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Leadership for Front-Line Supervisors is a course designed to help law enforcement professionals develop the skills and knowledge necessary to excel as front-line leaders. Leadership and management are distinct but complementary roles, and this course will help attendees understand the difference and learn how to effectively lead their teams. Through lectures, group discussions, and interactive exercises, participants will have the opportunity to explore key concepts such as team building, communication, and conflict resolution, and gain practical tools and strategies for leading their teams with dedication and professionalism. This course is an invaluable resource for those seeking to enhance their leadership skills and advance their careers in law enforcement.

• Leadership versus Management
• Are you born with leadership skills or can they be forged?
• What is a Positional Leader?
• Influence versus Manipulation
• First your Friends – Now your Subordinates
• Leading with Subordinates, Peers, and Bosses
• Let them win
• Followership
• Listen first then decide
• Why is time on your side?
• Love and Accountability
• Leadership growth – How is it accomplished?.

 Advanced Field Training Officer is a two-day course is designed to enhance the communication, teaching, and documentation skills of current Field Training Officers (FTOs) or department FTO coordinators and commanders. The course is for both law enforcement and corrections. The importance of effective training and thorough documentation cannot be overstated in today’s litigious society, particularly when it comes to the crucial role of FTOs in training new officers and minimizing the risk of negligent retention. Through lectures, group discussions, and interactive exercises, participants will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills in these areas and become more effective in their roles as trainers and mentors. This course is an invaluable resource for those committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism and excellence in their departments.

Course is certified by the Southeastern FTO Association (SEFTOA).

• Generational differences
• Overcoming personality conflicts
• Understand why adults learn differently and how to address those distinctions
• The FTO as a teacher and mentor
• FTO is your first true leadership position
• Training mistakes
• Review of typical trainee deficiencies along with training techniques crafted to fix each specific problem
• Documentation of deficiencies
• Negligent retention
• Students will review real body worn camera videos to integrate the two days of training

 Advanced Instructor Development course is designed to provide current trainers and instructors the ability to continue to build their teaching skills. General instructor curriculum covers important, but basic generalized topics geared toward teaching a class. This class will challenge you to get better as an instructor.  Anyone can take this class but it is recommended for current instructors with one year or more teaching experience. Join us to explore advanced considerations in teaching.

Topics include

• Generational Challenges
• Classroom Socialization
• Personality Conflicts
• Web-assisted Instruction
• Equipment and Props – What to Use?
• PowerPoint Creation Best Practices
• Research and Referencing
• Liability Considerations

 Integrating COP and leadership is a course to develop officers into competent leaders capable of implementing community policing strategies. Through a comprehensive curriculum, participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to build trust, address community concerns, and create a safer environment for all.

This is a two-day class. Although this class will benefit anyone who attends, the target audience are new officers, field training officers and those new to supervision. 

Topics Include

• Defining leadership and characteristics common in a  leader.
• Top ten desired characteristics in leaders.
• Leadership skills to help officers better serve their communities.
• Fundamentals of community policing. 
• Linking leadership and community policing.
• Challenges to community policing.
• Robert Peel Principles and how they apply to 21st century policing.
• Community policing as a philosophy and not a program.