FTO

Supervising the FTO Program

Focuses on program integrity, evaluator consistency, risk mitigation, supervisory oversight, and correcting breakdowns in field training systems.

Course Details

Course Overview

Practical Context Before the Next Decision.

A field training program can only be as consistent as the supervision behind it. This course helps supervisors and program coordinators evaluate trainer performance, identify inconsistent standards, review documentation, manage remediation, and make defensible program decisions. It examines how policy, selection, training, evaluation tools, communication, and command oversight work together. The focus is on protecting program integrity while supporting FTOs and trainees through difficult performance questions, competing expectations, and the operational demands of the agency.

Designed ForSupervisors responsible for FTO programs

Format2 days

Course AreaFTO

Course Focus

Program oversight and evaluator consistencyDocumentation and quality controlRemediation, risk, and decision pointsFTO selection, support, and accountability

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

Supervising the FTO Program

Practical Context Before the Next Decision.

Meet the Practitioners Leading This Course.

Patrick Dolly

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