Many students of this class were tenured officers who expanded their enforcement experience We finished up with our Basic FTO Class in April with 22 new FTOs. It was great to see several attendees with lots of law enforcement experience. In recent classes, it was not uncommon to have attendees with 3 years or less of experience. These tenured…
We just finished up another Basic FTO Class and wanted to thank the Fife Police Department for their hospitality in hosting this class. This was a great class with over 17 police agencies and sheriff’s departments represented. We graduated 28 new Field Training Officers that are now ready to train, mentor, coach, and evaluate the next generation of law…
We have closed out the year! 2024 was a very busy year for FTO Classes. We had the honor to present our Basic FTO—as well as our Refresher Class—in seven locations: one in Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office (Louisiana) and six in Washington State. Those locations included Island County and Yakima County Sheriffs Office; and Kalama, Bellingham, Lynnwood, and Everett…
We graduated another 21 new FTOs who will return to their respective agencies with a new understanding of how to train their new employees with a focus on Training Towards Success. We had Corrections Officers, Financial Officers, and Intake Officers, as well as police and deputies, in attendance. One of the questions many expressed was on how to “override”…
We just completed another Basic FTO Class in Everett, WA. It was great to see representatives with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office back in the class. This was a large class with 28 attendees heading back to their agencies to begin the process of training the next generation of new employees. This was a diverse group made up…
This FTO Refresher Class was hosted by the Island County Sheriff’s Office and had 19 attendees from all over the area. Officers from Arlington, Moses Lake, Burlington, Battleground, and Langley Police Departments; and Deputies from Okanogan, Benton, and Island Counties made up the class. The block of instruction which received high praises, not surprisingly, was the SEG review…
