Question 1

Alabama

Accepted Answer

We will provide a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the course.

Question 2

Alaska

Accepted Answer

We will provide a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the course. Training hours will be submitted by the host agency unless otherwise noted.

Question 3

Arizona

Accepted Answer

Any Arizona Law Enforcement Agency is allowed to sponsor a training and evaluate a training program to determine eligibility for AZ POST Continuing Education Credits. The sponsoring agency has the ability to issue AZ POST credits as Agency Sponsored Training Credits assuming all AZ POST requirements are met.

Approved Distance Learning Provider
https://post.az.gov/training/advanced-training/approved-distance-learning-vendors

Question 4

Arkansas

Accepted Answer

The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement (CLEST) only certifies courses that are taught in the State of Arkansas. When private organizations are presenting training in the state, they must obtain the sponsorship of a local law enforcement agency. It then becomes the responsibility of the sponsoring agency to insure that the appropriate steps for course and instructor certification are completed.

Question 5

California

Accepted Answer

If private organizations intend to conduct training within the state, they need to be sponsored by a training region. Once sponsored, the training region assumes the responsibility of ensuring that the necessary procedures for course and instructor certification are fulfilled.

Question 6

Colorado

Accepted Answer

According to Colorado POST, “POST does not approve or endorse training vendors or the classes they offer. All Colorado law enforcement agencies determine which training courses are appropriate for their officers and do so independently of Colorado POST.”

The only exception applies to a small number of academy instructor-level courses—such as Instructor Methodology, and certifications for firearms, driving, and arrest control instructors. Outside of these, no law enforcement training is “approved” by Colorado POST, nor is it required to be.

Question 7

Connecticut

Accepted Answer

If private organizations intend to conduct training within the state, they need to be sponsored by a training region. Once sponsored, the training region assumes the responsibility of ensuring that the necessary procedures for course and instructor certification are fulfilled.

Question 8

Delaware

Accepted Answer

Please check with your Training Coordinator for continuing education information.

Question 9

Florida

Accepted Answer

Prior to conducting training in the state of FL, a private organization must obtain approval from their agency lead. Upon approval, it becomes the agency's responsibility to ensure that the necessary procedures for credited hours are fulfilled. At the end of the course, a certificate of completion containing the total hours of attendance will be provided.

Question 10

Georgia

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours to Georgia POST. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

If a training course is not sponsored by a Georgia agency PATC will submit the hours to GA POST. Students will need to provide their Okey # on the daily class sign in for credit to be applied.

Question 11

Hawaii

Accepted Answer

Please check with your Training Coordinator for continuing education information.

Question 12

Idaho

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours to Georgia POST. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

If a training course is not sponsored by a Idaho agency PATC will submit the hours to ID POST.

A POST attendance roster will be submitted by Public Agency Training Council or the co-sponsoring agency within seven (7) days of completion of the course to the POST Regional Training Specialist.

Region I
Mark Gidney
615 W. Wibur Ave. Suite A
Coeur d' Alene, ID 83815
208-209-8696
Region II
Jill Nichols
700 S Stratford Drive
Meridian, ID 83642
208-884-7252
Region III
John Lamm
218 West Yakima
Jerome, ID 83338
208-324-6049
Region IIII
Matt Bloodgood
2055 Garrett Way
Pocatello ID 83201
208-237-1505

Question 13

Illinois

Accepted Answer

Illinois does accept outside training in certain cases, but all training must be reviewed and approved through the appropriate Mobile Training Unit (MTU).

If your agency plans to host or send officers to PATC training in Illinois, please coordinate through your agency’s assigned MTU. The MTU will handle the approval process and provide any required forms or documentation. Approval requests should be submitted at least 45 days prior to the training date.

If PATC training is being hosted by an Illinois law enforcement agency, the hosting agency should contact its MTU to request approval on behalf of attending officers.

Question 14

Indiana

Accepted Answer

Public Agency Training Council uses our organization reference code as the following provider number for all PATC courses conducted in Indiana; Provider #35-1636066

(IT IS THE DEPARTMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT THE TRAINING, NOT THE PROVIDER)

Question 15

Iowa

Accepted Answer

Please check with your Agency Training Coordinator for continuing education information.

Question 16

Kansas

Accepted Answer

Before attending, a law enforcement officer must secure the approval of their local agency. Subsequently, it becomes the agency's responsibility to ensure that the necessary procedures for course and instructor certification are accomplished and submitted.

