24 Hours

*Note: Because this class is detention specific there is no AZPOST credit.

This three-day course will provide the new FTO with all of the skills and abilities to professionally train and evaluate a new detention/corrections officer.

Field Training Officers train and evaluate career candidates in preparation for solo duty in detention/corrections.  Our Basic 3 day course will provide the new FTO with the tools necessary to train and evaluate career candidates during the field training process.

Our Basic FTO School prepares experienced detention/correction officers for a career in field training. The course focuses on the FTO themselves, and how they can improve their interpersonal and instruction skills to increase Officer in Training (OIT) retention. The classes incorporate a variety of learning activities, including case law discussion and video scenarios.

Students will receive class workbooks including curriculum notes, AZJAILS training program management outlines, and AZJAILS training form templates for use at their agency.

Certificates will be issued upon class completion.

This 24 hour class covers such topics as:

• Introduction to FTO
• Adult Learning
• Leadership strategies & techniques
• Standardized evaluation guidelines
• Training documentation

2 hours

(Inbound & Outbound)

Course Description: 
The term “contraband” is defined and a typology of contraband is explained. Items of contraband including “drugs” are examined and implications for maintaining a safe prison facility are reviewed. In addition, Communication problems and how they hinder the achievement of prison goals are discussed and analyzed in this 2 hour class.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Understand definitions and issues associated with Contraband
• Discuss issues human communication in a detention setting

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour course addresses the principles of crime scene investigation and the importance of evidence collection, processing of evidence, crime scene preservation, and the presentation of the evidence into a court of law.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate and understand documentation of crime scene
• Demonstrate the ability to locate and obtain information from evidence.
• Understand rules of investigative processes and how they apply to crime scene investigations.

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour program is designed to acquaint the detention officer with the procedures, techniques, legal concerns, and general problems associated with a criminal investigation. The program focuses on the role of the criminal investigator and emphasizes interviewing skills and legal requirements.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• List the elements of criminal investigations in the jail
• Identify the role of the investigation process in the jail
• Explain terms and concepts used in law enforcement investigation applications

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour courses address the question: Sheriff's Deputy vs. Correctional Officer: Which Job is Right for You? The courses provides introductory training for corrections officers to transition to law enforcement officers by providing the basic knowledge and understanding required to perform satisfactorily the duties and responsibilities of police patrol.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Understand the difference between a Corrections/Detention officer’s and police officer/sheriff’s deputy authority
• Identify basic level of education and requirements to meet the requirements of a police officer

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour class stresses Correctional staff manipulation and outlines various methods used by inmates. These attempts to control staff by subtle means that can be very artistic. The result is to get something that is wanted, needed or achieved. To properly guard against manipulation, correctional staff must ask themselves, “What do the inmates want to control? What might they really want? Are they telling the truth?” Some inmates’ views of the staff are that they are gullible; some are “do gooders” and are inferior. Some inmates think that they are more intelligent than the staff, and staff members and COs are there to do the inmates’ bidding.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Identify their individual strengths and weaknesses.
• Understand the process of manipulation
• Identify Verbal Deception and Situational Deception methods

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

4 hours

Course Description:
The correctional environment, as a source of information and production of intelligence remains an essentially untapped domain. The total correctional environment, including the physical plant, the schedule regimens of both staff and inmates, and all points of ingress and egress can be legitimately tapped for intelligence purposes. This 4 hour course also examines how correctional officers interact with inmates to produce information that can solve crimes, save lives and property in the jail.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Identify intelligence tools and operations
• Understand methods that produce a more coordinated and effective production of intelligence
• Develop an appreciation for the “feel” of certain correctional environments.
• Understand that gathering intelligence is just refining those learned traits and reporting and documenting observations, conversations, associations, changes in offenders’ actions and behaviors.

 Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
Searches of prison cells by jail administrators are not limited even by a reasonableness standard, the Court having held that "the Fourth Amendment proscription against unreasonable searches does not apply within the confines of the prison cell. This 2 hour course presents an overview of conducting random "shakedown" searches of inmates' cells without the need to adopt any established practice or plan, and inmates must look to the Eighth Amendment or to state tort law for redress against harassment, malicious property destruction, and the like.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Articulate why searches of inmates and of inmate housing and work areas are conducted
• Understand the application of the 4th and 8th Amendments in a correctional setting
• Examine how to employ the least intrusive method of search practicable

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

8 hours

Course Description:
This 8 hour course introduces the student to Driver Education Theory, and as such is designed to help students become safe, knowledgeable transport drivers. The safe and proper operation of a transport vehicle is one of the skills to be mastered by a correctional officer. The course also addresses the fundamentals and practical demonstration of the transportation and restraint of inmates.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate use of vehicle equipment
• Identify liability responsibilities
• Demonstrate transport driving skills

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
Valid AZ Driver’s License
Transport Vehicle

24 hours

Course Description:
The Driver Training Program conducts the 24-hour Basic Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (EVOC) course. This course is designed as a basic familiarization for emergency response driving. Students must successfully complete a skid recovery, an ABS braking exercise, a timed precision course, and a written examination in order to graduate. Students are also instructed in off-road recovery and emergency response driving techniques necessary for safe high speed operations.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate emergency driving skills
• Demonstrate driving habits under high stress conditions
• Demonstrate high-risk / speed maneuvers
• Define and practice defensive driving
• Demonstrate non-emergency driving skills and handling
• Demonstrate use of vehicle/emergency equipment
• Identify liability issues and responsibility

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
Valid AZ Driver’s License
Transport Vehicle

4 hours

Course Description:
Mental Health First Aid is a 4-hour course that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health concerns, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments. The course uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect persons to professional, peer and social supports as well as self-help resources.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Analyze the signs and symptoms of mental health illnesses
• Apply tools to assess for risk of suicide or harm
• Understand local mental health resources, national organizations, support groups, and online tools for mental health and addictions treatment and support.

