2 Day Managing the FTO Program

Attendees will learn the following:

• How to properly select new FTOs
• How to setup, manage and supervise their department’s FTO Program
• Ways to personalize and tailor their FTO Program to their department's needs
• Training strategies to employ in their FTO Program
• How to read and evaluate their FTO’s written Daily Observation Reports (DORs)
• How to write weekly Supervisor’s Weekly Observation Reports (SWORs)
• Potential liability issues in the FTO Program and how to reduce them
• Training new Recruit Officers vs Lateral Transfers
• Extension and remediation of trainees in the FTO Program
• Termination / Separation procedures

Instructors:

Lt. Joseph Thibodeau is currently in his 31st year of Law Enforcement. Joe has been managing his department's FTO Program for 20 years. He is a level IV FTO Coordinator/lead Instructor and a Level IV Report Writing Instructor/Coordinator for the MA Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC). He has been instructing at numerous police academies and privately since 2000. He has trained thousands of reserve, recruit and veteran officers as well as supervisors in numerous disciplines to include FTO, Report Writing, Suicide Prevention, Arrest and Processing and Communication. He is considered a subject matter expert in FTO and Report Writing.

Capt. John Newton (Ret.) is a 32-year veteran of Massachusetts municipal policing retiring from the Greenfield PD. John managed his department's FTO Program for over 15 years. He is a Level IV Instructor Development trainer, serving on the MA Statewide Instructor Development Steering Committee since 2010. He is also a Level IV FTO instructor having taught in this topic area for the MPTC since 2003. Newton has been an adjunct trainer and curriculum developer for the MPTC in myriad subject areas since 1987. After retiring, John spent 4 years as a full-time Associate Professor of Criminal Justice with Odessa College in West Texas and continues to instruct online courses for them. He maintains a certification through the IADLEST as a Nationally Certified Instructor.

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