Question 17

Kentucky

Accepted Answer

Any outside course that an in-state academy is willing to submit on behalf of the outside agency. The academy will submit the required paperwork. Academy must complete the Form 31 - Curriculum Development, KLEC Form 8 - Request for Waivers Certification for consideration of approval. At the end of the class, the academy will submit the Form 68-1 Application for Training Credit.

Question 18

Louisiana

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours to Louisiana POST. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

Question 19

Maine

Accepted Answer

Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

Question 20

Maryland

Accepted Answer

If private organizations intend to conduct training within the state, they need to be sponsored by a training region. Once sponsored, the training region assumes the responsibility of ensuring that the necessary procedures for course and instructor certification are fulfilled.

Question 21

Massachusetts

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts POST does not evaluate or approve vendor training programs. You must speak with your individual training coordinator.

Question 22

Michigan

Accepted Answer

For Police Officers to receive POST credit they must sign in each day of training and provide their MCOLES number.

PATC will submit any courses not already approved by MCOLES for certification prior to training being held.

Detective and New Criminal Investigator
MCOLES POST 40 hours
Expires March 2024

Detecting Deception
MCOLES POST 20 hours
Expires March 2024

Hostage Negotiations Phase 1&2
MCOLES POST 40 hours
Expires March 2024

Hostage Negotiations with the Empathy Impaired
MCOLES POST 16 hours
Expires March 2024

Negotiating Team Leadership
MCOLES POST 16 hours
Expires March 2024

Responding to Veterans and Police Officers in Crisis
MCOLES POST 20 hours
Expires March 2024

Question 23

Minnesota

Accepted Answer

PATC will submit any courses not already approved by MN POST for certification prior to training being held.

The Continuing Education Course Approval Application has been evaluated and approved for continuing education credit for peace officers and part-time peace officers for the following courses:

Criminal Investigation Tactics - Techniques - Procedures
Course Number: 10553-0009
Credits Approved: 2
Expires 10/15/2023

Question 24

Mississippi

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

Question 25

Missouri

Accepted Answer

PATC will submit any courses not already approved by Missouri POST for certification prior to training being held.

2.5 Day New Fire/Arson Investigator Academy
POST Control Number 3470
Total Hours 20

5 Stages of Successful Interview and Interrogation Techniques
POST Control Number 7708
Total Hours 20

Advanced Hostage and Crisis Negotiations
POST Control Number 23400
Total Hours 14

After "it" Happens: Impact on Police Officers and Communities
POST Control Number 20605
Total Hours 2

Analyzing Criminal Behavior
POST Control Number 19343
Total Hours 20

Arrest, Search & Seizure: Law Enforcement Best Practices
POST Control Number 3601
Total Hours 16

Basic Criminal Investigation and New Detective Training
POST Control Number 2948
Total Hours 35

Basic Criminal Investigation for Street Patrol and New Investigators
POST Control Number 4438
Total Hours 20

Burglary/Robbery Investigations for New Criminal Investigators
POST Control Number 3720
Total Hours 16

Child Death Investigation
POST Control Number 16533
Total Hours 20

Child Death Investigation: Child Death Scene to Court
POST Control Number 3927
Total Hours 16

Cold Case
POST Control Number 19344
Total Hours 16

Courtroom Security and Threat Assessment
POST Control Number 3014
Total Hours 20

Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction
POST Control Number 23317
Total Hours 18

Crime Scene Investigations for New Detectives and New Criminal Investigators
POST Control Number 2959
Total Hours 21

Criminal Drug Interdiction Techniques and Concealment Locations
POST Control Number 11949
Total Hours 20

Death and Homicide Investigation
POST Control Number 17618
Total Hours 35

Death, Injury and Sexual Violence Scene for First Responders
POST Control Number 10081
Total Hours 20

Detecting Deception
POST Control Number 19060
Total Hours 20

Detective and New Criminal Investigations
POST Control Number 7500
Total Hours 35

Field Training Officer Certification
POST Control Number 19342
Total Hours 35

First Line Supervision: Mastering Leadership Skills
POST Control Number 3168
Total Hours 20

Hostage Negotiations Phase I & II
POST Control Number 2093
Total Hours 40

Hostage Negotiations & Crisis Intervention Certification
POST Control Number 3476
Total Hours 34

Human Trafficking Investigations
POST Control Number 19649
Total Hours 20

Identifying Implicit and Explicit Bias
POST Control Number 20257
Total Hours 12

Internal Affairs Conference and Certification
POST Control Number 23316
Total Hours 32

