From “Bitchin’” Reviews to Better Reports: Our 2026 Kickoff in Bellingham, WA
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Our Final Classes of 2025!
2025 was a fairly busy year. We held several Basic FTO classes in Washington state with host agencies to include the Everett Police Department (twice), Benton County Sheriff’s Office, Fife Police, West Richland Police, and Lynnwood Police Departments. We also traveled to Louisiana where we were hosted by the North Delta Training Academy for a Basic 40-hour class. Even…
What a Trip to Louisiana!
Due to the weather in Texas, it took me 35 hours to get there. Every flight was either cancelled or delayed. Finally got to my hotel at 0200 on July 14th, and had to be at North Delta Training Academy in West Monroe, LA by 0700 for set up just a few hours later. With all that said, it…
Until Next Time, Tri-Cities and Richland, Washington!
We had a great trip to Richland and the Tri-Cities area in Washington state, and we hope to come back to both places soon! We completed a Basic FTO Class in Kennewick, WA this mid-June, 2025, with members of the Benton County Sherrif’s Office as well as the Lacy Police Department. During the week, we were proud to attend…
Everett’s April 2025 Class: Use 1 Word to Describe Your Best FTO, and 1 Word to Describe Your Worst FTO
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…
March 2025’s Class Yields 28 FTO Class Graduates in Fife, Washington
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…