Great analysis. Simple to complex active scenario training may be the gold standard, but like gold, they are expensive in time, equipment, personnel, logistics, with low individual repetitions per training time, etc. To increase “shared cognition” for a department shift or sector, some group interactive training such as desktop exercises would provide high volume interaction between participants. Desktop exercises can evaluate and critique past actual LE events and get everyone on the same page for improving their own responses. Start with how vehicles approach/park, role of 1st on scene and roles of 2nd and role play using different constraints. Too many operating ad hoc rather than in supportive teams. Train with purpose.
Thanks! Your points are well taken. Scenario training definitely takes more effort. Given what is emerging in the literature about the critical importance of perception-action linkages, we really need to be using it as much a possible. There are ways to reduce the load by using mini-scenarios focused on helping officers pick up smaller parts of an overall situation, but they still take more effort.
I think the desktop exercises can be useful for helping officers to understand what their goals (intentions) should be in a given situation and this is what I would refer to as "shared cognition" if I was going to use the terminology. If the exercises feature specific information that helps the officers understand when a particular goal structure is applicable, then it might be useful for helping create perception-action linkages, but people are still going to need to be placed in scenarios to ensure they have linkages that apply to the real world.
Great analysis. Simple to complex active scenario training may be the gold standard, but like gold, they are expensive in time, equipment, personnel, logistics, with low individual repetitions per training time, etc. To increase “shared cognition” for a department shift or sector, some group interactive training such as desktop exercises would provide high volume interaction between participants. Desktop exercises can evaluate and critique past actual LE events and get everyone on the same page for improving their own responses. Start with how vehicles approach/park, role of 1st on scene and roles of 2nd and role play using different constraints. Too many operating ad hoc rather than in supportive teams. Train with purpose.
Thanks! Your points are well taken. Scenario training definitely takes more effort. Given what is emerging in the literature about the critical importance of perception-action linkages, we really need to be using it as much a possible. There are ways to reduce the load by using mini-scenarios focused on helping officers pick up smaller parts of an overall situation, but they still take more effort.
I think the desktop exercises can be useful for helping officers to understand what their goals (intentions) should be in a given situation and this is what I would refer to as "shared cognition" if I was going to use the terminology. If the exercises feature specific information that helps the officers understand when a particular goal structure is applicable, then it might be useful for helping create perception-action linkages, but people are still going to need to be placed in scenarios to ensure they have linkages that apply to the real world.