Investigative Statement Analysis
POST Control Number 19346
Total Hours 20

Leadership Institute for First Line & New Supervisors
POST Control Number 3462
Total Hours 36

Leadership Response to Bias Communication
POST Control Number 23630
Total Hours 2

Leadership Skills for Challenging Times
POST Control Number 3547
Total Hours 20

Legal and Best Law Enforcement Practices
POST Control Number 2678
Total Hours 8

Managing the Property & Evidence Room
POST Control Number 3745
Total Hours 16

Officer-Involved Shooting and Use-of-Force Investigations
POST Control Number 19345
Total Hours 24

Recruiting, Hiring and Background Investigations for Law Enforcement
POST Control Number 4260
Total Hours 20

Response to Active Shooter and Terrorism
POST Control Number 19052
Total Hours 16

School Resource Officers Legal and Liability Issues
POST Control Number 20606
Total Hours 2

Search Warrant Major Case Investigation
POST Control Number 19648
Total Hours 16

Sex Crimes
POST Control Number 7434
Total Hours 16

Solving Violent Crimes and Homicides: Investigative Steps to Success
POST Control Number 4472
Total Hours 20

Supervising the Toxic Officer
POST Control Number 18918
Total Hours 20

The Power Grid for the American Chief of Police
POST Control Number 20080
Total Hours 2

Question 26

Montana

Accepted Answer

If private organizations intend to conduct training within the state, they need to be sponsored by a training region. Once sponsored, the training region assumes the responsibility of ensuring that the necessary procedures for course and instructor certification are fulfilled.

Question 27

Nebraska

Accepted Answer

Nebraska POST does not evaluate or approve vendor training programs. Check with your local training coordinator for specifics if this course qualifies for continuing education credit.

Question 28

Nevada

Accepted Answer

Public Agency Training Council Provider# 0213

PATC will have provide information by Nevada POST upon request from the attendee or agency.

PATC will submit any courses not already approved by NV POST for certification prior to training being held.

Administrative and Mid-Level Supervision
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130027

Advanced Internal Investigations
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130023

Arson Scene Search and Evidence Recovery
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P213001

Child Death and Homicide Investigation
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130035

Criminal Investigation for Street Patrol and New Criminal Investigators
Total Hours:  20
Post Course #:   P2130024

Courtroom Security and Threat Assessment
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130017

Death and Homicide Investigation
Total Hours:  35
Post Course #:   P2130013

Detective and New Criminal Investigator
Total Hours:  40
Post Course #:   P2130011

Evidence Managers Certification Course
Total Hours:  35
Post Course #:   P2130031

Field Training Officer Certification
Total Hours:  35
Post Course #:   P2130008

Forensic Pathology for Investigators
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130034

Hands-On Electrical Fire and Arson Investigation
Total Hours:  20
Post Course #:   P2130020

Homicide Investigation: Crime Scene to Courtroom
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130025

Hostage Negotiations Phase 1&2
Total Hours:  40
Post Course #:   P2130015

Hostage Negotiations, Phase 3
Total Hours:  35
Post Course #:   P2130019

Hostage Negotiators Training Conference
Total Hours:  20
Post Course #:   P2130003

Internal Affairs Conference and Certification
Total Hours:  40
Post Course #:   P2130010

Internet Crimes against Children
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130004

Leadership for Troubling Times
Total Hours:  20
Post Course #:   P2130007

Legal and Liability Issues in Schools
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130018

Managing the Property and Evidence Room
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130006

New Fire and Arson Investigator Academy
Total Hours:  35
Post Course #:   P2130032

Officer Involved Shooting
Total Hours:  20
Post Course #:   P2130009

PREA
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130014

Recruiting, Hiring, Background Investigations and
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130033

School Resource Officer Certification
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130012

Social Media and Cell Phone Investigation
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130028

Supervising and Managing the FTO Unit
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130005

Supervising the Toxic Officer
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130022

The Essentials of Conducting an Internal Affairs Investigations
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130002

Verbal De-escalation and Crisis Communications
Total Hours:  16
Post Course #:   P2130029

Question 29

New Hampshire

Accepted Answer

New Hampshire POST does not evaluate or approve vendor training programs.

Question 30

New Jersey

Accepted Answer

No POST available in New Jersey.

Question 31

New Mexico

Accepted Answer

PATC will provide a certificate of completion. Training hours completed will be reflected on the certificate.

Question 32

New York

Accepted Answer

New York POST does not evaluate or approve vendor training programs. Check with your local training coordinator for specifics if this course qualifies for continuing education credit.

