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Sunday, we checked into the DNR’s Ralph A. MacMullan Center, in Roscommon, the building and grounds that will be our home for the next eight weeks. After touring and getting familiar with the new surroundings, we moved into field training. We also practiced drill and ceremony formations for the Fallen Conservation Officers Memorial ceremony later in the week.
Photo caption: Recruits stand with their future peers during the Fallen Conservation Officers Ceremony, which takes place each year in May during National Police Week.
Monday morning physical training consisted of stretching and a formation run around the grounds of the RAM Center. Our Monday morning class covered conservation law, which focused on the meat and potatoes of what being a conservation officer will entail. We went through administrative rules, DNR compiled orders and other natural resource laws. The afternoon portion of class consisted of two scenarios in which we had to apply our general law enforcement and conservation law knowledge.
Tuesday’s physical training included flutter kicks, situps, lunges and side straddle hops, then a team-based exercise. Tuesday morning’s class started with a deep dive into Taser training, including its history and key technology. In the afternoon we reviewed Taser use-of-force footage and case law, and then took part in virtual reality Taser training.
During physical training Wednesday, we split into groups of three and ran 2 miles in step with our team, carried a log for five laps, and then together as a team accumulated 100 team squats with the log. We finished with log flips. Class instruction included hands-on drills with our Tasers, followed by written exams to test our Taser knowledge.
Our lessons for the week concluded with Taser certification and game processor and taxidermy inspections. In the afternoon, we participated in the DNR Law Enforcement Division’s Fallen Conservation Officers Memorial ceremony, during National Police Week. The memorial honors Michigan’s 17 COs who died in the line of duty or due to an incident that occurred while serving. The day is also about supporting those officers’ family members.
Every day is one day closer to our end goal of graduation.
Photo caption: DNR honor guard members present roses and salute the 17 COs who died while serving, or as a result of an incident that occurred in the line of duty while protecting Michigan’s natural resources.
