FILLING OUT A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT AT 03:00 ON FRESH MEAT!!!

Where did the time go?? It seem's just like yesterday that I took fresh meat ( Cst. George Cook) under my wing to teach him the tools of our trade and here I am finishing up my FTO evaluation report to be turned in to HQ on Monday!! The 8 weeks just seemed to have flown by, must be old age really creeping up on me FAST!!!

Did I give him a fair evaluation?? I certainly hope so. What helped me come to some of my conclusions and comments on the review was I thought to myself, " Would I be comfortable sending George out on the road with one of my LEO pals from Blogger or PoliceOne?" I can truly say yes, I would feel comfortable sending him out with any of you guys. Do I feel that he is as street wise and comfortable on patrol as me?? NO!! But I can guarantee you that there is not one TO or FTO that will ever admit that a rookie is as good as they are. I can say however he has come A LONG WAY from being fresh out of the academy and into my grasp. I did put in the evaluation though that I honestly feel he should go back to the "driving school" aspect of the academy for a bit of a refresher, I let him handle a HSP and I swear my hair turned a lot greyer. He is definetly NOT comfortable with a 3 point turn at speed. But to be fair I may have rattled him a bit when I grabbed onto the dash. He handles his first contacts now with ease, doesn't get flustered at all. He puts down just the stuff that needs to be in reports now, in the beginning it was like looking over a copy of Reader's Digest and National Geographic combined. JUST THE FACTS BOY!!! I have managed to break him of the habit of tagging folks going 4-7 kmh over, unless they give him attitude or lip. He's comfortable with the X-26 on his belt now, but I'm still glad he didn't have to use it, not for his sake as much as mine. You see there is a 3 page " use of less than lethal force" form that has to be filled out now.
I have to say, " The kid did good!!" And by the second day I had him trained to the fact that I do prefer iced tea over coffee!! :-)
George, I'm proud of you my friend, you'll make a fine career constable, and he know's that he can always call me if something doesn't feel right to him or if he's unsure of something. That's what the "Brotherhood" is all about!! I wish him the best of luck at his new posting which he'll be leaving for in 2 weeks time. It's not too far from me, but far enough that I won't have him " under my wing" anymore.
Ah hell...I'm going to miss him, but Sizzles is happier than a pig in shit now that we're riding together again come Monday!!