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From Field Training Officer programs to training tips, this page is the ultimate police resource for FTO news, expert analysis, and videos.
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Strategies for success in 23 key areas of policing
What can the FTO do to help properly accelerate this process?
Designed with guidance from field training officers, the LexisNexis Law Enforcement Automated Personnel System enables better documentation of training tasks and recruit performance
This gem has been floating around the internet for a while, and while its original author is unknown, the truths are just too accurate not to share
Jim and Doug discuss the role of the mentor in law enforcement
Being a Field Training Officer — teaching young officers the right way to do the job — can be one of the most rewarding assignments in all of law enforcement
The easiest way to make sense of how to be successful at this is to simply recognize you’re the new guy
Here are some pointers to help every new cop on their way to a successful law enforcement career
While police officers may be exempt by the vehicle code from wearing seatbelts, we’re not exempt from the laws of physics, so let’s stop training our recruits to ignore this important officer safety device
Here’s how to keep that sudden impact from changing your outlook on the job
It falls on all of us in the profession to recognize and help develop officers who are not tracking as they should
FTO Shopping is either an agency’s answer to getting officers through the FTO Program, or a substandard trainee’s answer to getting through the FTO Program
While every generation can become disenchanted with the next, we have a tremendous responsibility to give back to our profession
Suspects will exhibit the same nervous mannerisms with a stolen safe in the trunk as they would with a spare tire filled with cocaine
There are many rewards to being an FTO, but there are just as many tribulations; humor is one way to avoid FTO burnout
The most important individual in a new officer’s life is their first Field Training Officer
Field Training Tracker is a web-based application that duplicates all of the paper forms involved in a properly-run field training and evaluation program (FTEP)
