Course Date and Location: January 18th, and 19^th 2023 from 08:30 to 17:00. Located at the Ludlow Town Office Building 37 Depot Street Ludlow, Vermont

Course Overview:

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This class is designed for both new and established supervisors. The Police Supervisor Course is a best-practices, reality-based training course, rather than just focusing on concepts and philosophies.  Effective leadership and supervision is achieved by not only utilizing tried and true supervision and leadership concepts, but also by understanding how the academic definitions of these concepts and philosophies function in the realities of day to day law enforcement supervision. Newly promoted, and established, supervisors and managers of all ranks and experience can benefit from this class.

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Course Goals:

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• Students will learn about good v. bad supervisor and leader behaviors. 

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• Students will learn to effectively use discipline, recognition and rewards to achieve organizational goals. 

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• Students will learn how to effectively counsel, coach, motivate and mentor along with the importance of team building.  

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• Students will learn about their leadership style. 

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• Students will learn about effective communication skills and conflict management. 

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• Students will learn how to build credibility with their subordinates and within the organization.

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• Students will learn about Emotional Intelligence through a personal assessment and instruction on how to improve, and effectively utilize, Emotional Intelligence, to be an effective leader and supervisor. 

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• Students will learn about Risk Management, including Supervisor and Vicarious Liability, along with Civil Rights. 

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• Students will learn about "Problem Solving" in both organizational and external environments. 

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• Students will learn about taking "Ownership" and how to challenge their subordinates to do the same. 
   
• Students will learn how to get and give "buy-in." 

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• Students will learn how to effectively utilize personnel evaluations and performance measures.

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• Students will learn about the supervisor's role in pursuing and achieving departmental goals and initiatives.

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• Students will learn about active v. passive supervision. 

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• Students will learn how to identify, mitigate and address employee bad behaviors.

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• Students will learn about rank transitions, including the initial transition to becoming a supervisor. 

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• Students will learn about their role in receiving citizen complaints. 

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The Instructor:

​Chief Richard Mello has over 25 years of law enforcement experience in both small town and big city policing. Over the course of his career, Chief Mello has risen through the ranks and experienced every level of supervisory responsibility and leadership. He has served as a Patrol Officer, Detective, Prosecutor along with commanding patrol and detective divisions and serving as an Executive Officer.  Chief Mello served 12 years in the United States Navy, 8 of which in the Navy Intelligence Community.  Chief Mello has successfully merged his law enforcement and military experience with his leadership and management expertise. Chief Mello has instructed police officers on various topics for the last 15 years and is an Adjunct Instructor at New England College in Henniker, NH and Norwich University in Vermont.  He opened Mello Consulting & Training in 2017 as a way to give back to the profession by mentoring those who come behind him. He currently serves as the Chief of Police for the Lebanon, New Hampshire Police Department and holds a Master's Degree in Criminology from Florida State University. 

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​Who should attend:

Newly promoted supervisors, as well as, established supervisors of all ranks and experience, can benefit from this course. 

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Course Length:

​The Police Supervisor Course is a 3 day course. 

This is the website to their website: https://www.melloconsulting.org/home

The class will be held at the Ludlow Town Office building located at 37 Depot Street Ludlow, Vermont 05149

It will be from 08:30-17:00

This course is designed to provide law enforcement officers with the knowledge and training to conduct warm zone operations, in conjunction with EMS, during an active threat / shooter event. This one day course will consist of a review of active threat / shooter statistics, tactics and trends, and will discuss the emerging paradigm shift for an integrated response from both law enforcement agencies and emergency medical services. It will present the three phases of tactical care (Hot / Warm / Cold) and expose law enforcement to their respective roles and responsibilities within each phase. It will include a practical skills session, where law enforcement will be exposed to new tactics and techniques that will help them to safely and successfully negotiate a warm zone with their EMS partners, and will culminate with scenario based training. We must work together in order to save lives during an active threat / shooter event, so it makes sense to train together. This is an excellent opportunity for law enforcement and emergency medical providers to train alongside their respective counterparts in the area or locality they would expect to work in or around, as they are likely to be among the first on scene to one of these events.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive a TECC certification from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).

