June 3, 2026 1 min read
Webinar Session Recap: Structuring Law Enforcement Training
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Law enforcement training cannot be a collection of disconnected drills or annual requirements. To withstand legal scrutiny, reduce liability, and truly prepare officers for real-world encounters, training must be systematic, defensible, and grounded in both cognitive understanding and physical skill development.
In this webinar, Structuring Law Enforcement Training for Real-World Performance, we were joined by Thomas Ovens, from Police Training Solutions, to walk through a structured approach to training built on the ADDIE Model—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. We discussed how to align training with current law and policy, develop doctrine-driven instruction, build automaticity through high-volume skill repetition, and validate performance through realistic, stress-based scenarios.
The Session Recap
Hey everyone, Doug Kazensky here, Sr. Solutions Engineer with Vector Solutions, and retired training sergeant with a public service announcement:
Don’t do what I did when I first became a training sergeant. Don’t be that sergeant that says to your lead firearms instructor, “Hey. It’s two weeks before we got in-service training. Come up with a lesson plan. Let me know what you’re gonna train, and go ahead and give me that lesson plan.”
Or you lead firearms or lead defensive tactics, lead patrol tactics, deescalation instructor. “Just let me know what you’re going to put together. Let me see it. Let me sign off on it before we go into class.”
Don’t do that. You really wanna have a process for your in service training. You wanna break down those silos. You wanna understand what is it that we need to do based on real world situations, what’s going on in your agency, your city, your state, the country, right, and have a model for developing training that’s going to stick. That’s what we’re gonna talk about with the ADDIE model.
We’re gonna analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate your training program. That’s what we’re talking about.
Please join myself and Tom Ovens with Police Training Solutions as we walk through a scenario of developing some training with utilizing the ADDIE model and how you don’t wanna just wing it at your agency.
So click the link, join us, and you won’t regret it. Thank you. Everyone be safe out there.
Structuring Law Enforcement Training for Real-World Performance
This session will demonstrate how agencies can transform abstract policy into instinctive, defensible action—while creating a continuous feedback loop that strengthens future training cycles.
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Meet the Speakers
Sgt. Doug Kazensky (ret.)
Sgt. Doug 'Kaz' Kazensky is a former police training sergeant and officer of over two decades. After proudly serving in the United States Air Force as a member of the Security Police, he joined the Longview Police Department in Washington in December 1997. He served in patrol, as a School Resource Officer (SRO), and as a detective specializing in fraud and computer crimes.
Lt. Thomas Ovens (ret.)
Lt. Thomas Ovens (ret.) is a Litigation Consultant and Police Trainer at Police Training Solutions with 20 years of law enforcement experience.
