A free expert resource for Law Enforcement Trainers to talk about safety and risk management training Welcome to the Trainer's Bullpen where trainers in Law Enforcement come to hear experts talk about their work, experience, and research into human performance, particularly as it relates to the critical aspects of training motor learning and crisis decision-making. The purpose of the Trainer’s Bullpen is to help bridge the gap between current law enforcement training and the findings of academic research and pedagogical best practices.
Trainer's Bullpen
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A free expert resource for Law Enforcement Trainers to talk about safety and risk management training Welcome to the Trainer's Bullpen where trainers in Law Enforcement come to hear experts talk about their work, experience, and research into human performance, particularly as it relates to the critical aspects of training motor learning and crisis decision-making. The purpose of the Trainer’s Bullpen is to help bridge the gap between current law enforcement training and the findings of academic research and pedagogical best practices.
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Recent Episodes
July 2, 2026
Title: EP64 ‘Controlling Control: Rethinking Officer Safety Training’ with Dr. Benni Zaiser
<p>Summary: This conversation explores the limitations of traditional police training focused on control and linear responses and introduces a new paradigm—Officer Safety 2.0—that emphasizes reflexivity, insight, and understanding the co-creation of encounters. Benni Zaiser shares his unique background, research, and practical strategies for transforming law enforcement approaches to enhance safety and reduce escalation.</p><p>Key topics: </p><p>• Limitations of traditional officer safety models (1.0)</p><p>• The concept of officer-induced jeopardy as a social / training (not legal) construct</p><p>• Systemic and social systems theory in policing</p><p>• Understanding the constructive nature of inter-personal violence</p><p>• The importance of reflexivity and metacognition</p><p>• Turning points and scenario-based training for adaptive responses</p><p>• The role of heuristics and biases in decision-making</p><p>• The dangers of linear training and how it creates poor adaptability and decision making.</p><p>• Moving from control to insight in police training</p><p>• Practical strategies for implementing Officer Safety 2.0</p><p>Please go to the Trainer's Bullpen website at www.trainersbullpen.com to access a copy of the research paper discussed as well as other resources.</p><p><br></p>
June 8, 2026
EP63 ‘Left of Bang and Situational Awareness’ with Patrick Van Horne
<p>Summary</p><p>Patrick Van Horne is the co-author of “Left of Bang” and the co-founder of The CP Journal, where he helps organizations get ahead of problems before they become emergencies. A former Marine Corps infantry officer who began his career following the September 11th attacks, Patrick has spent more than 20 years supporting public and private-sector organizations as an entrepreneur, consultant, and public servant.</p><p>This episode features Patrick discusses the critical concept of Left of Bang risk management and situational awareness and its application in threat recognition, decision-making, and organizational growth. Learn how proactive awareness can sharpen early awareness, improve decision making and shape outcomes in high-stakes environments.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Topics</p><p>• Left of Bang framework and its evolution</p><p>• The role of behavioral cues in threat recognition</p><p>• How habits can impair awareness</p><p>• Col. Coopers Color Codes of Awareness and how they apply to Left of Bang</p><p>• Strategies for proactive decision-making and action</p><p>• The importance of including rich context in training</p><p>• How to identify dangerous anomalies that are above or below baseline normal</p><p>• Organizational responses to crises: growth, survival, failure</p><p>• The importance of establishing baselines and anomalies in situational awareness</p><p><br></p>
May 29, 2026
EP62 ‘Task Ambiguity in Combat Shooting Environments’ with Jack Bale.
<p>Summary: </p><p>This Bullpen episode explores the severe limitations of traditional firearms training and why there is a failure of training to show up under the pressure of real-world combat environments. Jack introduces ecological dynamics and constraints-led approaches as learning methods firearms trainers should consider in order to enhance real-world performance. Jack Bale shares insights from his research on task ambiguity, representative design, and how to create training environments that better prepare officers and military personnel for the chaos of combat.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Topics:</p><p>• The importance of representative design learning theory and ecological dynamics.</p><p>• Combat survivability in real-world gunfights requires the skills of situational awareness, mobility, and lethality.</p><p>• Task ambiguity in training is desirable because it reduces task ambiguity in the real world.</p><p>• Training design principles: spacing, interleaving, variability.</p><p>• Trainers must ensure training simulates real world context early in order to facilitate the emergence of functional behaviours that are needed to enhance survivability.</p><p>• Trainers need to understand the difference between non-specifying and specifying information and how to incorporate this into training design.</p><p>• The gap between qualification scores and real-world performance.</p><p>• One of the goals of training is to create learning environments that educate and attune our student’s anticipation and attention.</p><p>• Considerations for implementing a Constraints Led Approach to enhance retention and transfer of critical skills.</p><p><br></p>
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