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

4 hours

Course Description:
Keeping in compliance with having a safe and humane environment for staff and inmates, this 4 hour class introduces staff to identify and security and management strengths and deficiencies. This heightens security awareness and strengthens the overall security operation of the unit.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Understand the legal and regulatory environment of the jail
• Remember agency compliance program, policies and procedures of internal controls
• Understand and have a critical awareness of the basics of risk management

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
The jail's classification section is responsible for the classification of those inmates housed in Jail to ensure proper housing and custody is maintained during the inmates' period of incarceration. The primary goals of classification are the proper housing and custody assignment of inmates to ensure inmate, staff and public safety and to facilitate appropriate treatment and program participation while maintaining compliance with various standards. In addition, this 2 hour program reviews programs for inmates that have been designed not only to enhance the safety and order of the jail, but also to improve public safety by making inmates more productive upon release.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course of instruction the student will be able to:

• Describe the meaning of classification, the goals, and procedures, as well as benefits of the classification system.
• Understand the purposes and goals of different correctional system programs offered to inmates such as educational programs, health programs, life skills, religious programs, and vocational programs

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour course surveys of the structure, organization, and operation of probation and parole services. Emphasis on applicable state statutes and administrative guidelines of the supervision of offenders in the community, including history, philosophy, legal foundations, strategies, professional roles and contemporary models, programs, and services.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Analyze the nature, origins, purposes, structure and operation of community corrections
• Analyze the elements of community release, foundations of probation and parole, sanctions for noncompliance and cost to society.
• Recognize and articulate the types of community release programs.

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

4 hours

Course Description:
This 4 hour component explains the various types of contraband and methods of introduction into and concealment in the institution. The purpose of this course is to explain the need for searches as well as demonstrate proper procedures for conducting them. This course will also discuss the procedures for cell inspections. This course is designed to provide students with information which will allow them to recognize inmate criminal activity that may be potentially threatening to institutional security and how to manage the problem

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Evaluate preventative measures to prevent contraband
• Identify various forms of criminal activity conducted in jails
• Identify and discuss correctional practices in relation to philosophies of contraband control
• Demonstrate an understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that influence the development of criminal activity in jails

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour course explores the techniques for intervention and sexual assault prevention in Jails as outline by The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. PREA applies to all federal, state, and local prisons, jails, police lockups, private facilities, and community settings such as residential facilities. The Course seeks to insure that jails protect inmates from sexual assault, sexual harassment, "consensual sex" with employees, and inmate-inmate sexual assault. Such violations affect security and staff safety, and pose long-term risks to inmates and staff inside jails, and to the public when victimized inmates are released into the community.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course student will be able to:

• Collect and disseminate data on the incidence of prison rape
• Document inmate-inmate sexual assaults, nonconsensual sexual acts, and staff sexual misconduct.
• Give an example of standards for detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of prison rape

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour course clarifies Inmate rights, habeas corpus procedures, civil and criminal liability issues, and the history of corrections law.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Comprehend state and federal legal rights of prisoners and pre-trial detainees.
• Know the constitutional rights afforded to prisoners and the limitations placed on these rights by the courts and relevant statutes.
• Know the civil and criminal liability issues that face prison administrators and correctional officers.
• Identify habeas corpus procedures and federal statutes, and the limitations placed on these procedures by the Court.

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

3 hours

Course Description:
In this 3 hour course students learn the basic principles of courthouse security. They are introduced to state-of-the-art electronic equipment which can be used to support the mission, including physical protection systems, closed circuit TV, duress alarms, lighting systems, reinforced judges’ benches, and window security systems. Students learn to apply the principles of layering protection in order to mitigate risk and vulnerability.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate learned concepts and procedures within the courthouse and courtroom environment.
• Demonstrate familiarity with state-of-the-art electronic equipment to support the court security mission.
• Establish or enhance court security plans within their jurisdiction using the knowledge and resources acquired from the ALERT seminar.

