What is the Patrol Training Officer Program?

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What is the Patrol Training Officer Program?

• The PTO program is post-academy training that
  replaces the outdated Field Training Officer
  Program

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What is the Patrol Training Officer Program?

• The PTO program relies on the adult learning
  strategies, particularly Problem Based Learning

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What is Problem Based Learning?

• PBL is a learner-centered teaching methodology
  that uses real-life problems as the vehicle for
  learning

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How does PBL Work?

• Learners are presented with real-life problems
  and follow a pattern of discovery whereby they
  express ideas about solving a problem, list facts
  already known surrounding the problem, determine
  what they need to know and where to go for the
  answers, develop an action plan, and finally,
  evaluate their outcomes.

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How does PBL Work?

• Problem Based Learning is the engine that drives
  the Patrol Training Officer program

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How will implementing the PTO program benefit my
agency?

• Because this training places an emphasis on
  problem solving and community policing, your new
  officers will thoroughly understand problem
  solving and actively engage in it

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How will implementing the PTO program benefit my
agency?

• PTO trainees and trainers have an increased level
  of emotional intelligence - self-awareness,
  motivation, self-regulation, empathy, and social
  skills

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How will implementing the PTO program benefit my
agency?

• Increased interest and involvement in community
  oriented policing and problem solving throughout
  your agency

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How will implementing the PTO program benefit my
agency?

• A sense of beat responsibility and beat ownership
  in your officers

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How will implementing the PTO program benefit my
agency?

• Youll be using a training program that improves
  the learning capacity of your officers

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Has anyone tried this program yet?

• Reno, Nevada
• Savannah, Georgia
• Lowell, Massachusetts
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Richmond, California
• Charlotte-Mecklenberg, North Carolina
• All of these departments have fully implemented
  the PTO program as their method of post-academy
  training

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Where can I go to learn more about the Police
Training Officer program?

• For more information please contact Adam Bracey
  or Dave Maddox at the Virginia Community Policing
  Institute at 804-644-0899

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What does the actual training look like?

• The PTO training is a 40-hour course designed to
  provide your new PTOs with the elements of the
  PTO model and how to customize the program to
  best serve the needs of their agencies

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What does the actual training look like?

• The 40-hour course is an interactive, fast paced,
  fun, and challenging style of learning that
  strengthens the skills of your PTOs as trainers
  and enables them to develop new police officers
  who mature to a level of competency much faster
  than traditional field training