From statements made, at least a few of the students had obviously not read any CHL-16 update in years. Maybe since the first one. And I don't think some of those caught on that things had changed. Many did not have a copy of the current CHL-16 with them and DPS no longer hands them out.
The DPS instructors themselves said they are not the experts on LTC, RDS is, but they are tasked to teach the class. This was the second or third time. Plus they rotate instructors teaching the class. I think they did a very good job but there were some things that I think weren't covered adequately.
Examples:
In discussion of PC 46.035 Unlawful Carrying the slide had this line:
"Premises of a church, synagogue, or other established place of worship (if effective notice is given per Penal Code Chapter 30)"
After they covered this slide in about 10 seconds I heard someone behind me say "So you still can't carry in a church" and the person beside them said "That's right". On the class evaluation I mentioned that the last part needs more clarity.
When the 06/07 signs were covered at the end the instructor basically said, correctness really doesn't matter, the intent was good enough. He said he even knew of a case of someone convicted for passing a gun buster sign. Didn't give any details and I never caught up with him to ask.
The 06/07 example signs where mixed case block letters. We've had the discussion here about height and only the uppercase were 1". Someone in class pointed out the sign was not valid because of the letters and the reply was "we don't add the Spanish because it can vary". "No, the letters are too small". Blank look.
51% sign. When asked how you tell if the sign was valid or not, and what to do if it's not, they had no answer to the first and the second was "just don't go in".
There was a few others but those stuck in my mind. If I hadn't been on here for so long I would have had no idea what the reality was about these. (Although we will continue to debate 3 and 4
)Once again, I am not bashing the the DPS instructors. They did a great job under the constraints they have. They teach several different classes at the school and as they themselves said, they are not experts on LTC.