Simon Rogers is a former member of Warwickshire Police. He commenced his career at Rugby and walked the beat for 3 years. He went on to join the traffic department. Simon decided that he wanted to be a firearms officer and commenced the application. However, he was unsuccessful at is first attempt but the following year he went on to pass his firearms course and become a firearms officer.
Having served for a period of time Simon was a safety training officer and was identified as a candidate to become a firearms instructor this process is particularly arduous and following an extensive training course Simon qualified. We discuss the scrutiny that officers go through when a firearms deployment results in the discharge of a weapon. During his time at Warwickshire 4 officers were shot during the training within the range.
Due to the strategic location of Warwickshire Simon and had significant links with West Midlands and would work closely with other forces in the region.
We discuss the responsibilities of police firearms officers and how they administer support to individuals who have been caught in the “Hot Zone”. Simon also explains the response following an incident where a weapon is discharged and the scrutiny officers face by the authority. We discuss officers handing in their firearms permits under the current climate.
Simon believes that the federation should take a greater lead in the welfare of firearms officers, and this should not be left to the PFOA.
Simon is a member of the Security Institute and has flourished as a business. His company Turret Training provides specialist training courses that support “strategic threat and risk assessment and harmonise emergency planning allied to UK national JESIP protocols to security professionals. Turret Training was shortlisted for the Outstanding Security Performance Awards and Security and Fire Excellence Awards and was the first company to be awarded the first-ever Approved Training Provider certificate from the prestigious Security Institute”.
There is a significant skills gap within the security industry. Many SIA members do not have the skill set to deal with significant trauma and this is frustrating to Simon.
Sir John Saunders recommended that security staff be trained do deal with trauma incidents specific to their deployment. The SIA have been directed to devise a plan.
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