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
None

3 hours

Course Description:
This comprehensive 3 hour inmate transport program focuses on operations, planning and execution. Inmate transportation is considered the weakest link in the chain of custody. This program covers corrections agencies as the standard for ground, air, medical and long distance transportation as well as technology, weaponry systems, combat tactics, counter ambush tactics, unconventional tactics, mass inmate movement operations and other tactical details.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Develop a basic comprehension of inmate transportation issues
• Apply concepts of inmate transportation to real life situations
• Perform functions such as traffic control and enforcement, maintenance of transport vehicles and transportation of prisoners

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
Demonstration vehicle

2 hours

Course Description:
This 2 hour program provides an overview of objective jail classification, which is one of the most important new management tools available to jail administrators. Objective jail classification follows in the path of direct supervision and new facility planning as a significant jail management initiative that shows a positive impact on jail operations

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify the requirements for classification under AZ Statutes
• Identify the basic elements of an objective classification system
• Complete practical exercises in using an objective classification form for determining the custody level of inmates

Prerequisites:
Active duty law enforcement or detention officers

Equipment Needed:
Classification forms

4 hours

(elective 1 hour each breakout sections include AB & MM)

2 hours

3 hours

(elective 1 hour each breakout sections include (HA/etc.)

2 hours

2 hours

4 hours

4 hours

2 hours

2 hours

4 hours

3 hours

1 hour

2 hours

6 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 6 hour Economic Based Policing techniques course address issues on how to create a functional police investigative unit to counteract the shadow economy and disrupt criminal organizations and issues concerning the effects of the shadow economy from both a domestic and national security framework.  Further, this course provides solutions, management framework, and strategies to infiltrate and destabilize criminal organizations.  This course uses economic theory and empirical methods to study the issue of crime and punishment.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

• Understand and describe the concepts and measurement of gross domestic product, unemployment, and inflation
• Understand and describe the difference between business cycles and economic growth and the factors that contribute to each
• Identify the benefits and costs of free trade
• Define globalization and criminal activity and understand its history.

4 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 4 hour course is designed for law enforcement personnel to focus on writing that is job related and to establish criteria that can serve as a guideline for that will prepare a clear, concise, direct, well organized and logical investigative report.  The course focuses on writing that establishes technical and legal requirements that articulate facts through careful, precise, organized reports and documents.  Emphasis on vocabulary, spelling, grammatical structure and actual writing exercises to improve the student’s experience.

Course Objectives:  Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

• Prepare a police report that is clear, concise, well organized and in a logical manner
• Review techniques that make reports technically accurate and legally accurate
• Understand the principles of field note taking
• Test for completeness – Who, What, Where, When How & Why

2 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 2 hour course examines career planning and career management in the context of law enforcement organizations. It presents career management concepts and strategies, linking these to both individual and organizational goals as well as to broader environmental trends. Topics include

workforce planning and development, assessing skills and competencies, networking, negotiation, career‐conversations, coaching, and exercising influence.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:   Upon successful completion of the program, you will be ready to:

• Experience and understand career planning tools;
• Learn about career planning and management in the context of your current law enforcement organization;
• Reflect on your own beliefs, assumptions and behaviors with respect to career planning and management.
• Develop your career action plan and manage your career.
• Build relationships in a variety of settings.

2 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

Communication is a fundamental skill that is a necessity in order to: build and maintain positive relationships in a personal and professional environment; convey clearly organized messages to public audiences; work effectively in groups; and effectively perform during job interviews. This 2 hour course focuses on the development of basic communication skills necessary to achieve goals in a variety of communication episodes and contexts. While students will have the opportunity to develop many communication skills, this course primarily focuses on oral communication skills in a variety of contexts. Course met the standards of Missouri POST for continuing education credit and was offered at the Missouri Highway Patrol Conference in 2013.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of the 2 hour training the student will be able to:

• Identify how barriers to effective communications can be overcome
• Describe the process and components of communication
• Discuss the various meanings and definitions of interpersonal communication and social interaction
• Identify overarching structures such as culture, mass media and gender, and their role in shaping interpersonal interaction

2 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 2 hour “The Challenges of Law Enforcement Leadership in the 21^st Century Training is committed to fostering the mission and values of organizations and focuses on providing quality Leadership.   Good leadership is about understanding those under your charge while maintaining a check on the task at hand. There is the old adage that leaders remain at the front and practice a “come on attitude” rather than a “go on attitude.” To sow the seeds of a culture of good leadership, everyone must be in sync with the undertaking at hand. There must be an understanding that every member of the team is a leader.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course the students will be able to:

• Formulate a definition of leadership
• Understand how to improve your leadership style
• Identify and analyze leadership behaviors
• Compare and contrast leadership with management

Module 1 -      Leadership and Essential Police Leadership Competencies

Module 2 -      Communication. Motivation and Mark of a Good Leader

6 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

Policing is a family occupation.  This 6 hour course is designed for individual police department officers and their families.   Families are significantly affected in a variety of ways when a family member works in law enforcement. Conversely, family life plays a critical role in the officer’s much-needed support system.  Despite this, few support services and little information are offered to families.  As a result, many law enforcement families become isolated and overwhelmed: relationships flounder, individuals are damaged and the quality of service to the community is potentially compromised.  This course is designed to provide insights, experiences and strategies that will assist law enforcement practitioners and their significant others — whether dating, married or partnered — in making good relationships even stronger.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  Upon completion of this 6 hour program participants will be able to:

• Review Police culture and sub-culture
• Review Family Financial Planning
• Review skills that build stress reduction, resiliency and other factors that promote family bonding
• Assist participants in understanding and coping with a range of issues unique to law enforcement families from the importance of wills, health care
• Assist families in generating solutions to problems

