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Instructor Development

Time-Distance Instructor Methodologies
Lecture and practical exercises will be employed.
Training
Course Requirements
TEICP Accredited Course Attendance is required at all class sessions. On the fi rst
day of the course, students must obtain a score of 90%
correct on a written pre-entrance test designed to test
Who Should Attend the trainee’s knowledge at the “operator” level. Students
Offi cers designated to become time-distance instructors must also demonstrate 100% competence of 25 basic
for their departments. Individuals must possess criminal confi guration clocks in accordance with criteria specifi ed
justice instructor certifi cation, receive a recommendation on a standardized performance evaluation form. Failure
from a certifi ed school director or agency head, possess a to pass the written or motor-skill pre-entrance tests will
current and valid time-distance operator certifi cation, and automatically result in the trainee’s dismissal from the
document successful completion of RADAR Instructor course. Performance of 100% profi ciency is required in all
Training. motor-skill testing areas.
Course Goal Special Concerns
To provide the knowledge and skills necessary to instruct Students must provide, for testing and practical exercises,
the Time-Distance Operator Training course. a vehicle equipped with a time-distance instrument. Class
begins at 8:00 a.m. each day.
Course Objectives
The student will be able to: Course Coordinator
➤ Describe the association between excessive speed Terry D. Miller
and accident, deaths, and injuries, and describe the
safety benefi ts of effective speed regulation. Length of Course
➤ Describe the basic principles of time distance speed Five days (38 hours)
measurements.
➤ Acquire and demonstrate basic skills in calibrating
and operating specifi c time distance instruments.
➤ Identify specifi c time-distance instruments and
techniques used by the trainee’s agency and describe
their major components, features, and functions.
➤ Identify laws, court rulings, regulations, policies,
and procedures affecting time distance speed
measurement and speed enforcement.
➤ Acquire and demonstrate basic skills in preparing
and presenting records and testimony relating to
time-distance speed measurement and speed
enforcement.
➤ Demonstrate the ability to estimate vehicular speed in
accordance with criteria specifi ed on a standardized
performance evaluation form.
➤ Demonstrate one-hundred percent (100%)
competence on 25 basic confi guration clocks in
accordance with criteria specifi ed on a standardized
performance evaluation form.
➤ Teach students in the performance of the objectives
listed above.

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