2022 Indiana Mandates Training Survey Responses

Q1: What did you enjoy about the course?

• 2x speed adjustments
• 3rd year, always!
• a lot of information, but not overwhelming
• A positive representation of the value of SROs. Far too many officers still have a negative thought of SROs and the work they do.
• ability to complete at my one pace when not on calls
• Ability to complete at own pace
• Actual cases and body cam footage
• ALL of it. You guys are a hoot!  The narration of the British fighting video had me in tears!  That was hilarious, AND educational at the same time.  The methods you used to teach the subject matter is excellent; it’s “real” people doing real things. 
• All of it…superb job…the Explosives portion…Well done Chief
• All of the training was well presented
• ALL THE ADDISTIONAL RESOURCES YOU PROVIDE
• All the dry humor, it was fantastic.
• An informal atmosphere, a lot of thought provoking information on human trafficking
• answers to important issues
• Approach to topic was refreshing
• APS, Drug Addiction testimony, Domestic Viol and BB Path
• As always, the humor makes it less painful
• Autism awareness
• Availability of taking the courses
• Being able to complete all mandated courses in one class.
• Being able to complete it on my own time vs. sitting in a classroom setting
• Being able to do it on my own time where I can take breaks was nice
• Being able to do it on my time and from the comfort of my home.
• BJ and Soo always make some pretty darn stuff pretty tolerable to watch with their humor, knowledge and professionalism
• BJ and Soo are aware of the monotonous nature of mandated training and provide it in a pill that is relatively easy to swallow. The provide the effort to find the real world application that we might actually need in order to use the mandates in the field. Keep up the good work. (Also thank you BJ for passing me in my instructor development course this year!)
• BJ and Soo’s banter
• Bj speaking Chinese
• Bloopers
• Body cam examples of on scene investigations
• Body Cam footage from AMP search
• Bomb Disposal
• Bomb Threat Stand-Off Distance Chart
• Brave to leave and exurb to it
• Breaking the training blocks into manageable bits
• Bringing in experts in the field to speak on the topic
• Bringing in individuals from the community with real experience (addictions)
• broken up into short videos
• Can do it while in my car driving around.
• Can go at my own pace
• CIT
• Comedic relief made unbearable topics fun to watch
• COMIC RELIEF
• Continues to get better as you apply feedback
• Convivence
• Coroner McCord, the body cam video of the massage parlor investigation
• course load was divided up in manageable way.
• Covered the course material in a timely manner. Thanks for that!
• Covering all mandates in one location/program
• Darryl’s story
• defensive skills
• Detailed instructional videos.
• Didn’t have to travel for training
• different expert interviews – real footage
• different from last time!
• Different instructors than I’d seen before
• Different instructors this time and they were informative.
• Domestic Violence video
• Down to earth while delivering good info
• Driving that car like you stole it. Good stuff
• Each module had important information
• each section being broken up into smaller segments. BJ and Soo’s interactions. BJ’s jokes. Soo in the back of the car in EVO. Video of a search warrant on Human Trafficking. Great training this year.
• ease of access and some comedy components
• Ease of completing mandated courses
• Easy format, easy to use, enjoyable as much as training can be enjoyable
• Easy goin and Damn Good!
• easy to follow along, able to stop and re-watch portions for better understanding of topics covered.
• Easy to follow and navigate. Liked the conversational method
• Easy to follow, instructors were great
• Easy to listen to and not death by powerpoint
• Easy to take to get training hours
• emphasis that red dots on pistols are the way.
• Enjoyed all of the training courses including the pschomotor skills portions.
• Even though some of it is corny, the insertion of humor helps.
• Everything besides the survey
• Everything was really well presented but Psychomotor skills were fantastic!
• EVERYTHING, ESPECIALL THE CHIEF OF THE NAPPANEE P.D.
• everything! I actually paid attention this year
• Evo and firearms
• EVO and Physical Tactics
• Experienced speakers and the ability to stop and go at our leisure.
• Experts discussing the topics in a laid back enviornment.
• EXPLOSIVE SECTION
• Favorite thing was the “live action” of the Human Trafficking Search Warrant. It was very informative as to how that plays out and giving the students a look at something they had likely never seen before.
• Firearms instruction, wish my department would get red dots.
• Firearms Optics
• Firearms was really good and informative. Its hard to spice up the mandates.  You guys do an excellent job on keep it interesting even though the topics can me mind numbing. 
• FIREARMS/EVO
• First hand interviews of people within their field.
• Flexibility in how it was taken
• Flexibility of watching over period of time
• Funny responses
• Getting better every year
• Getting mandates without going to a class and at my leisure
• Getting to learn from all the Departments.