Module 1 -      Police Culture and Relationships

Module 2 -      Stress and counseling Services

Module 3 -      Police Pensions and available Services

Module 4 -      Having a will, living will and Power of attorney

Module 5 -      Financial Planning

Module 6 -      Dealing with Death and Funeral planning

12 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 12 hour or customized course is a management education and training program designed to prepare rural law enforcement executives for the unique challenges they face as agency heads of small police and sheriff’s departments.  It addresses a variety of management issues and provides an in-depth presentation of the various aspects of police administration to include the social, political, organizational, and leadership dynamics that influence how rural law enforcement agencies are run, while also providing them with a forum to discuss common problems and explore workable solutions. The format encourages participants to share ideas and build relationships with others in their field.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The course is designed to accomplish the following objectives:

• To present an understanding of the components of a rural/small police organization and how they are interrelated with each other and dependent upon and influenced by their external environment;
• To present an overview of the fundamental principles governing  organizational theory, management practices, and employee supervision;
• To examine the aspects of human behavior, personnel administration, and the direction and control of employees within police organizations; and
• To acquaint students with various decision making problems facing contemporary police leaders.

Module 1        -Changing Nature of Small & Rural Society

Module 2 -      Technological Trends in Law Enforcement

Module 3 -      Legal Trends in Law Enforcement

Module 4 –     Police Management & Leadership

Module 5 -      Communications and Motivation

Module 6 -      Organizational Beliefs and Values – Setting Goals and Objectives

Module 7 -      Policy Development

Module 8 -      Ethics in Small & Rural Agencies

Module 9 -      Dealing with Police Misconduct –

Module 10-     Recruitment and Selection Issues

Module 11 -    Training Issues in Small & Rural Agencies

Module 12 -    Survival of the Chief or Sheriff

1 hour

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 1 hour course provides traffic enforcement strategies as an effective tool to enhance proactive policing in the community. Traffic enforcement is proactive tool law enforcement should use to suppress and reduce crime.  Criminals use vehicles to commit crimes – some are stolen and some are not.   Criminals needs a vehicle to transport drugs, stolen property, in drive-by shootings, bank robberies, shoplifting, cargo theft, organized retail theft, kidnapping, auto theft, ATM fraud, DUI, and the list is endless.  Making traffic enforcement a priority is critical in our mobile society and an effective tool in reducing crime.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  Upon completion of this 1 hour program participants will be able to:

• Identify background and underlying principles of the traffic law enforcement effort.
• Describe the legal requirements which govern and control the making and enforcement of criminal laws, and traffic laws in particular.
• Explain the procedures to maximize the individual officers’ personal safety during a stop, particularly in a criminal situation.
• Explain the factors which influence the officer and violator during their face-to-face contact.

1 hour

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 1 hour course provides strategies and techniques to reduce metal theft.  The scrap metal industry generates $90 billion in revenues in the United States and burglars understand the value of pursuing metal theft. The industry and law enforcement must be trained on new laws, strategies to identify and reduce metal theft, and create a real-time communication network.  Real-time communication educates both parties on current trends, suspect identification, identification of stolen property, identification of rogue yards, and current practices employed by the industry and law enforcement.

COURSE OBJECTIVE: Upon completion of this 1 hour course participants will be able to:

• Understand the metal theft crime problem.
• How to identify suspect and rogue metal industry yards.
• Understand current legislation on metal theft and how to enforce it.
• How to create a working relationship with the scrap metal industry.

1 hour

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 1 hour course provides strategies and techniques to reduce auto theft.  Auto theft has always effected communities throughout the United States.  Crimes related to auto theft are stolen vehicles, chop shops, vehicle identification number switches, failure to return rental vehicles, vehicle theft related to a security interest, and dealer inventory loss.

Course Objective: Upon completion of this 1 hour course participants will be able to:

• Understand the layers of auto theft and its effect on crime.
• How to determine auto theft patterns through rime analysis.
• Strategies to reduce auto theft.
• Connecting auto theft to multiple crime purposes.

1 hour

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 1 hour course provides strategic and intelligence sourcing to identify, locate, and close vehicle chop shops. Chop shops serve functional criminals centers in which stolen vehicles, stolen car parts, and trafficking in stolen property occurs.  Chop shops are often linked to multiple crime networks operating within communities.

COURSE OBEJECTIVE: Upon completion of this 1 hour course participants will be able to:

• Understand the nature of chop shops and its relationship to organized crime.
• Understands laws regulating chop shops, and how to successfully prosecute cases.
• Use crime analysis to identify stolen vehicles connected to chop shops.
• How to identify and successful prosecute chop shop suspects.

8 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 8 hour program is a career development tool that provides a unique opportunity for law enforcement professionals to develop and refine their leadership skills in a basic leadership/supervisory training program designed for law enforcement.  The course is designed to encourage law enforcement professionals to explore the conceptual framework of modern police leadership, address the new global realities that managers and supervisors need to change their leadership styles, and meet the challenges and requirements of a culturally diverse society and workforce.  Participants in this program will gain an understanding of how to apply basic leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) in order to obtain the highest level of performance and accountability. The program addresses the basic competencies needed to be effective as a leader in the law enforcement community.