Slots are limited for law enforcement, as we strive to keep a good student to instructor ratio. If you are interested in this opportunity, or would like more information, please contact Nick Carson as he will handle all course registrations.

Course will be hosted at the Newport Fire & Rescue building, 830 Union St, Newport VT.

Nick Carson FP-C

Chief Information Officer

802-753-6211

nick@netsvt.com

Command Leadership Institute

• Date: September 26-30, 2022
• Cost: $695
• For further information regarding this or any other FBI-LEEDA class, please contact FBI-LEEDA at 1-877-772-7712 or email us at: info@fbileeda.org.

Good Afternoon,

On behalf of the Amtrak Police Department and America’s Railroad, I’m pleased to invite you or someone from your agency to participate in Amtrak’s Operation RAILSAFE Partner Training Event being held in Pittsford, VT on August 10-11, 2022, 2022. This will be the 73rd Operation RAILSAFE Partner Training Event held in the nation. Our previous events have all received outstanding reviews by the participants, so I hope that you will be able to participate and bring this valuable information back to your agency.

The Operation RAILSAFE Partner Training Event is a one-and-a-half-day program designed to strengthen coordination and integration between Amtrak and our partner first responder and emergency management agencies. The course will cover the following topics:  

Day 1:

• Introduction to Amtrak  
• Amtrak Police Intelligence Gathering and Sharing  
• Terrorism Trends in a Transportation Environment  
• General Railroad Safety  
• Arriving on Scene – Safety, Command, Control, and Coordination in a Deadly Environment  

Day 2 will consist of two tabletop exercise scenarios focused on:

• Suspicious packages
• Active shooters

Please R.S.V.P. by registering online at www.railsafe.net, and use Amtrak2022! as your course registration password no later than August 2, 2022. Once you have registered, a calendar invite will be sent to your email account with read-ahead materials to include the agenda, address of the training site location, and parking information.  

If you are unable to attend or think this course would better benefit another individual in your organization, please feel free to forward this invitation. We are trying to establish a working group for the entire area as we prepare to launch new service in July, 2022 within your community.

• Date and Time: June 6 - 8, 2022
• Location: South Burlington Police Department 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403
• Cost: $525
• Registration: register online at GS-PCC.com

Our three (3) day Field Training Officer class is based on the industry standard San Jose Model. This class will fit with C.A.L.E.A. accreditation standards, providing you with the tools and knowledge to properly train a new officer. From ethics to leadership, our FTO class covers the topics needed to both train and evaluate a field trainee. The course offering includes:

• Field Training Program Goals & Objectives
• Expectations of / for FTO’s (Roles of the FTO)
• Ethics & Professionalism
• Leadership Skills
• Teaching and Training Skills/Adult learning Styles
• Intro to Competency Evaluations/DORs/DOR Videos
• Remediation
• Intervention Techniques/ Legal Issues/Liability
• Driver Safety/FTO Awareness or
• Practical Exercise Test/Side Evaluation
• Case Study Presentation

• Date and Time: June 1 - 3, 2022 9:00am to 4:00pm
• Location: South Burlington Police Department 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403
• Cost: $295
• Registration: register online at GS-PCC.com

This course will provide law enforcement officers with a fundamental understanding of teaching adults, professional presentations, and class facilitation. Additionally, the course will afford students the opportunity to develop teaching skills required to present any topic of instruction to law enforcement professionals within their agencies or departments. Specific focus will be placed on practical learning and application opportunities. Topics of discussion will include:
• Lesson Planning and Course Concepts
• Adult Learning Styles
• Do’s & Don’ts of Adult Learning
• Teaching and Training Via Media Resources
• Instruction Practical Exercises

Activities Worksheets provided through Student Workbook Download and Printing. Student must print workbook and bring/provide laptop with presentation software.

