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How to Develop, Supervise and Manage
Field Training Offers Program- 3 Day
Length of Seminar:
3 Days
Instructor: James
Currie
Course Overview:
This course is designed to provide the departmental FTO manager with the knowledge
and training necessary to research, develop and implement a Departmental FTO
Program which will standardize the training by new officers and ensure their
understanding and compliance to accept policies and procedures adopted by their
department.
During this three (3) day course, officers
will be presented with ideas and techniques which, when
used, will result in a viable FTO training program which
will ensure new officer and departmental executive staff
that this training will result in a more proficient road
officer which results in alleviating training liability.
Introduction:
Many senior officers believe that once a
new officer completes basic training they are as ready
to "hit the street, and survive by trial and error." In
today's law enforcement environment, this is no longer
the case. Liability is something every chief executive
officer must be aware of and to guard against it, professional
training is the key. The new officer's street performance
is directly reflected to the training he/she received prior
to going alone on the street. Poor street performance equals
poor training equals poor instruction
Motivation For Involvement:
The need for a supervised and structured
field training program was first addressed and recommended
as early as 1965 by the President's commission of Law Enforcement
and Administration.
In 1973 the National Advisory Commission
on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals recommended that
a minimum of 12 weeks of coached field training be included
as a regular part of the recruit training process. It further
recommended a training program of at least 40 hours for
the field training officer.
This concept of field training received
its most support from the Commission of Accreditation for
Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) in 1983. This body
requires that all agencies seeking accreditation or to
professionalize must conduct a formal field training program
for its recruits.
The ideal of FTO has been endorsed by four
(4) major law enforcement associations in the United States:
The Police Executive Research Forum
The International Association of Chiefs
of Police
The National Sheriff's Association
The National Association of Black Law
Enforcement Executives
Upon Completion:
At the completion of this course, the attending
officers will have received instruction for them to be
able to:
- Recognize the need for a field training and evaluation
program.
- Manage an FTO program for your agency.
- Write FTO requirements.
- Write the recruit officer's evaluation program for
the FTO program.
- Design a 40 hour FTO training program.
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