Oak Park Heights Holds Back to Basics All-Staff Training Day

By Tina Payton

May 10 was a Back to Basics All-Staff Training Day at OPH. It was great to see how involved, interested, and dedicated the staff were to help prepare for this day which hasn't been done since pre-COVID. Back to Basics was a training day where we were able to touch on a few training opportunities in addition to our normal in-service training. The three breakout sessions were the WRAP, Offender Property, and a Medical Overview.

Thank you to Sergeant Dominic Casalenda and Officers Ethan Scheible, Isaac Antilla, and Christian Veith for the training they did with the WRAP. Many officers were able to get hands on training with placing their partner into the WRAP, in a safe manner.

Thank you to Sergeants Brian Louis and Brent Bune for having a fantastic overview/refresher on offender property pack-ups. Sgt. Louis and Sgt. Bune work in areas where they receive property pack-ups often and sometimes they are done incorrectly. This day was a great day for officers to have a review on it.

Thank you Officer Zina Siruk and Nurse Ally O'Brien for their medical class overview. Topics covered was Stop the Bleed, Circulation Checks, the medical gurney, and the STRYKER chair. Many props were brought in to make this a hands-on class.

Thank you to all the Instructors and Subject Matter Experts that made this a successful day.