Course Objectives:  Upon completion of this course the student will have a basic understanding of:

• Leadership Defined
• Management and Leadership
• Enhancing your Personal Power
• Essential Basic Police Leadership Competencies
• Mark of a good Leader
• Vision for Change

6 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

This 6 hour or customized program is designed for the first line supervisor.  The relationship between management and supervisors as well as personnel supervision, leadership, morale, discipline, as well as communications and motivation of employees are but a few topics discusses.  Other topics of discussion include legal issues; police and the public; police procedures; mechanics for arrest and educational electives.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

• Understand principles of police management and supervision
• Establish a practical appreciation for policies, procedures, rules and regulations
• Understand the principles behind workforce motivation
• Learn practical leadership principles applicable to the law enforcement profession
• Understand law enforcement performance appraisals and how they should be conducted
• Learn the principles of supervision for diverse work environments
• Understand law enforcement supervision principles during tactical operations.

2 hours

2 hours

8 hours

16 hours

100     Basic Life Support/HCP

4 hours

Course Description:

Our American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) course is designed for people with job-related duties in emergency preparedness and response and complies with the 2015 AHA ECC guidelines.

Course Objectives:

This is a CPR and AED course for healthcare professionals and covers:

• 1 and 2 person Adult, Child and Infant CPR
• Use of an AED (defibrillator) on both a child and adult
• Choking (Heimlich maneuver) for infants, children and adults, airway obstruction
• Bag valve mask and how to use a breathing barrier or pocket mask

Prerequisites: N/A

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

101     Advanced Cardiac Life Support

16 hours

Course Description:

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. It also covers airway management and related pharmacology. In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented. ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.

Features

• Course uses learning stations for practice of essential skills simulated clinical scenarios that encourage Active participation
• Hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
• Classroom-based works well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning skills

Prerequisites:

Students must have a valid BLS certification prior to taking this course.

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI.

102     Pediatric Advanced Life Support

16 hours

Course Description:

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is a classroom, video-based, Instructor-led course that uses a series of simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements. Features:

• Classroom-based works well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning skills’
• Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Course uses learning stations for practice of essential skills simulated clinical scenarios that encourage active participation
• Hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency

Prerequisites:

N/A

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

200     Emergency Medical Responder

80 hours

Course Description:

The primary focus of the Emergency Medical Responder is to initiate immediate lifesaving care to critical patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide lifesaving interventions while awaiting additional EMS response and to assist higher level personnel at the scene and during transport. Emergency Medical Responders function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight. Emergency Medical Responders perform basic interventions with minimal equipment.

Prerequisites:

N/A

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

200A  Emergency Medical Responder - Refresher

8 hours

Course Description:

Current EMR certified providers, seeking to maintain their skills and certification for National Registry, must also complete 8 hours of continuing education in specific subject areas every two years. Demonstrate your commitment to excellence by earning and/or keeping your National Registry card! This 1-day course, in addition to your current BLS provider certification, conveniently meets the 8-hour core content requirement for National Registry recertification.

Prerequisites:

Students must possess current EMR and BLS certifications

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

201     Emergency Medical Technician

200 hours

Course Description:

This hybrid EMT training program is the introductory course for those wishing to pursue a career in pre-hospital emergency medicine. This course highlights the basic knowledge and skills necessary for individuals who wish to obtain state or national certification as an Emergency Medical Technician and adheres to the 2009 National EMS Education Standards Guidelines which are based on the National EMS Core Content and the National EMS Scope of Practice that define the minimal entry-level educational competencies for each level of EMS training and has replaced the DOT National Standards curricula used in the past.

This certified training consists of 200 hours of emergency medical training through classroom, laboratory and scenario-based training. Students will also receive their PHTLS Provider certification through the NAEMT. At the successful completion of this course, the student will receive their State of Arizona and NREMT Emergency Medical Technician certification which will require recertification every two years.

Prerequisites: Students must have a current BLS Provider certification

Equipment Needed:

Students must have their own stethoscope, adult blood pressure cuff

*These items can be purchased through TSI at a nominal cost*

201A  Emergency Medical Technician - Refresher

24 hours

Course Description:

EMT’s seeking to maintain their skills and certification for National Registry must also complete 24 hours of continuing education in specific subject areas every two years. Demonstrate your commitment to excellence by earning and/or keeping your National Registry card! This 3-day course, in addition to your current ACLS provider certification, conveniently meets the 24-hour core content requirement for National Registry recertification.

Prerequisites:

Current BLS Provider and valid EMT certification

Equipment Needed:

Students are encouraged to bring their personal medical gear with them to the course. This could include; a stethoscope, adult blood pressure cuff, etc.

202     Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

480 hours

Course Description:

This certified training consists of 480 hours of emergency medical training through classroom, laboratory and scenario-based training. Students will also receive their TCCC certification through NAEMT. At the successful completion of this course, the student will receive their State of Arizona and NREMT Advanced Emergency Medical Technician certification which will require recertification every two years.

Students who successfully complete this course will receive one-year free membership fees for their affiliation and training records maintenance.

