Welcome to Episode 001 of the Police Instructor's Podcast. In this episode I talk about the reason for the show, what to expect from me during the show, the show format, and I finish it up with a tip I think you'll appreciate.

Show Notes and Transcript:Hey, what’s up… this is Michael Simpkins from ThinBlueLearn where I provide amazing online learning for police officers… welcome to Episode 1 of the Police Instructor’s Podcast…

Welcome to the very first episode of the Police Instructor’s Podcast… It’s hard to believe the show is finally here… I’ve been working for so long trying to make this podcast a reality… and it’s finally here… 2019 is the year and I’m so excited!

The story behind this podcast is actually kind of interesting and unique… I’d been working on my online course… Instructor Development for Law Enforcement for almost 2 years and I realized I wanted to do a podcast as well… the reason the course took so long to create wasn’t because it was complicated… Yeah it took a lot of work but the delay was mostly because of my fear and self-doubt and wondering if I could pull it off…

That’s when I decided I wasn’t going to let that happen again with this podcast… I decided to go for it… and here we are…

So, I wanted to say thank you for listening from wherever you are… I really appreciate you taking the time to listen… This episode is going to be a little different from the norm, I’m going to be going over a quick introduction of who I am… an introduction of what to expect and why I’m hosting this podcast.

Not only how it benefits me… but more importantly how it benefits you and why you should keep listening to future episodes…

So, if you haven’t heard of me before… my name is Michael Simpkins, I own ThinBlueLearn.com where I specialize in bringing police training online without compromising the quality of the training… I love sharing what I do… if you know me from police training circles, you know I’m passionate about what I do because I want police instructors to know they can be successful online… in a professional… helpful way… by bringing top notch police training to officers using the power and flexibility of the internet…

I’ve been a police officer in Tennessee for 23 years, where I’ve spent the majority of that time as an instructor… throughout my career I’ve been fortunate enough to work in several different aspects of law enforcement… from patrol to narcotics, to investigations, SWAT, Crisis Negotiations… I’ve been fortunate enough to do it all…

Now, I’m the training coordinator for my department… responsible for general department instruction and new recruit training…

So, yeah than you for listening, I really hope to be able to provide you with some awesome content on this show… I don’t want to be a waste of your time… I want to get away from the fluff I hear in other police podcasts and just give you great content you can put to use right away and help you bring your training online…

I’ve been very passionate about providing quality online police training that facilitates learning retention… that’s why I created ThinBlueLearn and this podcast… I want to share valuable knowledge-based content from industry experts with you in a way that helps you plan, develop and implement your training…

Most police officers, when we think of online training… we think of sitting in front of a computer screen watching boring videos… you know… training with no value and zero training transfer… I’m sure you’ve clicked that play button on online training… walked away and was hoping the video was done by the time you got back… I know I have…

As trainers, we all know there is little training value in that… which is why I’ve created the ThinBlueLearn online training system… it challenges and engages officers in a way that helps them take what they’ve learned to their job… Yeah… the...