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…

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March & September 2025 FTO Classes

David Harris & Associates, LLC offers a Basic Field Training Officer Academy, Refresher for the FTO course, and Managing the FTO Program. If your agency is seeking quality training that is based on nationally recognized best practices, David Harris & Associates is ready to help. Upcoming verified classes are both in Everett, Washington: Basic FTO Academy -40-Hours- Everett, WA…

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David Harris & Associates Just Completed a Basic FTO Class in Kalama, Washington!

Basic FTO Class near me - Kalama, WA

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”…

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News from Union Gap, Washington

Experience ranged from 5 to 20+ years of law enforcement! We were honored to be in Union Gap, Washington on April 12th and 13th, 2023, where we completed our two-Day FTO Refresher Class. It was impressive to note the tenure of the attendees. Experience ranged from 5 to 20+ years of law enforcement. Several of the attendees have trained…

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24 New Washington FTO Graduates This March

“This was the first training I’ve gone to that became exciting to show up for…” On March 17, 2023, we graduated another 24 students from our Basic FTO School. Once again, the class was well received based on the comments from the students. One student stated, “I came in thinking this course would be easy, and it would be…

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