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• May 17th 9:00am and 12:00pm at the Vermont Police Academy

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• May 17th 9:00am and 12:00pm at the Vermont Police Academy

The REID Technique: Investigative Interview and Advanced Interrogation

• Date and Time: May 17 - 20 2022, 8:00AM - 3:00PM
• Location: South Burlington Police Department 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403
• Cost: $600
• Registration: register online at www.reid.com
  • For further information contact Julie Rock at 855-479-3959 or via email at jrock@reid.com

Learn How To:

• Interpret verbal and non-verbal behavior to assess the credibility of a victim, witness or suspect’s statements
• How to use behavior provoking questions in the interview process
• How to use  THE REID NINE STEPS OF INTERROGATION® to:
  • Develop interrogation strategies
  • Develop themes (persuasive statements)
  • Develop the alternative question to elicit the first admission
  • Handle the more defiant subject and ‘overcome objections’; address the subject’s fears; move past the subject’s denials and motivate the subject to want to tell the truth

Training Manual Includes:

A comprehensive outline filled with detailed information that will serve as an excellent follow up to the training program.

Money Back Guarantee:  We are confident in the exceptionally high quality of our training and offer a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE if you are not completely satisfied.

Download THE REID TECHNIQUE® App for iOS devices in the Apple App Store TODAY!

For our current schedule of classes, please visit www.reid.com

Visit our YouTube channel – The Reid Technique Tips

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• May 13th 8:00am and 11:00am at the South Burlington Police Department

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• May 13th 8:00am and 11:00am at the South Burlington Police Department

On behalf of the Humane Society of the United States’ Law Enforcement Training Center, I am writing to invite you to a seminar co-hosted by the Small and Rural Law Enforcement Executives Association. Featuring sheriffs from across the country, this presentation will review the impact of unregulated big cats on law enforcement agencies and what we can do about it.

Panelists:

• Jack Laurie, Atchison County Sheriff (KS)
• Javier Salazar, Bear County Sheriff (TX)
• Matt Lutz, Muskingum County Sheriff (OH)
• Tim Harrison, former law enforcement officer and big cat advocate

Click here to register

Cellular Technology and Records Analysis

• May 9, 2022 - May 11, 2022 at the South Burlington Police Department. 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, Vermont 05403
• Cost $475.00
• Click here to Register

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training- Online

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• April 15th 5:00pm and 7:30pm
• April 29th 1:00pm and 3:00pm
• April 30th 9:00am and 11:00am (Saturday)

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training- Online

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• April 15th 5:00pm and 7:30pm
• April 29th 1:00pm and 3:00pm
• April 30th 9:00am and 11:00am (Saturday)

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training- Online

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• April 15th 5:00pm and 7:30pm
• April 29th 1:00pm and 3:00pm
• April 30th 9:00am and 11:00am (Saturday)

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training- Online

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• April 15th 5:00pm and 7:30pm
• April 29th 1:00pm and 3:00pm
• April 30th 9:00am and 11:00am (Saturday)

Date, Location and Time
Tuesday, April 19 - Thursday, April 21, 2022
Vermont Agency of Transportation
2178 Airport Road, Berlin, VT 05641

Course runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day, with the exception of day 2 (April 20th) which runs from 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM to accommodate night surveillance exercises

Registration
Registration is restricted to local, tribal, state, federal, and military law enforcement officers. There is no cost to attend this course.

Register for this course at: https://www.counterdrugtraining.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=6255

Course Description

This 3-day course teaches the techniques and skills needed to shoot Surveillance Video with camcorders and other video equipment. Students will be exposed to state-of-the-art covert video surveillance systems and will be offered the opportunity to use them in realistic hands-on scenarios. The course will focus on both long-range camcorder surveillance and covert systems. It will include how to plan a successful video surveillance and the situational awareness necessary for safe operations. This class begins with camcorder basics and is appropriate for those with little or no experience as well as participants with years of video experience. This course combines classroom instruction with numerous hands-on practical, realistic exercises. The instructor reviews each participant’s video after all exercises. A night session will teach participants how to use night scopes in conjunction with video cameras to observe drug dealing at night under low light and no light conditions. Covert audio transmitters are an important part of drug work. Participants will learn how to link the audio from those transmitters to their camcorders. Participants will practice using professional microphones with camcorders to record confessions, eyewitness accounts, and victim statements.

Students are encouraged to bring department issued camcorders, DSLR cameras, and/or covert audio and video recording devices. Instructor-provided loaner equipment is available for all students.

