Lunch provided by the FORD outside the Riverfront Ballroom.
Developing an Off-Road Driver Training Program
From identifying a training need, to delivery of the course – this is the story of how the Off-Road Vehicle Operations (ORVO) course was conceived, researched, budgeted, equipped, and ultimately delivered to constituent agencies in over a 14 month period
Steve Westerberg
Steve and his wife Dorothea and have been married for 38 years, they have two grown daughters, three granddaughters, and three overweight cats.
Westerberg has been a certified police officer for over 34 years, serving in various roles beginning with the City of Eugene, Idaho POST, and then DPSST. He has been full-time with DPSST since 2006, beginning with the project of helping develop the tactical/scenario program when the first 16-week curriculum was introduced, then coordinating the EVO program, and most recently (since 2019) in the regional program.
In 1990 Stevet began instructing emergency vehicle operations and have been working with DPSST (BPST when I started…) in this discipline since 1991. In 1993, he became one of the first two PIT Instructors in the State, along with Tom Mason (Eugene PD), and have been involved in the development of instructors and programs since that time.
In 1991, Westerberg began a 30 (+) year journey with SKIDCAR System Inc, initially as an instructor locally (Oregon) and then in the mid-1990’s taking assignments around the U.S. and Canada teaching new SKIDCAR instructors for SKIDCAR System Inc. He has worked with instructors from all over the world, learning something from every program and individual along the way.
In addition to EVO Skill Updates and Instructor Development, Pursuit Management and Critical Incident Management / Supervision have become mainstays in the material Westerberg currently facilitates.
Steve is involved in the development of new driver training instructors in Oregon and has recently developed a new ORVO (Off Road Vehicle Operations) class targeted towards our public safety personnel that frequently operate in four-wheel drive situations. We have completed one instructor course and have another planned in May.