Captain Jason Berry
Government and Media Relations
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*** For Immediate Release***
Date:
August 15, 2011
Contact:
Sgt. JJ Gundermann
Phone:
(360) 596-4014
E-mail:
john.gundermann@wsp.wa.gov
Good To Know Video: Why Academy Instructors Yell
Olympia -- You’ve seen movies and videos of military drill instructors yelling at recruits. They’re six inches from the new soldier’s face, screaming at the top of their lungs.
At the State Patrol Academy in Shelton, WSP instructors use that same technique.
This month’s edition of the WSP video series “Good To Know” will pull the curtain back on why State Patrol instructors use what might seem like a very harsh teaching method.
“There is a purpose to the yelling,” said Sgt. J.J. Gundermann. “It’s not hazing, and it’s not because our instructors are impatient people.”
Currently getting used to the noise are members of the Patrol’s 23rd Arming Class- a prelude to the full Trooper Basic Training Class that will begin in the fall.
This month’s edition of Good To Know can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEj8xFhwtBA&feature=channel_video_title.
The entire WSP Good To Know series can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/user/wspgovandmedia .