Click here to register: NLETC Forms Page (Scroll down to the Enrollment Form for Specialized Training.)
NLETC reserves the right to limit the number of attendees from any one agency. This is to provide equitable training throughout the state.
Guided by the San Jose Model, this course is designed to prepare the field training coordinator responsible for overseeing, supervising, and managing their department's field training evaluation program, field training officers and officers in training.
Program management is vital to the success of the field training program and many programs fail due to a lack of coordination among the tasks required to administer and lead it. Upon completion of this course, participants can effectively apply strategies to maximize their field training program and prepare the Field Training Coordinator for the program's requirements.
Program Curriculum:
- History of Field Training Programs: San Jose Model (FTO) vs. Reno Model (PTO)
- Duties, Roles and Responsibilities of the Field Training Coordinator/Manager
- Impact of the Field Training and Evaluation Program
- Generational Leadership
- Importance of Leadership in the Field Training Program
- Officer in Training: Take Action or Delay Decision
- Field Training Management: Selection, Supervision and Removal of FTO's
- Reports and Meetings that Enhance the Field Training Program
- Prepare Trainees to Enter the Field Training Program
- Legal and Liability Issues
Students are responsible for lodging ($25.00 per night double occupancy) and meals.
Equipment: Pen/Pencil, notebook, and extra towels if you are staying at NLETC
Start Date: 4/19/2027 Start Time: 8:00 am
End Date: 4/21/2027
Tuition: $240.00 plus lodging and meals as applicable (Tuition subject to change.)
Class Limit: 20
Location: NLETC
Instructor: Dr. Steve Rathman, Chief of Police Plattsmouth P.D.
Prerequisite: None