Topics Included
• The power of video as a source of evidence
• Introduction to camcorders, tape/digital media
• The elements of video continuity
• Automatic and manual focus
• Optical and digital zoom
• Safely shooting surveillance video and other forms of uncontrolled action
• Daylight exterior practical exercises
• Low-light exterior practical exercises with night vision and IR illumination devices
• Recording quality audio from covert body receivers and other audio sources
• Safely using and recording with covert video systems
• Using video evidence during pre-operational briefings
 

Date, Location and Time
Tuesday, April 19 - Thursday, April 21, 2022
Vermont Agency of Transportation
2178 Airport Road, Berlin, VT 05641

Course runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day, with the exception of day 2 (April 20th) which runs from 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM to accommodate night surveillance exercises

Registration
Registration is restricted to local, tribal, state, federal, and military law enforcement officers. There is no cost to attend this course.

Register for this course at: https://www.counterdrugtraining.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=6255

Course Description

This 3-day course teaches the techniques and skills needed to shoot Surveillance Video with camcorders and other video equipment. Students will be exposed to state-of-the-art covert video surveillance systems and will be offered the opportunity to use them in realistic hands-on scenarios. The course will focus on both long-range camcorder surveillance and covert systems. It will include how to plan a successful video surveillance and the situational awareness necessary for safe operations. This class begins with camcorder basics and is appropriate for those with little or no experience as well as participants with years of video experience. This course combines classroom instruction with numerous hands-on practical, realistic exercises. The instructor reviews each participant’s video after all exercises. A night session will teach participants how to use night scopes in conjunction with video cameras to observe drug dealing at night under low light and no light conditions. Covert audio transmitters are an important part of drug work. Participants will learn how to link the audio from those transmitters to their camcorders. Participants will practice using professional microphones with camcorders to record confessions, eyewitness accounts, and victim statements.

Students are encouraged to bring department issued camcorders, DSLR cameras, and/or covert audio and video recording devices. Instructor-provided loaner equipment is available for all students.

Topics Included
• The power of video as a source of evidence
• Introduction to camcorders, tape/digital media
• The elements of video continuity
• Automatic and manual focus
• Optical and digital zoom
• Safely shooting surveillance video and other forms of uncontrolled action
• Daylight exterior practical exercises
• Low-light exterior practical exercises with night vision and IR illumination devices
• Recording quality audio from covert body receivers and other audio sources
• Safely using and recording with covert video systems
• Using video evidence during pre-operational briefings
 

Date, Location and Time
Tuesday, April 19 - Thursday, April 21, 2022
Vermont Agency of Transportation
2178 Airport Road, Berlin, VT 05641

Course runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day, with the exception of day 2 (April 20th) which runs from 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM to accommodate night surveillance exercises

Registration
Registration is restricted to local, tribal, state, federal, and military law enforcement officers. There is no cost to attend this course.

Register for this course at: https://www.counterdrugtraining.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=6255

Course Description

This 3-day course teaches the techniques and skills needed to shoot Surveillance Video with camcorders and other video equipment. Students will be exposed to state-of-the-art covert video surveillance systems and will be offered the opportunity to use them in realistic hands-on scenarios. The course will focus on both long-range camcorder surveillance and covert systems. It will include how to plan a successful video surveillance and the situational awareness necessary for safe operations. This class begins with camcorder basics and is appropriate for those with little or no experience as well as participants with years of video experience. This course combines classroom instruction with numerous hands-on practical, realistic exercises. The instructor reviews each participant’s video after all exercises. A night session will teach participants how to use night scopes in conjunction with video cameras to observe drug dealing at night under low light and no light conditions. Covert audio transmitters are an important part of drug work. Participants will learn how to link the audio from those transmitters to their camcorders. Participants will practice using professional microphones with camcorders to record confessions, eyewitness accounts, and victim statements.

Students are encouraged to bring department issued camcorders, DSLR cameras, and/or covert audio and video recording devices. Instructor-provided loaner equipment is available for all students.

