Virginia State Police Driver Training Complex-Training Course

Virginia State Police Driver Training Complex-Training Course Video
Blackstone, Virginia
Ronald Rice, Virginia State Police Program Director
Some of our main goals for this facility is when these trooper trainees come here and when they graduate, they will have the skills that they need in the real world. So when they’re driving, when they get in some emergency pursuit situations they feel comfortable that they have received the training they need so they can do the job as they should be. The facility is sort of broken up into sections so to speak. We have the high-speed pursuit course, we have the skid pan, we have the urban course, and of course, we have the large parking area where we can set up cones and they can do all kinds of things with that. We can have people on each section at the same time using each facility.
Derek Marshall, Dewberry Associate
The skid pan was actually very unique. It was a flat surface, concrete pad that would allow officers to be able to handle situations where they were turning in a wet situation and skid and keep control of the car at all times.
[Rice] We have a high-speed course to train on because as you know there can be one person out there in some pretty high-speed pursuits and we have exit- and on-ramps just like you would see on an interstate.
[Marshall] We put in a high-visible tower to where officers and trainers could actually watch at a high altitude and get videos of their officers training on the course. And it was meant to be an all-inclusive training facility for the officers in high-speed chases.
[Rice] We have our own garage where we can actually do some minor repairs to these vehicles. We have our own fueling station here. They’re quite impressed with the track and support facilities, the administrative building. Everyone is quite pleased with what we have. We feel very fortunate to have it.
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