This level of EMT education expands upon the basic level, and includes advanced education in patient assessment, medical terminology and shock management, and the establishment of intravenous (IV) fluids, veni-puncture to obtain blood samples, and the use of advanced airway devices, including endotracheal intubation.

In addition to classroom education, AEMT students also complete clinical hours on the ambulance and in the hospital setting. Some persons may elect to pursue additional EMT education (see below) above and beyond the AEMT although this is not required. NREMT requirements can be found at https://www.nremt.org/nremt/about/reg_aemt_history.asp.

Note: The above information is only a general descriptive summary, subject to updates as regulations change. Interested persons are encouraged to contact the training program for specific information.

Prerequisites:

Students must have a current BLS Provider and EMT certification

Equipment Needed:

202A  Advanced Emergency Medical Technician - Refresher

36 hours

Course Description:

Advanced EMT’s seeking to maintain their skills and certification for National Registry must also complete 36 hours of continuing education in specific subject areas every two years. Demonstrate your commitment to excellence by earning and/or keeping your National Registry card! This 4-day course, in addition to your current ACLS provider certification, conveniently meets the 36-hour core content requirement for National Registry recertification.

Prerequisites:

Students must have their current BLS Provider and AEMT certifications

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

203A  Paramedic - Refresher

48 hours

Course Description:

Paramedics seeking to maintain their skills and certification for National Registry must also complete 48 hours of continuing education in specific subject areas every two years. Demonstrate your commitment to excellence by earning and/or keeping your National Registry card! This 5-day course, in addition to your current ACLS provider certification, conveniently meets the 48-hour core content requirement for National Registry recertification.

Prerequisites:

Students must have their current BLS Provider, ACLS Provider and Paramedic certifications

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

300     Advanced Medical Life Support

16 hours

Course Description:

NAEMT’s Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) course is the first EMS education program that fully addresses how to best assess and manage the most common medical crises in patients, offering a "think outside the box" methodology.  It is for all levels of practitioners with a strong commitment to patient care, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and physicians.

The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, history, interactive group discussion on potential treatment strategies, and physical exam to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises. The course offers an initial assessment-based approach that progress to a diagnostic-based approach to quickly develop the best treatment plan.

AMLS is a sixteen-hour, two-day program that consists of interactive lectures, teaching and evaluation stations. The interactive/case based lectures include the following topics: altered mental status and neurologic disorders, respiratory dysfunction, shock, chest discomfort, endocrine, metabolic and environmental disorders, abdominal discomfort, infectious disease, and toxicologic emergencies, hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction. Teaching stations follow the associated lectures each day. In addition, the course includes hands-on practical training on oxygen therapy, invasive airway management and central venous access. Emergency investigations such as chest x-ray evaluation and ECG interpretation are covered, as well as hematological, electrolyte and blood gas interpretation.

Prerequisites:

Applicants must be certified emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, paramedics, registered nurses or physicians and have at least one year of clinical experience to ensure participants have the knowledge and experience on which the AMLS course will build.

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

301     Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

16 hours

Course Description:

NAEMT's Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for pre-hospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of pre-hospital care through global education.  PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program.

PHTLS courses improve the quality of trauma care in your area and decrease mortality. The program is based on a pre-hospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. This may require an approach to the trauma patient that varies from traditional treatment modalities.

PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care. The PHTLS course is continuously updated and revised to keep up with the advances in the field, ATLS Guidelines and feedback from PHTLS participants.

Prerequisites:

N/A

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

301     Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

16 hours

Course Description:

NAEMT's Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for pre-hospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of pre-hospital care through global education.  PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program.

PHTLS courses improve the quality of trauma care in your area and decrease mortality. The program is based on a pre-hospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. This may require an approach to the trauma patient that varies from traditional treatment modalities.

PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care. The PHTLS course is continuously updated and revised to keep up with the advances in the field, ATLS Guidelines and feedback from PHTLS participants.

Prerequisites:

N/A

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

302     Trauma First Responder

8 hours

Course Description:

The Trauma First Response course is a one-day continuing education course that teaches the principles of Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) to non-EMS practitioners, including first responders, police officers, firefighters, rescue personnel and safety officers. It helps them prepare to care for trauma patients while serving as part of a transport team or awaiting a transport provider.

The course serves up core PHTLS content to those who haven’t had EMT or advanced pre-hospital training. The lectures and practical stations are designed for the type of care first responders can render while awaiting patient transport or when assisting paramedics and EMTs at a trauma scene.

Prerequisites:

N/A

Equipment Needed:

All course materials are provided for by TSI

304     Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)

16 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

Course Description:

Developed by NAEMT’s Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Committee, the TECC program is based on the guidelines from the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (Co-TECC) and the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program. TECC uses lessons learned from our military and applies them to the civilian world of tactical medicine.

This course covers topics designed to decrease preventable death in the tactical situation. Topics include: Hemorrhage control; surgical airway control and needle decompression; strategies for treating wounded responders in threatening environments; caring for pediatric patients; and techniques for dragging and carrying victims to safety.

