FTO Coordinator Course

It will provide you with an understanding of the development, management, and maintenance of a law enforcement agency’s FTO program. Students will examine and use the essential forms and processes to positively impact their FTO program and agency.

Whether the role as the FTO Coordinator is a primary duty or it is collateral, this course will aid you in updating and strengthening your field training program. (This course will provide an overview of GSPCC's FTO Course; it is not a Field Training field supervisor's course.)

FTO-SAC includes:

• The components of GSPCC’s San Jose Model FTO Course, certified by IADLEST and the National Certification Program™.
• Leadership principles applied to the supervision of an FTO program.
• Forms and practices associated with the San Jose Model Field Training Program.
• Legal and liability ramifications, trainee retention and termination vs. resignation.

Included, attendees receive:

GSPCC flash drive with all forms, documentation, and templates related to the course and development of a Field Training Program

*Informal consultation of one the following areas of your department’s Field Training Program:

• Department FTP Forms 
• FTO Manual
• Recruit Training Manual

What students are saying about the course:

•  “As excellent instructor as I’ve had in my law enforcement career.”
•  “Great class. Covers all the bases.”
•  “Course is excellent.”
• “Great real-life examples and interactive assignments.”
• Instructor brought great energy.”

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 per 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: $375 per student