Topics Included
• The power of video as a source of evidence
• Introduction to camcorders, tape/digital media
• The elements of video continuity
• Automatic and manual focus
• Optical and digital zoom
• Safely shooting surveillance video and other forms of uncontrolled action
• Daylight exterior practical exercises
• Low-light exterior practical exercises with night vision and IR illumination devices
• Recording quality audio from covert body receivers and other audio sources
• Safely using and recording with covert video systems
• Using video evidence during pre-operational briefings
 

• Date and Time: April 18 - 19 2022, 8:00AM - 4:30PM
• Location: South Burlington Police Department 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403
• Cost: $165
• Registration: register online at http://www.bbsnarctraining.com/SouthBurlingtonPaypal2_informants.html

  • Contact Brian Sallee (505) 459-5554 or brian@bbsnarctraining.com with questions

This course will cover areas involving the use of informants in criminal investigations.  Some of the areas to be covered will include how to recruit informants, use of informants in criminal investigations, proper documentation and department policy.  The course will cover legal and ethical aspects in the use of informants by law enforcement officers which includes selection of informants and minimal qualification for a person to be utilized as an informant.  The students will learn investigative techniques to minimize the exposure or identification of informants.  The course will also look at the civil liability of working informants and how to minimize those liabilities. 

The instructor for the class will be Brian Sallee.  Brian retired as detective from the Albuquerque Police Department.  He was a police officer for 40 years and spent over 31 years working narcotics units.  Brian has provided training to police officers from all 50 states as well as foreign police officers.  He has written two books; Narcotics Investigations: Working and Surviving and The Methamphetamine Handbook: What You Need to Know.  

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training- Online

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• April 15th 5:00pm and 7:30pm
• April 29th 1:00pm and 3:00pm
• April 30th 9:00am and 11:00am (Saturday)

2021 Mandatory Fair and Impartial Policing Training- Online

• The dates listed below are the last sessions of this course
• April 15th 5:00pm and 7:30pm
• April 29th 1:00pm and 3:00pm
• April 30th 9:00am and 11:00am (Saturday)

ALICE Active Shooter Response Training

• Date and Time: January 11 and 12th, 2022. 8:00AM - 5:00PM

• Location: Castleton University - Stafford Academic Center SOuth Street, Castleton, VT 05735

• Registration: Register online at https://cvent.me/eOdKmZ

Join us for ALICE Certified Instructor Training hosted by the Castleton Police Department!

This 2-Day Instructor training course is designed to teach participants the skills and strategies to increase survivability during the gap between the time a violent event occurs and, law enforcement arrives. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be a Certified ALICE Instructor and will have the knowledge and resources to train others in your community.

Stinger Spike System Training Course

• December 14th at Hartford Police Department
• Registration: Contact Det. Tom Howell at thowell@hartford-vt.org or via phone at 802-295-9425 x 325.

DUI Enforcement Certification

• December 13 -17

Glock Armorers Course

• Date: December 7, 2021

• Location: Parro's Gun Shop & Police Supplies Henry Parro, 601 U.S. Rte 2 - Waterbury , VT

• Cost: $250

• Registration: register online at https://glocktraining.com/RegWizard.aspx?classid=108952

To be eligible to take the Armorers Course you must be active/retired law enforcement or military, private security, GLOCK Stocking Dealer/Range Program Employee or current

GSSF member.

Understand and be able to explain the design features of the GLOCK Safe Action System. Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to maintain, troubleshoot and service all GLOCK

pistols by passing the Practical Examination and by scoring a minimum of 80% on thewritten examination.

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

June 3 - 4 at Bennington Fire Department. 130 River St, Bennington, VT 05201.

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October 4 - 5 at Norwhich Police Department

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November 8 - 9 at South Burlington Police Department

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December 2 - 3 at the Vermont Police Academy

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Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

June 3 - 4 at Bennington Fire Department. 130 River St, Bennington, VT 05201.

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October 4 - 5 at Norwhich Police Department

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November 8 - 9 at South Burlington Police Department

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December 2 - 3 at the Vermont Police Academy

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Basic Domestic Violence Training

• October 11

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

June 3 - 4 at Bennington Fire Department. 130 River St, Bennington, VT 05201.

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October 4 - 5 at Norwhich Police Department

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November 8 - 9 at South Burlington Police Department

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December 2 - 3 at the Vermont Police Academy

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Executive Leadership Institute

• September 27 - October 1 at Essex Police Department
• Register online at www.fbileeda.org or call 877-772-7712 for more information

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

June 3 - 4 at Bennington Fire Department. 130 River St, Bennington, VT 05201.

