This law enforcement or fire department training is offered to public safety personnel who have recently been appointed as a Field Training Officer (FTO), who plan on becoming an FTO, or supervising FTOs. We teach the San Jose model of FTO training and we place a heavy emphasis on this instruction as we recognize that FTOs are considered first line supervisors, mentors and department leaders.

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Training topics will include:

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• Leadership skills

• Teaching and training development

• Ethics

• Legal and liability issues

• Completing daily and weekly FTO evaluations

• Report writing

• Case studies

• Lateral vs, recruit training

• Officer safety

• Elements of FTO Training

• Patrol and Custody Supervised FTO Chain of Command

• Responsibility and Oversight

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Upon completion, students will be prepared to assume the role of FTO with a great foundation upon which to build as they train the department’s new personnel. This is a two day class. Cost $495

 

Instructor: John Pallas (Deputy Chief, Retired—State of TN) John Pallas is a 29-year law enforcement veteran who served as Deputy Chief of Police for the law enforcement division of the State of Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. In that role, John supervised command staff, oversaw the professional standards unit and served as the public information officer and director of training. He also has more than two decades of service in California in various capacities, including Vice Detective, Narcotics Task Force Investigator, F.T.O. and Reserve Program Coordinator. John conducts pre-employment background investigations for many law enforcement agencies and fire departments, and conducts background investigations and FTO training for police and fire personnel throughout the country.