{"id":199,"date":"2017-08-07T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2017\/08\/07\/good-times-bad-times-simulate-them-all-pt-1\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T17:31:00","slug":"good-times-bad-times-simulate-them-all-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2017\/08\/07\/good-times-bad-times-simulate-them-all-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Times Bad Times: Simulate them all pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Closing in on the end of the summer internship I started to move into a new training mode. With the help of multiple rangers and our training equipment here in Boston I was able to train through a few law enforcement simulations. Being my first time I was not sure what to expect as I was given little in terms of explanation of what I would experience and that it was to see how I would act behaviorally. So with a short explanation and doing the best I can to mentally prepare myself we moved into law enforcement scenarios.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mfrx0l1S3G4\/WYiiGggC1HI\/AAAAAAAAAGA\/h9HIKf0qAnYKewAsuupOU0v29S71PGTxACLcBGAs\/s1600\/IMG_5673.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"640\" data-original-width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mfrx0l1S3G4\/WYiiGggC1HI\/AAAAAAAAAGA\/h9HIKf0qAnYKewAsuupOU0v29S71PGTxACLcBGAs\/s320\/IMG_5673.JPG\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The first set of drills began with a few more relaxed encounters including routine traffic stops, and great acting from the rangers involved. These first scenarios were helpful in showing me just how much goes into even a routine stop from tactics to radio work and basic communication there is a lot a ranger must master.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-a8crA3YfINA\/WYiixWk_hUI\/AAAAAAAAAGI\/Xg4kp3WWQcA5aALp1dCi5Rvlk47CkSAsgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/IMG_5661.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"640\" data-original-width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-a8crA3YfINA\/WYiixWk_hUI\/AAAAAAAAAGI\/Xg4kp3WWQcA5aALp1dCi5Rvlk47CkSAsgCLcBGAs\/s320\/IMG_5661.JPG\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately not all circumstances are routine traffic stops with little problems, and the simulations reflected that. After getting my feet wet with the simulations I was quickly put in a more intense scenario with greater consequences and risks being simulated. Though this gets the blood pumping I did my best to handle myself appropriately and calm myself to make the correct decisions. A great benefit to these exercises is after each one I was able to ask endless questions on the proper tactics and what I could improve on in the future.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-s05UxE24Q7Y\/WYijgW_dN7I\/AAAAAAAAAGM\/r9OUdM8z8CshkfQC1GKqHrEM08r5yO1VwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/IMG_5670.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"640\" data-original-width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-s05UxE24Q7Y\/WYijgW_dN7I\/AAAAAAAAAGM\/r9OUdM8z8CshkfQC1GKqHrEM08r5yO1VwCLcBGAs\/s320\/IMG_5670.JPG\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Some of the simulations took unexpected turns as well quickly escalating from routine into intense situations. Though I learned a lot from these exercises I see there is still a lot more to come and I welcome further opportunities to partake in these training scenarios and work to becoming the best ranger I can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing in on the end of the summer internship I started to move into a new training mode. With the help of multiple rangers and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2017\/08\/07\/good-times-bad-times-simulate-them-all-pt-1\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Good Times Bad Times: Simulate them all pt. 1<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,70,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-66","category-boston-nhp","category-josh-leahy","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Paul Paire","author_link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/author\/paire\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}