FTO Refresher/In-Service

FTOs will learn the following:

• Discuss new and existing liability issues facing FTOs and their FTO Program to include mindset of "De-escalation" and "A duty to intervene."
• A refresher on teaching/coaching methods for new officers using facilitated learning techniques and the "A.L.A." and "Teaching Triangle" teaching method developed by JETPST.
• Ways to be consistent in written evaluations of new officers on DORs using formulas developed by JETPST.
• Pitfalls to avoid as a FTO

Instructors:

Lt. Joseph Thibodeau is currently in his 33rd year of Law Enforcement. Joe 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 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.

For more information or any questions email us at info@JETPST.com or call us at 978-494-0930