The COT Chain of Command
The Correctional Training Program personnel (FTOs/FTO Supervisor) will make every effort to replace learning by trial and error with competent, structured, one-on-one instruction. The Probationary Correctional Officer’s success will greatly depend upon how they quickly retain information and how they exercise self-initiative in assuming responsibility and control of correctional situations.
Field Training Officer (FTO)
It’s not the academy, or the administration or the policy manual, but it is the actually culture that the FTO’s are teaching that determine how the PCO’s are going to act out in the field. Unlike errors made in the academy, errors made in the field necessarily affect the lives of others. In order to make the new officer field training experience as effective as possible. All PCO will be assigned to (2) Field Training Officers (FTO) by the FTO supervisor. A FTO is an experienced officer especially selected and trained to conduct this type of training.
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They will be the key element in creating and developing this field training program. The FTOs will also be included in the Hiring/Selection process by participating on the oral board. The role of the field training officer is to have the PCO demonstrate the ability to perform at a solo-duty officer level by the end of the field training program. The Solo Duty officer concept is a standard by which the PCO will measured throughout the training program.
The FTO will utilize the Solo Duty Officer Concept by development training to produce an officer fully capable of working as a one-man unit. The FTO is an experienced officer especially selected and trained to conduct this type of training. All FTOs’ will go through a selection/application process where their work performance history will be review upon