FTO

FTO Refresher Course

A focused realignment course for existing FTOs, reinforcing evaluation standards, documentation, feedback, and program consistency.

Course Details

Course Overview

Practical Context Before the Next Decision.

Even experienced field training officers benefit from periodic realignment around agency expectations, documentation, coaching, and evaluation standards. This one-day course revisits the decisions that create consistency in a field training program and uses practical discussion to address drift, unclear feedback, rating differences, and difficult trainee performance. It is designed for current FTOs who already understand the role and need a focused reset that connects their daily work to supervisory oversight, program integrity, and a defensible final recommendation.

Designed ForCurrent field training officers

Format1 day

Course AreaFTO

Course Focus

Recalibrating evaluation standardsClear feedback and useful documentationAddressing performance and remediationMaintaining consistency across FTOs and shifts

Instruction

Meet the Practitioners Leading This Course.

Course leadership is matched to the subject and grounded in direct professional experience.

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Training Instructor

Patrick Dolly

Patrick Dolly is a police sergeant and training professional with experience across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. His work includes patrol supervision, curriculum development, academy instruction, policy implementation, background investigations, use-of-force review, and leadership of an agency field training program. He is a certified law-enforcement instructor in both states and has taught recruits, field training officers, supervisors, and command-level leaders. Patrick holds a Master of Science in Justice Administration and a Bachelor of Criminal Justice. His courses emphasize consistent evaluation, useful documentation, coaching, accountability, and the supervisory systems that make field training defensible.

Field Training, Supervision, Curriculum Development, and Policy Implementation

FTO Refresher Course

Practical Context Before the Next Decision.

Meet the Practitioners Leading This Course.

Patrick Dolly

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