At the core of the TECC program are three distinct phases that have been well-proven by TCCC-trained personnel in the war against terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. The phases are as follows:

Direct Threat Care

Care that is rendered while under attack or in adverse conditions.

Indirect Threat Care

Care that is rendered while the threat has been suppressed, but may resurface at any point.

Evacuation

Care that is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated from the incident site.

TECC focuses on the medicine during these phases of care and provides guidelines for managing trauma in the civilian tactical or hazardous environment. While TECC has a tactical slant, it takes an all-hazards approach to providing care outside the normal operating conditions of most EMS agencies, such as responding to a mass casualty or active shooter event.

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course. It is highly recommended students should have their EMT or Paramedic certification, when attending this training.

Equipment Needed:

All required course materials are provided for by TSI. It is recommended the student bring any tactical gear they wear or have available to them in their particular assignments.

305     Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)

16 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

Course Description:

The Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course introduces evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield. The course is designed for combat EMS/military personnel, including medics, corpsmen, and Pararescue personnel deploying in support of combat operations. The course's content and structure also can be modified for law enforcement special weapons and tactics and special response teams. NAEMT also offers a tactical version of the TCCC course for tactical emergency casualty care.

The specifics of casualty care in the tactical setting will depend on the tactical situation, the injuries sustained by the casualty, the knowledge and skills of the first responder, and the medical equipment at hand. In contrast to a hospital Emergency Department setting where the patient IS the mission, on the battlefield, care of casualties sustained is only PART of the mission. TCCC recognizes this fact and structures its guidelines to accomplish three primary goals:  1. Treat the casualty  2. Prevent additional casualties  3. Complete the mission

The TCCC program was developed to customize the principles of good trauma care for successful use on the battlefield. NAEMT’s TCCC course is accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) and recognized by the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT).

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course. It is highly recommended students should have their EMT or Paramedic certification, when attending this training.

Equipment Needed:

All required course materials are provided for by TSI. It is recommended the student bring any tactical gear they wear or have available to them in their particular assignments.

305B  Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Instructor

16 hours

Course Description: The Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Instructor course is an intensive 8-hour course for those individuals who have already successfully completed a PHTLS provider course. This course is designed to train instructor candidates for conducting provider and refresher courses on the latest philosophies and techniques. Individuals selected to attend this course will typically be experienced instructors, coordinators or administrators with proven clinical skills at a minimum of the EMT-Basic level.

The course consists of attending the one day of course instruction, and completing two days of being monitored while teaching in other PHTLS courses. If you successfully complete the course and monitoring, you will receive a NAEMT Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Instructor card good for four years.

To provide personnel with the knowledge and skills required to instruct others in providing medical care in a combat environment following the principles of pre-hospital trauma life support and the guidelines and mission of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC).

Prerequisites:

It is highly recommended students possess recent tactical operational/instructional experience. This course familiarizes instructor candidates with the intricacies for this unique curriculum and the necessary materials they will use during instruction. Students should have proficiency in the following skills prior to attending the course: Casualty drags and carries, airways (NPA, advance airways, surgical cric), hemorrhage control, chest needle decompression, IVs, intraosseous infusion, splinting, pressure dressings, patient assessment (primary and secondary assessment), CPR, shock recognition, and spinal stabilization. Instructor Candidates must have a valid TCCC Provider certification and successful completion of the online NAEMT instructor course, prior to being scheduled for their instructor monitoring. More information can be found on the NAEMT website at; http://www.naemt.org/education/TCCC/becometcccinstructor.aspx

Equipment Needed:

All required course materials are provided for by TSI. It is recommended the student bring any tactical gear they wear or have available to them in their particular assignments.

To provide personnel with the knowledge and skills required to instruct others in providing medical care in a combat environment following the principles of pre-hopital trauma life support and the guidelines and mission of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC).

400     Tactical Medicine for Patrol

40 hours

Course Description:

The EMOC is designed for local communities or tribal governments that may not be able to participate in Feta’s resident Integrated Emergency Management Courses. The EMOC is an exercise-based program with planning sessions that begin weeks prior to the actual course, and it includes classroom sessions and exercises. The flexible format of the EMOC allows it to be conducted in a 2½-day or 3-day format. The purpose of the EMOC is to improve operational capabilities as they relate to managing emergencies in the local community.   The course places emphasis on the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as a focal point for managing a simulated emergency.

303     Law Enforcement and First Response – Tactical Casualty Care

8 hours

AZPOST credit available

Course Description:

NAEMT’s Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Committee has developed this new course to teach public safety first responders (police and other law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders) the basic medical care interventions that will help save an injured responder's life until EMS practitioners can safely enter a tactical scene.  The course combines the principles of PHTLS and Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), the training provided to military medics by all branches of our Armed Services. It is consistent with the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines, and meets the recommendations of the Hartford Consensus Document on Improving Survival from Active Shooter Events. Course participants will learn life-saving medical actions such as bleeding control with a tourniquet, bleeding control with gauze packs or topical hemostatic agents, and opening an airway to allow a casualty to breathe.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course participants will:

• Understand the rationale for immediate steps for hemorrhage control (including external hemorrhage control, direct pressure and wound packing, early use of tourniquet for severe hemorrhage, internal hemorrhage control by rapid evacuation, and transportation to major hospital/trauma center.
• Demonstrate the appropriate application of a tourniquet to the arm and leg.
• Describe the progressive strategy for controlling hemorrhage.
• Describe appropriate airway control techniques and devices.
• Demonstrate the correct application of a topical hemostatic dressing (combat gauze).
• Recognize the tactically relevant indicators of shock.

