Field Training for the 21st Century is Coming to Fort Smith!

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Join us March 17-21 at the Fort Smith Police Training Center to learn the skills needed to become a field trainer for your agency.

Serving as a field trainer is one of the most important roles an officer may have in an agency. This course explores a variety of issues designed to help field training officers manage their probationary employees.

To successfully complete the course, the student is required to attend all scheduled instruction and to obtain a passing grade on the final examination.

Topics include:

  • Six Functions of the Field Training Officer
  • Recruit Remediation
  • Documentation of Recruit Performance
  • Counseling and Motivation
  • Critical Training Issues — Cultural Diversity, Use of Force, Sexual Harassment and its Effects on Field Training
  • Interpersonal Communication.

This course is designed for all certified law enforcement officers with three or more years of law enforcement experience.

Registration is available online.

QUESTIONS? Contact Jared Crisco @ [email protected] or 501-570-8078.