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New In Blue: 6 Months Spent With Madison Police Recruits

Madison Police recruits learn the steps of drawing their weapons at the Madison Police Training Center.
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Recruit Julie Clayton on the first day of firearms training at the Madison Police Training Center.
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Madison Police recruits practice ground fighting drills at the Madison Police Training Center.
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Recruit Jessica Wolf practices shooting at the Madison Police Training Center.
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Madison Police recruits practice shooting in the training center’s gun range.
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Madison Police recruit Ethan Pierick and training officer Bob Veatch demonstrate the correct way to put a person who is under arrest into the back of a squad car.
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Madison Police recruits Ethan Pierick and Jack Graziano practice handcuffing at the Madison Police Training Center.
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Madison Police recruits load rifle magazines before a training exercise.
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Recruit Clare Gloede listens to instructions at the Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center shooting range.
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Recruit Samantha Tiry listens for instructions at the rifle shooting range at the Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center.
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Madison Police recruits practice rifle shooting at the Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center shooting range.
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Recruit Lauren Bucheger practices rifle shooting at the Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center shooting range.
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Recruits practice rifle shooting as part of a training exercise.
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Madison Police recruits Clare Gloede and Rok Locksley practice working with a police K9.
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Recruit Nick Pine practices deploying stop strips, which can damage a fleeing vehicle’s tires during a high-speed pursuit.
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Recruit Stephanie Nelson returns to her squad car during a training exercise.
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Recruit Stephanie Nelson uses her squad car’s radio during a training exercise.
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Madison Police Chief Mike Koval helps recruit Ercan Dzelil wash his face after being exposed to pepper spray at the Madison Police Training Center.
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Recruit Justin Cumley is sprayed in the face with pepper spray as part of a training exercise.
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Recruit Nick Cleary is sprayed with pepper spray during training at the Madison Police Training Center.
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Recruits Ruben Gonzalez and Ercan Dzelil practice using a breathalyzer.
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Recruit Nick Cleary practices field sobriety testing on a volunteer who is drunk.
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Madison Police recruits Ruben Gonzalez and Brenna Puestow practice field sobriety testing on a volunteer who has been drinking.
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Madison Police recruits, left to right, Nick Pine, Stephanie Nelson, Ray Gillard, Mark Gulden and Lyjya Miles pose during a cultural competence class about Hmong culture.
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Recruits of the 59th class of the Madison Police Training Academy in the classroom.
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Madison Police recruits learn to stage emergency vehicles at the site of a traffic crash using a map of Madison and matchbox cars.
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