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TCOLE staff outline curriculum changes, job-task analysis and plans to measure academy outcomes
Summary
Officials described major curriculum updates — including a jailer course increase from 32 to 59 hours to add suicide-prevention content — a statewide job-task analysis for the basic peace officer course, a task force studying academy success, and a proposed rule to require training coordinators to report separation from basic courses (A5).
TCOLE education and field services staff told commissioners the agency is pushing a series of curriculum and reporting changes aimed at standardizing training and identifying underperforming academies.
Deputy Chief Colin Grissom said the basic jail certification (the transition course that provides jail licensing to sworn peace officers) was republished in January and must be implemented by June 2. The course increases from 32 to 59 hours primarily to add a suicide-prevention module specific to the jail setting. ‘‘That suicide-prevention module was literally a missing component,’’ Grissom said, and staff cited statewide evidence that the…
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