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October 4 - 5 at Norwhich Police Department

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November 8 - 9 at South Burlington Police Department

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December 2 - 3 at the Vermont Police Academy

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 8:00 am to Friday, April 2, 2021 - 4:30 pm

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 8:00 am to Friday, April 2, 2021 - 4:30 pm

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 8:00 am to Friday, April 2, 2021 - 4:30 pm

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 8:00 am to Friday, April 2, 2021 - 4:30 pm

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Field Training Officer School

• January 15 2019 - January 18 2019

2018 Mandatory Domestic Violence Training-Digital Evidence

• December 19
  • All dates have both an AM or PM option.

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2018 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 13 
• June 12
• September 11
• December 11

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E)

• October 25th - 26th at Colchester Police Department 835 Blakely Road  Colchester, VT 05446 Click here to register

• December 6 - December 7 at Vermont Police Academy Click here to register

Spillman Officer Training

• October 23
• December 4

2018 Mandatory Domestic Violence Training-Digital Evidence

• September 6
• October 23
• November 30
  • All dates have both an AM or PM option.

Animal Cruelty Investigation for Law Enforcement Officers

• November 28th 2018

Basic Domestic Violence Training

• November 27, 2018

Use-of-Force & Tactics Instructor Re-Certification

• October 23
• November 27

DUI Enforcement Certification

• October 8 - October 12
• November 26 - November 30

Spillman Dispatcher Training

• November 20

NHTSA Laser Operation Certification for Level II Officers and Waivers

• November 7

Oleoresin Capsicum Certification Course

• November 2

Basic MED/PR24 Training

• November 1

Basic Use of Force and Tactics

• October 29 - October 31 2018. (basic MEB/PR24 Training and Oleoresin Capsicum Certification Courses are also available on November 1st and 2nd and must be registered for separately)

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E)

• October 25th - 26th at Colchester Police Department 835 Blakely Road  Colchester, VT 05446 Click here to register

• December 6 - December 7 at Vermont Police Academy Click here to register

NHTSA Doppler Radar Operator Certification for Level II Officers & Waivers

• October 24 at Vermont Police Academy, Click to Register

2018 Mandatory Domestic Violence Training-Digital Evidence

• September 6
• October 23
• November 30
  • All dates have both an AM or PM option.

Spillman Officer Training

• October 23
• December 4

Use-of-Force & Tactics Instructor Re-Certification

• October 23
• November 27

Crime Scene Investigation

• October 19

Crash Investigation for Level II Officers & Waivers

• October 17 - 18

DUI Enforcement Certification

• October 8 - October 12
• November 26 - November 30

Vin Verification

• October 5

Fingerprint Certification

• October 5

DUI Check Point Supervisor Class

• October 4

CTO Certification Course

• October 3 - 4

Communications Training Officer Certification Course

• October 3rd - 4th

Commercial Motor Vehicle Awareness, Levels I-II (Sizes & Weights)

• Level I - October 1
• Level II - October 2-4

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2018 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 13 
• June 12
• September 11
• December 11

Canine Patrol School

• July 16 - November 2, 2018 Click to Register

Gang Training - New England Street Level Gangs: Identifications, Observations, and Investigations

• June 28, 2018 at 8:00 AM - Friday, June 29 2018 at Vermont Police Academy

The Vermont Police Academy is thrilled to have the New England Gang School provide this 2-day gang training to the Vermont law enforcement community. The training will focus on actual practices and presented in an easy to understand curriculum setting. The primary focus is on the recognition and understanding of gang activity, behavior, and investigations. It is noted the indicators of deception, criminal behavior, individual actions, or group conspiracy are the same regardless of the crime. And so, an understanding of the skills taught, can be applicable in any jurisdiction.

This course does not simply review unnecessary YouTube “shock” videos or focus on outdated materials from the west coast; nor is it franchised or borrowed. To the contrary, you will learn with specific purpose and focus on New England current trends that are applicable to you. The mission of the New England Gang School is to provide a fresh, current, and local, prospective on gang intervention with a focus on professionalism and future court case preparation. The training is presented in such a manner that truly respects the individual subjects of your investigations and encounters; thereby increasing your successes and minimizing your professional exposure and subsequent liability.