Prerequisites:

N/A

 Equipment Needed:

All required course materials are provided for by TSI. It is recommended the student bring any tactical gear they wear or have available to them in their particular assignments.

Note:  this course does not offer CECBEMS continuing education credits.

3 hours

5 hours

5 hours

4 hours

8 hours

This entry level training block requires proficiency in basic concepts, skills and techniques with a basic understanding of levels of force. It includes Offensive and Defensive skills and Subject Control Tactics.

This tier is the foundation of the Mission Ready Combatives system. All following tiers build upon these philosophies.

We will teach the understanding of interpersonal violence:

A violent encounter in any form is one of the most physically, mentally and emotionally stressful events a human being can go through.

We need to understand that in situations where a person is intent on committing violence the only way to stop that person with more skilled and aggressive violence.

We must hone three characteristics to WIN in a violent encounter.

1. Physical combative skills, constant training and awareness
2. Mental toughness/Mindset to always win no matter what
3. Emotional control, confidence, understanding fear

8 hours

This is Follow-up Training to TIER I. It builds on the basic skills with introduction to intermediate combat skills. This tier begins further development of the students skillset. We help the student develop offensive and defensive skills in a 360 degree environment. We take our TIER I foundation and then apply it to subject control techniques, multiple assailant attacks, takedown and choke defenses, and ground survival tactics.

SECTION I: FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW
Use of Force Review
Movement Review

SECTION II: OFFENSIVE SKILLS
Knife Hand Strikes
Vertical Fist Strike
Strait Blast (multiple vertical fist strikes)
Striking to the Rear
Striking to the side
Front Snap Kick
Front Stomp Kick

SECTION III: SUSPECT CONTROL TACTICS
Arm Drag Takedown
Reverse Wrist Lock Takedown
Inside Shoulder Lock w/Takedown
Kneeling High Risk control position
Cross-Ankle Prone Control Position
Proper Handcuffing

SECTION IV: MULTIPLE ATTACKERS
Level of Force Considerations
Understanding time and distance
Use of Structures
Stacking Skills
Power Shielding
Counter-striking (Strait Blast, Front Kick)
Clinching

SECTION V: GROUND SURVIVAL TACTICS
Takedown Defenses/Power Shielding
Ground Defense positions
Striking/Kicking from the ground
Recovering from the ground

SECTION VI: STANDING CHOKE DEFENSES
Rear Choke Escape
Guillotine Choke Escape

8 hours

This is continued development of skills from TIER I and II and introduces more advanced ground fighting skills, Edged weapon defense skills and use of Impact weapons.

8 hours

This is an advanced level building on the lower level skills and introducing advanced fighting concepts and tactics including ballistic weapons, weapon retention and use of edged weapons.
This advanced level includes CQB firearms training in combination with empty hand and armed combative skills, to include pistols and long-guns. Those skills include carrying and using a personal firearm, and basic structure and room clearing techniques.

4 hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

Instructor: Susan Lewis Simons, founder of the Under the Shield Foundation

“She has been there for our police and military, at time of need, literally worldwide. Susan Simons is a national treasure and a fellow warrior-healer who I am proud and honored to call a friend and a colleague.” Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (USA, ret.) Author On Killing and On Combat.

This is a leadership course designed for all law enforcement supervisors and managers, including communications and corrections professionals. This course will prepare supervisors to identify the early precursor indicators of stress and equip them with the tools and resources needed to assist those under their command. The result will be a healthier, more effective officers, which will protect the department’s most valuable assets while reducing the department’s exposure to liability.

4 Hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

“She has been there for our police and military, at time of need, literally worldwide. Susan Simons is a national treasure and a fellow warrior-healer who I am proud and honored to call a friend and a colleague.” Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (USA, ret.) Author On Killing and On Combat.

This course is restricted to sworn law enforcement professionals. In it we will discuss the impact of the LEO “lifestyle,” the effects of critical incidents on the officer and his or her family, and methods to reduce and combat stress. This training is solution-based and aids attendees in identifying and defeating stress related health issues, both physical and psychological, allowing the LEO to be more effective at home and on the street.

8 Hours

This course has been determined to qualify for AZPOST continuing credit.

“She has been there for our police and military, at time of need, literally worldwide. Susan Simons is a national treasure and a fellow warrior-healer who I am proud and honored to call a friend and a colleague.” Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (USA, ret.) Author On Killing and On Combat.

This course is designed for all law enforcement, including communications and corrections professionals, and their spouses or significant others. In this course I discuss the “Rest of the Story.” I cover the deadly impact of stress and the “Garbage Can Effect” on individual law enforcement professionals and their families, and I offer them measures to combat these negative effects. This course provides resiliency training for officers and families and provides critical information to combat the deadly stress that destroys marriages, careers and lives. Attendees will learn how to live healthier and happier by “TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE."