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Supervising and Managing Field Training
Officers (5 Day)
Length of Seminar:
5 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 five (5) 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.
On the fourth and fifth day of this training module, the attendee will be introduced to two additional roles of the Field Training Officer: Leadership and Counseling. The leadership phase will discuss FTO leadership styles, traits and responsibilities. The Counseling phase will assist the attendee in the proper approach to take when counseling an officer, and how to prepare for a counseling session.
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.
- * Know and implement FTO leadership principles
- * Know and implement FTO procedures in the role of Counselor
* Not covered in FTO 3 Day Program |
