Field Training Officer – Update Class

Field Training Officer

Update Class will provide the student with an understanding of the  industry standard San Jose FTO Model. It will provide  those who have attended the GSPCC Basic FTO Course  or are seeking to refresh their outdated/expired FTO  certification from another course, with advanced tools  and knowledge, to effectively train and evaluate  recruit field trainees. The course will focus on  leadership fundamentals, ethics and professionalism,  teaching and training techniques and methodologies,  as well as the proper application of the Standardized  Evaluation Guidelines (SEGS) when completing Daily  Observation Reports (DORS). This does not take the  place of a full FO Course. 

Attendees must have  completed an FTO Basic Course for admission to the  refresher course.

•  Ethics & Professionalism
•  Leadership, Liability & Intervention 
• Teaching and Training Skills/Adult  learning Styles
•  Standardized Evaluation Guidelines 
• DORs/DOR Videos/Remediation

What students are saying about the instructor: 

•  “Great instructor!” 
• “Amazing instructor with vast  knowledge"
•  “The instructor is motivating.”

ABOUT GSPCC 

Granite State Police Career Counseling (GSPCC) provides progressive and comprehensive law enforcement training through collaborative learning. GSPCC's instructors are seasoned classroom professionals with law enforcement backgrounds who are formally educated in their respective teaching and training fields.

About the Instructor: 

Officer Phillip White, MS, MA (RET.) served for 26  years with the San Jose, CA Police Department.  From 2017-2023, he was the department’s CA  POST certified FTO Program Coordinator, providing  supervision and leadership to over 85 FTOs, 15 FTO  Sergeants and between 40 and 65 trainees during a  given cycle. White was also the lead course  instructor for the CA POST FTO Course. He served  as an FTO for four years and in various special  assignments outside of the Patrol Division. He  retired in January 2023 after 31 total years of law  enforcement experience. He now resides in  Portsmouth, NH.

Cost: $250 per student