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Future Training Courses

2025 - 2026

This listing provides information about planned classes, BUT  these courses are not officially scheduled until they are on the Website's training calendar; dates, locations & instructor availability tend to change during the planning process. 

Future training courses are pending certification and mandate approval from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

 

Monthly On-line training provided by MTU1 (under case studies)

  • Illinois Prosecutor Services- Monthly Case Law Update

Class listing updated   12/17/25


January 2026

5-16 Traffic Crash Investigation 1-Rockford

12 Basics of Property & Evidence Room Management-Dixon

12-14 Officer Survival and Communication Spanish Level 1-Freeport

16 SFST-Dixon

26-27 ARIDE-Dixon


February 2026

3 BAO - Freeport

2-6 Crime Scene Investigator 1 - Dekalb (On hold-MTU2 waiting on additional funding)

Use of Force for Corrections (4 Hrs.) & Tactical Report Writing (4 Hrs.)-Freeport SAME DAY 

10-12
Line Level Leadership - Rockford

16 Low Light Concepts - Rockford

17 CIT an Intro to Mental Health Awareness - Dixon

17-18 Unresolved Homicide Case Investigations - Rockford

Feb. 23 - March 6 Traffic Crash Investigation 2 - Rockford

24 ISP Crime Scene Investigation - Dixon


March 2026

Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command-Sauk Valley Community College
March 2 to May 22, 2026 (5 weeks in class / 2 weeks off / 5 weeks in class)
Registration now available at nucps.northwestern.edu/reg4spsc

9-11 Peer Support for 1st Responders - Freeport

11-12 Red Dot Pistol Course for Instructors - Rockford

12-13 Illinois Vehicle Code Update - Freeport

16-18 Mobile Phone Investigation and Cellular Record Analysis - Freeport

20 Juvenile Court Act - Dixon

23-26 Math and Physics Review for Crash Professionals - Online

23-27 Lead Homicide Investigator - Dixon

24 Sexual Assault Trauma Informed Response - Rockford

25 Sexual Assault Trauma Informed Investigator - Rockford



April 2026

1-2 Gang Combat Dynamics - Rockford

6-7 ARIDE - Rockford

6-10 Vehicle Dynamics

10 Juvenile Interrogations - Dixon

10 CQB - Rockford

13-17 Instructor Development - Freeport

20-22 Advanced Interview and Interrogations - Dixon

27-29 De-escalation Instructor Course-Blue Shield Tactical - Freeport

April 27-May 8 Traffic Crash Reconstruction 1 - Rockford

30 VCQB 1 - Rockford



May 2026

1
VCQB 2 - Rockford

4-7 32 Hr. Juvenile Specialist - Freeport

4-5 Advanced Financial Crimes - Dixon

4-5 IVC Update - NITAB

6 BAO Certification - Rockford

8 SFST Refresher - Rockford

11-14 Rifle Instructor Course - Rockford

18-19 Proactive Patrol Tactics - Sterling


June 2026

3
Sexual Assault Trauma Informed Response - Rockford

4 Sexual Assault Trauma Informed Investigator - Rockford

4 Performance Pistol - Rockford



Northwestern Center for Public Safety 2026 Core Crash Courses-Rockford 
Jan. 5-16 --- Crash Investigation 
Feb. 23 - Mar. 6 --- Crash Investigation 2 
Mar. 23-26 --- Math & Physics Review for Crash Professionals Online 
Apr. 6-10 --- Vehicle Dynamics 
Apr. 27 - May 8 --- Traffic Crash Reconstruction 1 
Jun. 1-12 --- Traffic Crash Reconstruction 2   
Read more at: https://nitab.org/page/22/future-training