Introduction to Gangs and Gang Life: This blockof instruction will discuss the basics; however, it will be presented through a unique and more specific manner than a traditional Intro to Gangs course. Whether you are an experienced investigator or a relatively new officer, this course will introduce you to the kinds of practices, design, and identifiers of New England style gangs. The presentation will include actual “take-away” lessons that can be employed, rather than just a generic overview. This course aims to be unique in that it specifically addresses the kinds of local gangs you encounter in the course of your work; as they relate, or do not relate, to the national gangs more commonly discussed.

Characteristics of Armed Persons: The behavior of armed persons varies far beyond just “waistband adjustments” and “straight-arms.” There are specific behaviors that give cues regarding whether a weapon is carried, hidden, passed off, or gone, and the behaviors can vary from street encounters, to car stops, to bars, or house parties. All will be discussed. The recognition of armed persons, as well as the recognition of deception, is the fundamental building block to the recovery of firearms. This portion does not cover the defensive tactics or the use of force required to combat the presence of firearms, but rather, the types of identifiers that assist in the recognition, detection, and location of firearms.

Motorcycle Gangs: A look at how 1%er Motorcycle Gangs manifest here in New England. Many of the motorcycle gang courses we have all taken will often only discuss the national trends and the historical crimes. This course aims to cover that information as well, yet with attention to the manner in which the local bike gangs are organizing here.

Honor in Policing Gangs: This portion will discuss the reality of how the youth get drawn into the gangs before they even recognize where they are, and how this new “family” becomes, in many cases, the only option. This is a discussion based on the words of former and current gang members. The purpose of this portion is that it benefits us all to hear the role that law enforcement plays in a gang member’s personal story. And how those individual contacts that you have with gang suspects, can add up, and become as significant to them as any other life contacts that they have. It can be eye-opening to view the gang members’ perception of us, through the lens of our own actions. Ask yourself a question, “If the gang member you arrested today, were to turn their life around, and then write a book in 20 years… What kind of character would you be in that book?” Were you the "animal" who arrested them? Or were you the good cop who caught them? And can you be proud of your actions during your history of encounters with them?

Crime Scene Investigation

• June 27
• October 19

• Location: Burlington Highschool, Burlington Vermont.
• Dates: June 26th and 27th.
• Registration: Please click here to register.

• In June of 2013, the Federal Department of Education significantly changed the recommended guidelines for how schools should prepare, train, and respond to an active shooter situation.  
  The Burlington Police Department embraces this standard of care and will be hosting Active Shooter Certification Training (ALICE Training) on June 26 & 27, 2018 at the Burlington High School in Burlington, Vermont. This certification is a two day train-the-trainer class on active shooter response management.  

  ALICE – Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate – is a set of proactive strategies that moves beyond lockdown and increases the chance of survival during a violent intruder event. ALICE is supported by more than 700 law enforcement agencies around the country and complies with the new standard of care recently developed by the Federal Department of Education, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security
  (DHS), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
  ALICE isn’t only for school personnel. Anyone who works with the public can benefit from ALICE training. Attendees range from first responders, business owners, and health professionals.
  Please visit http://bit.ly/DoE-K12-Guidelines to learn more about the Department of Education’s guidelines on active shooter situations. 

   

  The purpose of advanced ALICE training is to educate local and school-based law enforcement, as well as church, hospital, and workplace administrators and safety professionals about our researched-based, proactive response approach to Violent Intruder events.

  The ALICE training program is designed to supplement current "Lock-down" or "Secure-in-Place" procedures used frequently in our public schools and institutions. Tragic historic events have dictated the need of enhanced response options to increase chances of surviving a horrific event.

  Program Topic Areas Include:

  Policy and Procedures Review

  • Instruction on key components of an organized and thoughtful Active Shooter Emergency Operations
  Plan with emphasis on Survival Strategies.
  • Elicit Active Shooter Readiness Status of their specific institutions, and determine where their
  strength and weaknesses lie.
  •      Distinguish between high and low priority issues when advising policy and procedure
  revisions.

