Asynchronous Training Level 1

Level 1: Reaction Understanding the reactions of the police officers aid in assessing their commitment to the information, if it is pertinent in evaluating if the officers are satisfied with training. Kirkpatrick and Kirkpatrick (2016) stated that while reaction of stakeholders is relevant it is an area that requires the least amount of time and cost, but is necessary to measure the quality and appropriateness of the program among the stakeholders. Reactions of the police officers measure their engagement, satisfaction and importance of the information during the training, a month after the training, and periodically for ongoing effectiveness. Table 8 below list the methods, tools and timing used to measure how the participants react to training and e-learning activities.
Table 8
Immediately following the program implementation. The asynchronous training includes live face-to-face training along with e-learning and shooter simulation. During the in-person training session, facilitator will collect data regarding the officer's experience specific to the start, duration and completion of the allotted section on …show more content…
Approximately one month after the implementation of the training, and then again quarterly, precinct captains will administer a survey containing open and scaled items using the Kirkpatrick and Kirkpatrick (2016) Blended Evaluation approach to measure, from the officer's perspective, satisfaction and relevance of the training (Level 1), confidence and value of applying their training (Level 2), application of the training to the precinct captains (Level 3) and the officer's daily reports from traffic stop demographics. Lastly, the quarterly reports will provide details of officer performance of the implicit bias awareness training and to evaluate the effectiveness of the community policing efforts. The evaluation instrument in Appendix A reflects Levels 1, 2, 3, and