stop and comes at them pretty fast,” Mr. Santo said.
But according to the recruits, the material is getting more interesting.
“All the stuff we learned in the first three weeks we’re beginning to apply,” Ohana said.
Early in the week, the students learned about force options. In a nutshell, when should an officer use force and what type of force is appropriate.
Force options range from the officer simply being present to the last option, deadly force.
The use of deadly force is a topic that usually hits the cadets with a load of realism.
“Some of the videos we saw were hard to watch,” Ohana said as his mood quickly turned serious. “It showed us that everything is serious out there. You can have 15 good years on the force and one day it could all end.”
“We show the cadets videos of scenarios of when and when not to use deadly force,” Mr. Santo said. “Officers get killed in some of them. They’re not pleasant to watch, but they’re important to see. We don’t want our students to make the same mistakes others have made. When they get out of here and start working, we want them to finish their shift and go home safely each night.”
Interesting tidbits:
More on testing … The number of questions on the exams correlate to the number of hours spent on each subject. If the class spends 40 hours on one subject and 20 hours on another, there will twice as many questions about the first subject … The software used to administer the exams also provides statistics about the exam, allowing for a meaningful and comprehensive review of trouble areas within the class … The tests are designed to mimic the state exam and in the last two years, 99% of Central Texas Police Academy graduates passed the state exam.
Thursday and Friday the cadets learned the ins-and-outs of family violence from Bryan Police Officer Cary Beason.
Donny Ohana, a recruit with the Texas A&M Police Department added “It seemed easy when you first looked at the questions. But when we got the results, we missed more than we thought we would. For the most part, it wasn’t too bad.”
Sullivan and Ohana pretty much echoed the sentiments of the majority of the class.
The test is taken online on a system developed by TEEX’s Technology and Economic Development Division. It consisted of 100 multiple-choice questions and the students had 90 minutes to complete it. All the students get the same questions, but they are in random order as generated by the testing system.
“There’s usually quite a bit of nervousness going into the first exam,” Mr. Santo said. “The students don’t know how the questions are going to be and don’t know the test format. The results usually improve on the rest of the exams because they know how to prepare.”
There’s no rest for the weary in the Central Texas Police Academy. The cadets took the exams Wednesday afternoon, but they also covered some very important topics the remainder of the week.
“The info is non-stop and comes at them pretty fast,” Mr. Santo said.
But according to the recruits, the material is getting more interesting.“All the stuff we learned in the first three weeks we’re beginning to apply,” Ohana said.
Early in the week, the students learned about force options. In a nutshell, when should an officer use force and what type of force is appropriate.
Force options range from the officer simply being present to the last option, deadly force.
The use of deadly force is a topic that usually hits the cadets with a load of realism.
“Some of the videos we saw were hard to watch,” Ohana said as his mood quickly turned serious. “It showed us that everything is serious out there. You can have 15 good years on the force and one day it could all end.”“We show the cadets videos of scenarios of when and when not to use deadly force,” Mr. Santo said. “Officers get killed in some of them. They’re not pleasant to watch, but they’re important to see. We don’t want our students to make the same mistakes others have made. When they get out of here and start working, we want them to finish their shift and go home safely each night.”
Interesting tidbits:
More on testing … The number of questions on the exams correlate to the number of hours spent on each subject. If the class spends 40 hours on one subject and 20 hours on another, there will twice as many questions about the first subject … The software used to administer the exams also provides statistics about the exam, allowing for a meaningful and comprehensive review of trouble areas within the class … The tests are designed to mimic the state exam and in the last two years, 99% of Central Texas Police Academy graduates passed the state exam.
Thursday and Friday the cadets learned the ins-and-outs of family violence from Bryan Police Officer Cary Beason. 
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