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This Field Training Officer (FTO) Course trains the FTO to train, evaluate, and mentor recruits for work as law enforcement officers.  This program covers the basic skills needed to ensure a trainee is ready to conduct solo patrols in a safe and professional manner.  During the 3 days, students will: Students will use an FTO [...]

The investigator will gain an understanding of police ethics, barriers that may hinder ethical behavior, and common types of police misconduct.  We will also guide you through the legal requirements surrounding internal affairs investigations.  From your department's policies and relevant administrative laws to the legal issues related to record keeping and the releasing of information [...]

Course is FULL as of 2/18/20 Basic Crash Investigations (Formerly: Crash Investigation I) This two week course is designed to give officers, with little or no formal training in accident investigation, the proper techniques for systematically recognizing and properly recording damage at a motor vehicle collision. Related topics will teach students the techniques for proper [...]

Domestic Violence Understanding Abuse Dynamics and Conducting Investigations  Domestic violence is a complex crime. Responding law enforcement officers must be equipped with an understanding of the nuances, dynamics, and course of conduct of intimate partner violence/abuse to effectively address the victim's needs and to hold the offender accountable with a thorough and comprehensive investigation.   This [...]

This course is designed to strengthen the response capabilities of those working in a campus environment in preparation for a potential active threat incident. An active threat incident will challenge both law enforcement first responders, as well as non-law enforcement campus personnel. It is critical for these parties to work together to prevent or mitigate [...]

Full as of 2/21/20.  Email tdore@co.ocean.nj.us to be placed on a wait list.   **  As per NJHTS One (1) seat per department ** ** Strictly limited to 30 students...all others will be added to a wait list ** Pedestrian and bicycle crashes are one of the most frequent types of injurious crashes in urban [...]

Police Matron Training This class, orchestrated by the Ocean County Department of Corrections, provides a standardized understanding of the duties and responsibilities expected of a police matron. The program discusses appropriate New Jersey statutes; ethics, personal safety, prisoner processing, handcuffing and search techniques, confidentiality, juvenile rights, report writing, observation, transportation of prisoners and a use [...]

Physical Conditioning Instructor The Physical Conditioning Instructor course is a five (5) day class covering forty (40) hours of instruction. This course is designed to prepare law enforcement officers to implement and teach a physical fitness program in their respective agencies or in a police academy. It is a prerequisite for certification by the New [...]

The course will provide law enforcement personnel with best practices for sexual assault investigations and sexual violence response guidelines and investigative strategies for officers to integrate a victim-centered approach in their handling of sexual assault cases, including: Victim and suspect interviews The dynamics of sexual assault Types of sexual violence and sex crimes An awareness [...]

For the Newly-Promoted Sergeant or Lieutenant This 2-day course is designed to prepare the newly promoted Sergeant or Lieutenant to better serve the officers in their command This course will provide concepts and tactics of solid leadership and mentoring practices: The Critical Shift, The rigors of leadership, Leading as an executive, How to help employees [...]

This course addresses the Run. Hide. Fight. response paradigm and guides non-traditional first responders in the various ways these methods can be employed. Because active threat incidents can occur anywhere, participants are encouraged to apply principles from this course to plans and procedures in their workplaces. The course covers the basic principles of the response [...]

This 5-day, highly dynamic course, provided by Safariland, is like no other because it provides useful defensive and countermeasure skills in all three zones of defense, especially for close quarter battles (CQB) and effecting the arrest. It relies heavily on practical, hands-on applications and is intended for those who want instruction in the proper uses [...]

This course provides participants with an understanding of and ability to navigate throug​h the difficult aspects of dealing with campus emergencies involving natural or manmade events, including acts of violence. The course consists of small, problem-based, integrated group activities that require a coordinated, integrated approach to solve. Through tabletop scenarios, course participants will observe a [...]

This course will help the law enforcement officer understand: The crime of human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery Its dynamics and the traumatic effects upon the victims The forms of human trafficking exploitation The mindset/ profiles of human traffickers This training identifies the challenges and barriers faced by officers in handling human trafficking cases; [...]

Attendees will be given a working knowledge of the school resource officer concept and other school based policing programs. There will be a written examination and at least one graded practical exercise for each student. Basic course attendees will also be required to research and complete a handwritten lesson plan on a law related topic [...]