• Good information in a light-hearted presentation style
• GOOD REMINDERS ON THINGS WE MAY NOT EXPWERIENCE VERY OFTEN
• Great information. Very in depth. I really enjoyed the varying perspectives.
• Great refresher, the comedic parts keep you engaged.
• Great way to get mandates done quickly on my schedule.
• Having passionate people speaking on their subject matter.
• Having people talk with real experiences in the topic they are discussing.
• Having professionals talk about the mandates.
• Having the different instructors who are subject matter experts really added a good amount of information.
• Having the firefighter talk about his addiction & PTSD.
• Having the guest speakers
• Hazmat, pistol RDS.
• Highly intelligent instructors presenting good information
• How in depth the videos were and giving live examples
• how the course was made so everything that is taught is easily understood.
• HOW THE COURSES SHOWED REAL LIFE EVENTS
• How the instructors seem like every day people that you can relate to
• Human traffic was fantastic. Mental health folks put me to sleep.
• Human Trafficking lesson – nice application of body cam with informational subtitles
• Human trafficking-watching an actual operation was interesting and informative
• Humor and different instructors offering different perspectives from different agencies.
• Humor helps me get through the training. Thank you
• humor mixed the seriousness of the mandate topics
• Humor to liven the subject matter.
• I actually like your humor. And let’s face it, Soo is beautiful.
• I admit, I was going to do the “let it play in the background”, but found myself watching because it was informative and kept my attention.
• I always enjoy the relaxed but still informative approach you guys take in trainings. Other trainings, especially online, can get real stale and less effective.
• I APPRECIATE THAT THE COURSE IS ONLINE SO I CAN STOP IT WHEN NEEDED AND PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF
• I appreciate the light heartedness and conversational tone. The Human Trafficking segment was very intriguing.
• I appreciated that the instructors were taken from various different backgrounds and provided first hand examples.
• I appreciated the real video of the Trafficking segment.
• I do enjoy the subject matter experts talking, but also enjoyed the SW for the human trafficking section.
• I enjoy how interactive the courses were this year and inclusion of body cam footage.
• I enjoy the interactive training and how real they make it
• I enjoy the use of real world experts in their fields to improve student knowledge.
• I ENJOYED GETTING TO HEAR A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS W/ DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
• I enjoyed that this course was clearing made with Indiana in mind and used Indiana officers and videos.
• I enjoyed that you actually interviewed experts or people proficient in their fields and had them explain things instead of just providing reading material.
• I enjoyed the belly laughs from the fireman.
• I enjoyed the bodycam footage from the massage parlor. Real life events are much more helpful than just lectures.
• I enjoyed the complete package
• I enjoyed the defensive tactics drills & hand cuffing
• I enjoyed the entire course, the bits of humor definitely helped keep it from getting mundane.
• I enjoyed the firearms aspect. I learned a lot about red dots and am going to utilize the new target method shown for accuracy rhythm and speed
• I enjoyed the interviews, it made the training…real. People in my line of work really deal with the issues that ive always been told about. But rarely see in person.
• I enjoyed the Psychomotor section, you can never have enough training there. The bomb section was very neat too
• I enjoyed the Psychomotor skills this year. They seemed more realistic than previous years.
• I enjoyed the use of experts in each field being taught. Also the real live footage used(massage parlor).
• I got to smile and learn.
• I like how easy it is to follow along and able to access it at any time.
• I like that you traveled the state to find some of the best experts.
• I like the knowledge it gives and the fact that it makes me think
• I like the updated material
• I like Trains
• I like you out in different environments.
• I liked hearing about addiction from the firefighter.
• I liked how the videos were of people and not powerpoint slides
• I liked how you had fun making the videos, it wasn’t a monotone speaking.
• I liked listening to the Sheriff talking about his bomb tech knowledge
• I liked most of the Instructors and the side info
• I liked that it was funny
• I liked the information presented. It was definitely a different format from last year.
• I love having the refresher every year for stuff that we may not deal with very often.
• I prefer in person training
• I really enjoyed seeing the actual footage from a human trafficking case
• I really liked the Body camera perspective
• I thought the questions and answers were very helpful.
• I thought using bodycam footage and a real world investigation was great for the human trafficking section.
• I was able to complete it in my patrol vehicle
• I was just going to knock an hour of the training out tonight on my day off. I ended up doing all five hours.  It was very good and interesting 
• I’m done with the boring State Mandates
• in depth information such as boiling brake fluid…
• in-depth discussions on topics not typically covered
• Included humor and knowledge
• individuals from the fields of the topics instructed the specific topic.
• informative and wasn’t too dry like many online courses.
