“Next is the protocol and procedures of handling Psycept cases. I will make sure the retrainees know where all this information is housed and will have a scavenger hunt for them to navigate the system and answer specific questions. We have a new training category regarding PCSS and that will be instructed in full by Director Lowell. This ends the first two days of training.”
“That sounds great, Kaliska. Lt. Setimika and I look forward to being with you for the first week. Hopefully the two of us can corral the unit and you’ll show them that they don’t know everything about Psycept policework. Be sure to let us know if you have pushback from anyone, but our presence should discourage that.”
“Yes, thank you, Kaliska. Sully, you segued yourself right into the next topic. We’re going to talk about the morning materials of day three, which is to say the country of origin-specific training. Sully, the floor is yours.”
“Sure, Gray. Week one will be specific to the US. Jurisdiction; federal, state, and local police and their rankings; basic laws both criminal and civilian; evidence and witnesses. The training guide is uploaded to our shared site. I’ll be doing the training that morning with Kaliska and Sgt. Hototo as observers as they will be handling this for any new recruits. Sgt. Catori, Lt. Setimika, and Chief Yanaba will also be in attendance to learn the country’s specifics. Sheriff Helki and Sgt. Tamez will be spared as they know this information and helped me write the material.”
“I’ll be going over the particulars for Mexico on week two,” Sgt. Tamez takes up speaking. “The three major-Spanish speaking conservatorships are Cochise, Llano Estacado, and us. As neither CoCon nor Lla-Esta have Psycept communities, the bulk of Psycept cases from Mexico are handled by SWACon. Even if the petition happens to be claimed by a Psycept in another conservatorship, our police handle the investigative part as it’s in Spanish. Because of this, I’ll conduct the training in Spanish and the training materials are written in Spanish. Both Kaliska and Sgt. Hototo will observe my session, but the sergeant will take point for new hires due to his fluency in reading and writing Spanish since Kaliska feels less comfortable in Spanish literacy. As she is not the only person on SWACon that feels less comfortable in reading Spanish than speaking it, I’ve also provided an English language training manual for reference if ever needed.”
“I guess it’s time for me to discuss the third week” Sheriff Helki says. “I’ll be covering the cases that originate from Canada. Sgt. Catori will be the sergeant over this unit, but she’ll be learning the structure basically at the same time as her direct reports. Don’t worry about this, Catori. Canada is refreshingly easy in their structure as they have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that serve as federal, provincial, and municipal police in most instances. There are just a few exceptions that we will discuss. When the third week’s training is complete, we’ll have a fully trained and up-to-date Psycept Police Division, as we’ve envisioned.”
“Sheriff Helki, I want to commend your region and specifically the Psycept Police Division for taking on this tremendous task. After the training is complete and the new detectives and officers in place, this Division will have sixty detectives, one hundred and eighty officers, three sergeants, and one lieutenant. You will also soon work with over thirteen hundred Psycept Police consultants, by far the largest of the seven conservatorships. I look forward to bragging about this at our annual SWACon meeting and our Chiefs of Police gathering.”
“Thank you, Chief Yanaba. With that glowing praise, I feel that the last item discussing the detective training is a bit anticlimactic. Sergeant, if you will?”
“I appreciate the great setup, Gray,” Sgt. Hototo responds sarcastically. “As we heard, Wednesday morning is the country-specific information and after that concludes, the officers will be dismissed for the day. Detectives will return in the afternoon to have a session with me. For the retraining classes, this will be half professional interaction and half Q&A time. Other units or divisions have a clear separation of officer and detectives. Officers are out in the community interacting with the people they serve, and they report to the watch sergeant. Detectives investigate crimes and have their own detective sergeants they report to. They interact with officers, but usually only to gain information about the incident they have been called to investigate.
“The Psycept Police Division is different. The detectives have three officers on their team and provide direct task assignments. I am going to make sure that the existing detectives have the necessary soft skills to be team leaders. The detectives will now be working on cases with a multitude of Psycepts, before they had about twenty Psycepts they worked with. I want to make sure they can handle working with a variety of different people and personalities. The fourth week’s new detectives will be easier since I am developing their team leader skills and I’m not having to change the way they handle workload. I get to work with them from the ground up, as opposed to renovating an existing detective. New trainees will spend Thursday and Friday with traditional training. Detectives will learn investigative techniques and new officers will have practice scenarios with a final exam Friday afternoon. But for the retrainees, their session ends Wednesday.”
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