Police Training Officer (PTO) Basic Course
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Train smarter from day one.
Prepare to become a post-academy trainer using the PTO program model — a community-policing-centered approach to field training that teaches new officers to think proactively. This 40-hour course covers adult learning strategies, problem-based learning, emotional intelligence, coaching techniques, and agency-specific evaluation design. Ideal for agencies implementing or refining their field training programs.
Duration: 40 Hours | KLEC Certified
Beginning March 2026, this course will be offered through contract only. Interested in contracting this course?
Additional Information
- Journaling for accurate self-assessment
- Teaching adult learners
- PTO program structure and implementation
- Problem Based Learning Exercises
- Emotional intelligence in police work
- Designing/using agency-specific evaluations
- Anchoring community policing, legitimacy and procedural justice
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- Coaching Training Reports (CTRs)
- Learning Activity Packages (LAPS) to enhance training
- Neighborhood Portfolio Exercise
- To learn the PTO structure and how the components support community policing.
- To learn through adult-based learning strategies and how to teach using them.
- To demonstrate competency in each of the topics covered.
- To design effective evaluations that address a trainee's skills, knowledge, application and ability to work within the department's goals.
- To learn how to apply recruit training in the community through a series of real-life problem solving activities.
- To recognize inhibitors to learning and learn strategies for overcoming these.
- To promote the practice of using community members as partners in problem solving, accountability and resource development.
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