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CJTC details FTO/PTO overhaul as instructors and funding strain programs
Summary
The Criminal Justice Training Commission heard a detailed update on Field Training Officer and Police Training Officer programs, including a new Washington model policy, acute instructor shortages after contracting changes, funding limits for courses and plans for apprenticeship and video-based training to improve consistency.
The Criminal Justice Training Commission on Tuesday received an extensive update on the agency’s Field Training Officer (FTO) and Police Training Officer (PTO) programs and options to address instructor shortages and inconsistent evaluations.
Agency training staff described two national training models now used in Washington, and explained the Commission’s work to combine a job-task analysis with field-training standards to produce a Washington-specific FTO model policy and associated training materials. Staff said the model will align basic training, field training and evaluation and add instructor development and apprenticeship pathways.
Commission staff said their approach uses standardized evaluation guidelines adopted nationally, with a 1–7 Likert scale and anchor points…
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