Field Training Officer Certification - Rockford
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Field Training Officer Certification - Rockford
Members' Fee: $0
Sworn Non-Members' Fee: $0
Non-Members' Fee: $0
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Date: Monday, June 15, 2026
Ends On: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Ends On: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor Location:
NITAB Training Room
Instructor: Sgt. Ed King - Rockford Police DepartmentNITAB Training Room
527 Colman Center Drive
Rockford, IL 61108
Rockford, IL 61108
Members' Fee: $0
Sworn Non-Members' Fee: $0
Non-Members' Fee: $0
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PURPOSE OF COURSE:
To train current law enforcement officer’s effective teaching and documentation strategies to assist transitioning newly hired police officers from the academy training environment to solo patrol duties.
COURSE OVERVIEW:
A Police Field Training Officer is tasked with receiving a police academy graduate and facilitating an intense learning experience in a manner that effectively transitions a new officer to an officer that is prepared for solo patrol functions. A Field Training Officer (FTO) operates as a lone teacher, mentor, and supervisor for a new department member. This course serves to outfit FTOs with the skillsets to effectively relay their knowledge and experience with procedures, tactics, and other skills applicable to preparing new officers to safely and effectively provide police services within their communities. Students will learn and demonstrate effective adult teaching methods, dynamic and tabletop scenario development, lesson plan development, performance documentation, remediation, learn about impacts of stress, managing challenging students, liability issues, communication methods, teaching strategies, and leadership.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
To train current law enforcement officer’s effective teaching and documentation strategies to assist transitioning newly hired police officers from the academy training environment to solo patrol duties.
COURSE OVERVIEW:
A Police Field Training Officer is tasked with receiving a police academy graduate and facilitating an intense learning experience in a manner that effectively transitions a new officer to an officer that is prepared for solo patrol functions. A Field Training Officer (FTO) operates as a lone teacher, mentor, and supervisor for a new department member. This course serves to outfit FTOs with the skillsets to effectively relay their knowledge and experience with procedures, tactics, and other skills applicable to preparing new officers to safely and effectively provide police services within their communities. Students will learn and demonstrate effective adult teaching methods, dynamic and tabletop scenario development, lesson plan development, performance documentation, remediation, learn about impacts of stress, managing challenging students, liability issues, communication methods, teaching strategies, and leadership.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
- Orientation, program structure, expectations
- Identify and address current problems and trends within the law enforcement career field and its relevance to FTOs.
- Identify and address current problems and trends within law enforcement leadership and its relevance to FTOs.
- Identify and address current challenges in FTO programs.
- Understand and demonstrate various communication strategies for effective teaching.
- Manage challenging students and developing strategies for teaching
- Understand and demonstrate adult teaching strategies.
- Understand the effects of stress on students and develop lesson balances for effective teaching
- Understand student directed learning and experiential learning and incorporate it into daily lessons
- Understand block versus random training
- Learn and develop safe and effective dynamic, tabletop, and teach back scenarios
- Understand and discuss liabilities of the FTO process
- Performance Documentation
This course has been certified by the ILETSB and approved to meet the following mandates:
- Officer Wellness and Mental Health - 3.5 hours
- Procedural Justice - 12.0 hours
REGISTRATION:
All registrations are received on the MTU#1 website. Find Registration instructions herePatial funding provided by Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
