Rockford Police Practice Driving at Dragway to Help Avoid Crashes

Did you know that crashes are the leading cause of death for police officers across the country? Evasive driving skills will save their lives and ours.

According to a story at wrex.com, all this week Rockford police officers have been practicing those evasive driving skills at Byron Dragway.

Did you know that a Rockford police car can go 0 to 60 in just 5 seconds? Yeah, neither did I. That's makes it pretty clear to understand how important it is for officers to sharpen their skills. These officers are learning to turn at 60mph without braking and other tactics like breaking and changing directions and driving backwards at a high rate of speed, according to the story from WREX.
WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader

Rockford police officers won't pass the class until they've gone through the entire course without hitting a cone. And the classes will continue until everyone has passed.