“yes” there are security officers who are complete idiots and “yes” there are police officers who cant tie their shoes without an FTO in the seat next to them. ( If you dont know what an FTO is, look that up also) but these are the exception and not the rule. There are incompe...
COPFTO gives you total control of your agency’s field trainng program Join the agencies successfully usingCOPFTO Sokolove Authorized Built by Cops for Cops We worked closely with Coach Sok (aka, Bruce Sokolove of Field Training Associates) to develop an electronic version of the Coaching Model...
We cannot overemphasize the role of an FTO, especially in conveying the values of respect, integrity, honesty, and fairness to a new police officer. However, in policing, as in many occupations, conflicts often exist between values. For example, Pollock (2008, p. 291) concluded that if a ...
the quality of supervision and guidance that FTOs provide; creating a standardized curriculum for each FTO to use when training [Probationary Police Officers]; increasing the rigor of FTO evaluation of PPOs; creating better supervision of FTOs and regularly evaluating the Field Training Program to ide...