PoliceTrainingHQ - Episode 7 - Beyond Step 3: Unlocking Real Learning in Police Training

In this episode, Mike Hughes and Walt Bauer dive deep into the learning retention process and how most police training stalls out at Step 3—Working Memory Activation.

Drawing from brain science, real-world experience, and instructional design, they break down the 8-stage learning retention process, showing how instructors can move beyond information overload and into true long-term learning and real-world transfer.

Highlights include:

• The brain structures and chemicals that power retention
• Why feedback, emotion, and sleep matter more than repetition
• Tools and techniques to drive retrieval and application
• What’s keeping most training stuck—and how to break through

BONUS: Download the companion guide from this episode at: www.policetraininghq.com/downloads

If you're a police trainer, academy instructor, or just passionate about better training, this episode gives concrete tools to move beyond the lecture—and into lasting learning.