Question 33

North Carolina

Accepted Answer

PATC will provide a certificate of course completion. A class roster will be provided by request only.

Question 34

North Dakota

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours to North Dakota POST. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

If a training course is not sponsored by a North Dakota agency PATC will submit the hours to ND POST.

Any courses not already approved by ND POST will be submitted prior to a PATC sponsored training.

Interview & Interrogation for Investigators and Patrol Officers
Course Number: PATC2009

Question 35

Ohio

Accepted Answer

Ohio POST does not approve vender training programs. Please check with your local Training Coordinator to see if this course qualifies for continuing education credits.

Question 36

Oklahoma

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours to Oklahoma CLEET. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

If a training course is not sponsored by a Oklahoma agency PATC will submit the hours to Oklahoma CLEET.

Any courses not already approved by Oklahoma CLEET will be submitted prior to a PATC sponsored training.

Expires January 2025
Building the Leader Within: Leadership and Management Skills
Course Number: 22-1755
Hours: 20

Solving Homicides: Investigative Steps to Success
Course Number: 22-1754
Hours: 20

Trauma Informed Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
Course Number: 22-1756
Hours: 20

Question 37

Oregon

Accepted Answer

Please check with your Training Coordinator for continuing education information.

Question 38

Pennsylvania

Accepted Answer

Please provide your departmental training personnel with a copy of your certificate of attendance for each program you attend. It is the responsibility of the chief or his/her designee to data enter MPOETC-approved CLEE courses into the web-based Training And Certification System (TACS) into their officers’ records.

Question 39

Rhode Island

Accepted Answer

Rhode Island POST does not evaluate or approve vendor training programs.

Question 40

South Carolina

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours to the SC Criminal Justice Academy. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

If a training course is not sponsored by a South Carolina agency PATC will submit the hours to SC Criminal Justice Academy.

Any courses not already approved by SC Criminal Justice Academy will be submitted prior to a PATC sponsored training.

Question 41

South Dakota

Accepted Answer

Please check with your Training Coordinator for continuing education information.

Question 42

Tennessee

Accepted Answer

Tennessee POST accepts out-of-state training, including PATC courses, for continuing education credit.
 Because the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy does not assign pre-approval to private training vendors, officers will receive credit by working through their agency’s Training Coordinator after attending the course.

Process for Tennessee Officers Attending PATC Training
Attend the training and receive your PATC Certificate of Completion.
Your agency submits Tennessee POST’s standard training form along with your certificate.
Tennessee POST does not require PATC to pre-register courses or submit rosters for out-of-state or privately delivered training.
Each Tennessee agency is responsible for submitting its documentation directly to POST to award credit.

Hosted Classes in Tennessee
If a PATC course is hosted by a Tennessee law enforcement agency, that agency may choose to request course approval and submit the required paperwork on behalf of attendees.

Online & Webinar Courses
There are no additional restrictions on receiving POST credit for online or live webinar-based training.
The same agency-submission process applies.

Question 43

Texas

Accepted Answer

Public Agency Training Council is considered a Non-Contracted Training Provider, which simply means you can attend our training classes because it is eligible for training credit, however you will have to submit the training with the course completion certificate to your agency for submission to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) on the agency departmental training roster through the TCLEDDS system.

If a Texas agency is hosting a PATC course then they are responsible for submitting the hours to TCOLE.

Question 44

Utah

Accepted Answer

It is the responsibility of each individual law enforcement agency to approve and submit records of any training their personnel has attended to POST for appropriate credit.

Question 45

Vermont

Accepted Answer

No information available.

Question 46

Virginia

Accepted Answer

PATC will sign a PIC form for a training if requested by the attendee or their agency.

Question 47

Washington

Accepted Answer

Washington POST does not evaluate or approve vendor training programs.

Question 48

Washington DC

Accepted Answer

No information available.

Question 49

West Virginia

Accepted Answer

The West Virginia Department of Safety and Law Enforcement Training does not approve private vendor training programs. The agency sponsoring the training submits the application prior to the course for the course to be approved for annual in-service.

Question 50

Wisconsin

Accepted Answer

Wisconsin POST does not evaluate or approve vendor training programs.

Question 51

Wyoming

Accepted Answer

The sponsor agency is responsible for submitting training hours to Wyoming POST. Attendees will be provided a course completion certificate.

An application for POST approval must be submitted for each program 30 days prior to the program date by the co-sponsoring agency. A POST attendance roster will be submitted by the co-sponsoring agency within five (5) days of completion of the course to POST.

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