In an earlier publish, I used the time period “previous” to explain the Bakersfield Police Division (BPD) qualification that I used to be discussing as a result of I had seen a number of web sources describing what they mentioned was the “new” BPD qualification. On the time, I didn’t consider that the discussions in regards to the new qualification have been correct since from my analysis, the California Fee on Peace Officer Requirements and Coaching (POST) requires a minimal of thirty-six rounds to be fired at 5, seven, and fifteen yards with the handgun (LD 35 of the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Coaching Specs).
I discussed in my article that I might discover no official doc in regards to the present BPD qualification course of fireplace and requested for official references that offered this info. Within the article, I additionally talked about Bob Jewell’s well-researched article within the July 2024 version of USCCA’s Hid Carry Journal which offered further info and a few photos of Mike Waidelich, the Bakersfield Officer that created the “previous” qualification.*
Lengthy story quick, Bob contacted me and we mentioned the present standing of the BPD qualification. The present BPD qualification is as follows:
• Stage 1: Two rounds at 10 ft in 2 seconds
• Stage 2: Two rounds at 20 ft in 3 seconds
• Stage 3: Two rounds, fight reload and two rounds at 30 ft in 7 seconds
• Stage 4: Two rounds at 60 ft in 4 seconds
Per Bob, the BPD rangemaster acknowledged that the division is now utilizing the extra available IPSC/USPSA goal relatively than the older Waidelich-designed goal. There are now not any penalties for time over the restrict as in Waidelich’s authentic qualification as a result of the BPD now makes use of a turning goal system. Officers should rating 80 or higher to cross utilizing the next scoring:
• A-Zone: 10 factors
• C-Zone: 9 factors
• D-Zone: 6 factors
How does this qualification match inside the California POST requirement talked about above? Per my dialog with Bob Jewell, the BPD fires their qualification quarterly with BPD Officers firing every ten spherical qualification thrice (30 rounds). Their qualification rating is the typical of the three runs. The April 2024 replace to California POST LD 35 of the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Coaching specification requires peace officers to fireplace a minimal of 30 rounds of service ammunition utilizing a presenter accredited service handgun, with acceptable accuracy requirements and underneath time restrictions the firearms teacher establishes. In different phrases, the brand new BPD qualification does meet California POST April 2024 up to date necessities.
Bob talked about that in mid 2024, the BPD started awarding a coin to any officer who shot an ideal rating on the qualification thrice in a row. Bob indicated that as of December 2024, the BPD had solely awarded cash to 2 officers. The BPD gave Bob the chance to shoot the “new” qualification and he efficiently did so with three good runs on October 13, 2024—thus incomes him a coin. Option to go Bob!
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* https://www.firearmtrainerpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USCCA-July-2024-Waidelich.pdf
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