• Instruction delivered as if “talking shop”
• INSTRUCTORS ARE DOWN TO EARTH AND FUNNY
• Instructors do not take themselves too seriously
• instructors took what could of been boring courses and made them somewhat fun with humor when able to.
• Instructors were good, easy to follow
• Instructors were knowledgeable and focused on meaningful info
• instructors were passionate
• Instructors work directly in the field they were instructing
• Interaction with instructor’s made the training more enjoyable.
• Interviewing professionals in each topic
• Interviews with real practitioners of the various professional fields.
• Interviews with subject matter experts regarding the topics.
• It changed from last year in presentation
• It is a one stop shop for the mandates
• It is enjoyable to watch. Great information and commentary. 
• It was easy to follow along with, while being entertaining.
• It was easy to understand and relate with
• It was great that we could get all mandates completed in a short time period and they were very informative and a great refresher on many subject areas.
• It was informative while keeping it entertaining
• It was less boring than it was years ago.
• It was not so cut and dry. It was conversational and it was good to see that instead of mundane info
• It was simple to get everything done all at once. The instruction is from multiple different individuals.
• It was State Mandates, thats about it
• It was very well put together in a informative and linear format
• It’s easy to keep up and down to earth.
• It’s more down to earth instead of the old, script narrated videos
• Kept things informative with comic relief.
• KNOWLEDGE OF INSTRUCTOR AND SPEAKERS
• Knowledgeable instructors good content
• Knowlege on the various subject matter.
• laid back style
• Layout and broken up into sections
• Leaning new techniques
• Learning further about SIDS.
• Learning more about autism, and mental health.
• LEARNING NEW THINGS AND LEARNING MORE THINGS ABOUT TOPICS I ALREADY WAS FAMILIAR WITH
• learning new while instilling the old
• LEISURE OF TIME TO WORK ON IT
• length of courses
• light humor with necessary information and training
• Listening to BJ speaking what sounded like pretty fluent Chinese.
• Live on scene video footage
• Live Video from real investigations
• Love how it’s broken up into bites
• Making dry topics somewhat enjoyable to listen to.
• mandates completed all together in one day
• material is tough to get through but the presenters make it as easy and interesting as they can
• Mute feature!
• My favorite part is firearms training and human trafficking
• New camera angles in interviewing methods.
• New content from the coroner was very good
• New instructors with new experiences
• Not as redundant as other training
• Not just Death by PP
• Nothing specific, was just well put together
• Of course, the humor. Other than that, the demonstrations captured by multiple angles. Nice add!!
• old military training videos
• Old School Training
• Online training is easier to fit into a schedule then having to adjust a workday around a seminar.
• Overall expertise in the matter being taught
• T. SECTION
• people learning about autism
• Physical tactics and SUIDS
• Physical Tactics with Havert
• Pistol Optics
• PLAYFUL BANTER KEPT ME FROM SLEEPING
• Practical teaching by officer’s with experience
• Presenting material in an engaging manner.
• Pretty easy to follow, not painfully boring.
• Psychomotor Skills were very good. The raid at the Asian massage parlor was good. On the other subjects all I remember is blah blah blah blah.
• PT and EVOC
• Real examples were a better way to connect the materal to our job
• Real life experiences form instructors.
• Real life scenarios especially the human trafficking one, very interesting
• Real police officers instructing.
• Real warrant videos
• Real world speakers
• Realistic aspects… using information that we would ACTUALLY come across in our jobs
• Red dots on firearms
• Resources provided
• Seamless transition between videos.
• Serious and vital information presented in a light hearted manner
• Shively of course
• short and sweet
• shout out to fat boy bob
• Simple and easy to follow
• SMOOTHMESS
• Soo and how you strive to keep it interesting and relevant
• Soo in the car
• Soo totally ignoring anything BJ says
• Soo’s reaction in EVO!! Make her drive next year!
• Stayed comical during certain parts to keep you interested
• Straight forward, good questions, in depth answers that can be applied to what we do every day
• I like the fact that it changes year to year, and you guys to try to make it relevant to what we actually do as LE
• Subject matter experts sharing the information
• Subject specific instruction, animated instructors
• SUID training
• That the courses brought in officers and professionals that have worked in these specific topics
• That the instructors were well versed in their topics. They each seemed eager to share their knowledge. And of course the humor.
• That there were interviews and not just a powerpoint with information to stare at.
• That you can leave when you have to and come back to the training.
• That’s a hard question.
• The ability to complete all of the state mandates on one platform.
• The ability to stop and go to meet schedule and call response needs
• The actual body cam footage.
• The amount of different topics taught during this training.
• The amount of downloadable resources
• The amount of information covered.
