Lifesavers isn’t all business. Turns out, the law enforcement and traffic safety community does party quite a bit. Well, you probably guessed that, but you might be surprised that the CPS community does, too. In fact, a few carseat moms put back more Guinness than I did at our Car-Seat.Org reception last night (that ended [...]
Hey y’all from Nashville! Lifesavers hasn’t officially begun, I don’t think–well, the opening session hasn’t rung in the festivities, but we CPS geeks have already had our first workshop and toured exhibit hall in search of stickers for our “passports.” Our first session was the Latest Technology Workshop. In the past, this has been split [...]
Two days ago some local instructors and I taugh a CPS update/refresher class for area technicians to earn CEUs (continuing education units) towards recertification. With almost 40 technicians and 4 instructors, the classroom was at capacity. The sheer size of the class was a bit cumbersome and our “using resources effectively” hands-on session took a long time because we had almost 20 [...]
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Today’s giveaway is a T-shirt in the size of your choice, courtesy of the Kyle David Miller Foundation. The Foundation is sponsoring a spring raffle, with prizes including a Graco Snugride 32 Travel System and a Pacimal. You can visit their website and learn about their cause at www.kyledavidmiller.org. To enter, simply reply with a comment! [...]
Tomorrow, some local instructors and I will be hosting a 5-CEU Update/Refresher Class for about 40 of our area’s certified CPS Technicians. We decided to get creative this year and one of the sessions is a comparative exercise in using CPS resources effectively. We don’t know how it will turn out but our hypothesis is that teams of technicians armed with better resources will [...]