Field Training Officer Course

About the Course:

This POST approved 24-hour course teaches future field training officers how to provide supervised field training for new recruits in any law enforcement discipline, with the overall goal directed toward transitioning a recruit from a classroom setting to an actual hands-on assignment. The course includes training in instructional techniques, coaching, evaluation, remedial training and record keeping. This course also introduces the student to the history and purpose of field training as well as training methodologies, techniques, counseling, the evaluation process, and the importance of documentation. This course is
appropriate for all law enforcement sectors to include sworn personnel, corrections, telecommunication operators and special service or support personnel.

About the Instructor:

Mr. Colin Comer, MS has worked in law enforcement at local, state, and federal levels, since 1979;
working within nearly every capacity in the profession. He has been an adjunct instructor of Criminal
Justice at Columbia College since 2004 and previously served as the training director for the
Central Missouri Institute for Public Safety at the University of Central Missouri.  Mr. Comer has been
involved in police officer professional development for most of his career and has served as
a police consultant since 2001.  He has trained hundreds of police officers and military
service members in both basic and advanced courses of study.  Mr. Comer possesses a Master’s
Degree in Criminal Justice.

Course Fees:
The early bird course fee is $439.00 per person until July 22 2019.  After July 22, 2019, the cost increases to $479.00 per person.This course must have a minimum enrollment of 12 people in order for it to be held.

This course is hosted by the Missouri Safety Center, Midwest Police Consultants, and the Willow Springs Police Department.