• The Asian Massage Parlor
• The autism section
• The behind-the-scenes look at serving a search warrant on the massage parlor.
• The body cam footage of the human trafficking, the SID/SUIDS speaker was great, and just staring into Bens eyes. I mean I would pay for the course again just for that.
• The body cam footage was a nice variant from having speakers
• The breakup of information to avoid boredom
• The BWC video of the Human Trafficking search warrant
• The candor was a relief!
• The clever way you keep my attention
• The comedic relief makes getting through the mandates easier
• The comedic relief that made the training feel like it wasn’t droning on.
• The content was useful and no wasted time. Keep up the good work, you two are hilarious.
• The conversational/casual approach to the teaching. Usually training videos and instructors can seem robotic and dull.
• The course was laid back and not stressful but I was still able to learn things I did not know.
• The drugs and addiction portion, the first hand account from a first responder.
• The end part that wasn’t just people talking, but an actual investigation.
• The END! jk jk I like being able to do the training on my time line.
• The firefighter jokes.
• The focus on mental health and other important topics that aren’t usually covered in law enforcement.
• The freestyle in conversation. The unexpected comedy.
• The fun instructors making it interesting
• The guest instructors appear to really enjoy and care about the training
• The Hazmat training was the most interesting.
• The human traffic warrant was fantastic.
• THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SEARCH WARRANT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
• The human trafficking section because it was extremely interactive.
• The Human Trafficking section was very informative.
• The humor and content
• The humor and instructors with personality
• The humor and practical questions asked during interviews.
• The humor made it more entertaining
• The humor makes it easier to digest the material
• The humor that was added to a known to be dry training.
• The humor, the Nik Havert movie review was golden.
• The insight to human trafficking search warrants was excellent.
• The instructors knowledge of content.
• The instructors tended to be fun to watch, they had a passion that helps you to care about subjects that you may not have otherwise had an interest in.
• The instructors translated their knowledge to video format very effectively
• The instructors were informative and even taught me a thing or two. I thought that the Human trafficking portion was much more informative with how it was presented this year compared to last year.
• The lighthearted approach to serious training makes it easier to do
• The lightheartedness from the hosts.
• The manner in which it was presented.
• The material was entertaining and enjoyable.
• The Old training videos and the humor of the trainers
• The open easy going nature of the training, with very informative lessons.
• The option to rewind on subject matter
• The personal stories and experiences.
• The platform was very user friendly
• THE PLAYFUL BANTER KEPT ME FROM SLEEPING.
• The pre and post test
• The pre-tests to see what I knew or what I think I did
• The provided body camera footage and the interviews with people from different departments about their experience for the different topics.
• The real world application of the material
• The realisms of day to day operations.
• The relaxed feeling of it. Not making as dry as it is.
• The rub-a-dub-dub parlor video was really neat.
• The sarcasm
• The seamless transition in video to video
• The search warrant human trafficking videos.
• The section about human trafficking and explosives
• The simple, down to earth explanations make it easy to follow and stay focused on.
• The tests were short and straight forward
• The tone of all the training videos, how laid back yet educational it was.
• The Trafficking information. We had two massage parlors in Richmond several years ago.  We did surveillance and stopped “customers” leaving.  In the interview we would ask what happened and then use that information to apply for search warrants.  One of the effort was in combination with ICE-did not go well.  We had to wait for them to coordinate with other agencies. We also did a trash pull and found used condoms. 
• The training has been improving the last several years; I really enjoyed the presentation of the content, the humor, and the instructor selection. The list of resources for each module was also a nice touch. Overall, the training was actually helpful and I was not tempted to click, play, and walk away.
• The Upgraded Mics Were Great
• Their sense of humor
• There is a lot of beneficial information
• There was humor intermixed so it wasn’t completely dry.
• They really go into depth
• This course was better than last year. The instructors were great. It is always better to hear from the ones on the front line.
• This is a course that combines all mandated topics. Adds a few extra topics this year. Soo was great! Sorry BJ.
• This was one of the rare online courses that was actually entertaining.
• Travis shively
• Variety of instructors, addition of material beyond the “same old stuff”
• variety, comedy added to break up the dryness, real life videos
• Very qualified LEOs within smaller departments.
• Very useful information and actually legitimate examples
• Video is much better than an audio file or power point.
• Wasn’t just full of boring lecture. I liked the diversity of instructors/personalities.
• We don’t have to listen to Act Out
• While the info is required to be presented and can be “old news” to most, the presentation was given in a meaningful, and laid back manor that kept the viewers attention.
• yes because it’s my last one to do before I retire!!!!
• You guys asking alot of questions that don’t usually get ask and getting the real information in a response