Closing Out the Year: 2024 Accomplishments & What’s in Store for 2025

David Harris and Associates FTO Class in Lynnwood Washington

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…

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“Day -1, I Was Not Ready to Be An FTO; Day -5, I Feel Prepared.”

  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…

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Another Everett, WA FTO Class in the Books

Shane Hawley teaching some students at the Field Training Officer (FTO) Refresher Class in Everett, WA during late September, 2023.   On September 29th, 27 students completed our 40-hour Basic FTO Class in Everett, WA. We were excited to have 10 different agencies send their trainers in our class. Those agencies included Lynnwood, Edmonds, Redmond, Bellevue, Marysville Police Departments. Tribal…

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Everett, WA: 25 New Officers Graduated from David J. Harris & Associates’ Basic Field Training Officer Class

Pictured above: The FTO class in Everett, WA on February 7-11, 2022. By: Sgt. David J. Harris This past week, we graduated 25 new FTOs upon the conclusion of our 40-hour Basic Field Training Officer Class held in Everett, Washington. We were excited to have a so many agencies represented, including Officer Jesse Picard from Yakutat, Alaska. Jesse was…

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FTO Class in Everett, WA

There is a Basic FTO Academy class February 7th – 11th, 2022. It will be held at the  Everett Police South PrecinctYou still have time to register, but the class will be limited to 24 attendees. Register Now The class includes: Instructor Development Adult Learning Methodologies Coach-Pupil Method of Instruction Lesson Planning Evaluation Rules Formula for Documentation How to…

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