  Infrastructure Design

  •     Recognize potential Safety Hazards in building design.
  •     Design room layouts with priority on Active Shooter defense.
  •     Understand immediate methods to improve infra-structure hazards.

  Proactive Use of Technology

  •     Current technology resources available to enhance building/occupant safety.
  •     Current accepted practices utilizing technology in building/occupant safety.
  •     Discuss proactive uses of technology for building/occupant safety by interfering with intruder's
         ability to locate targets.
  •     Review case studies of past events to determine functionality of technology usage.

  Practical Scenario Training

  •     Conduct practical scenario training in order to experience, visualize, and reinforce course
  concepts.

  Community Resource Assistance

  •     Locate and elicit community assistance before, during, and after event.
  •     Demonstrate ability to locate Community Rally Points.
  •     Discuss potential Community Partners, and the assistance they can provide.
  •     How to liaison with other local government agencies.

  Mass Evacuations

  •     Discuss Rapid Mass Evacuation plans.
  • Discuss tactical advantages associated with maintaining distance vs. securing-in- place and/or
  barricading.
  •      Identify non-conventional methods of mobilizing large numbers of people.

  Lesson Preparation

  • Participants will be required to build and present a 10 minute presentation to demonstrate
  material comprehension.
  •      Review and Exam

Spillman Dispatcher Training

• June 26
• July 10
• November 20

Gang Training - New England Street Level Gangs: Identifications, Observations, and Investigations

• June 26, 2018-  June 27, 2018 at Camp Johnson, Colchester Vermont.

• June 20 at Springfield Fire Department

Communications Training Officer Certification Course

• June 20th - 21st
• October 3rd - 4th

June 18 -  June 22 Click to Register

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2018 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 13 
• June 12
• September 11
• December 11

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2018 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 13 
• June 12
• September 11
• December 11

The Council is undergoing the process of revising Administrative Rule 07-027 - Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council Rules & Regulations.  The proposed revisions are primarily designed to conform the Rules to recent statutory amendments, but also serve to update standards for Vermont Police Academy operation and law enforcement officer certification and training.  The current version of the rules can be viewed here:

https://advance.lexis.com/documentpage/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=fc244c2f-85c5-4c30-b83d-5483ccc92f72&scrollreferenceid=&nodeid=AASAACAABAAB&config=00JAA3YmIxY2M5OC0zYmJjLTQ4ZjMtYjY3Yi02ODZhMTViYWUzMmEKAFBvZENhdGFsb2dfKuGXoJFNHKuKZG9OqaaI&pddocfullpath=%2fshared%2fdocument%2fadministrative-codes%2furn%3acontentItem%3a5R2M-H3N0-00C2-9134-00008-00&ecomp=-kc_kkk&prid=e7f3220c-5787-4670-a924-c5a827dce2c5

Proposed rule changes can be viewed here

A public hearing will be held at the Vermont Police Academy (317 Academy Road – Pittsford, Vermont) on Tuesday, January 23^rd from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Comments will be taken, along with an additional 10 – day period following the hearing.    

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2017 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 15 - at Vermont Police Academy, Classroom 2
• June 15
• September 12
• December 12

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • February 8 & 9 (Location TBD)
  • April 5 & 6 at Lyndon State College, Harvey Academic Center, Room #111, St. Johnsbury
  • June 13 & 14 at the Vermont Fire Academy (on the same property as the Vermont Police Academy)
  • August 22 & 23 at VSP – Westminster barracks  
  • Oct 3 & 4 at Colchester PD
  • Dec 6 & 7 at the Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: 
  • Free for all Vermont Officers
  • Tuition for Out of State Officers:
    • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
    • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
    • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

NHTSA Doppler Radar Operator Certification

This course is offered approximately four times each year at the academy, two of which are during Post-Basic classes, resulting in limited seating. Regional trainings may also occur throughout the year.

• Coordinator:            Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course: 8 hours
• Course hours:         0800-1600
• Date/Location:       
  • April 27, 2017 VPA
  • May 31, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)
  • September 28, 2017 VPA
  • November 22, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)

• Tuition: None if initial training for Vermont law enforcement officers.
  • Repeat/audit - $22.00 @ the Vermont Police Academy (includes lunch and materials), $6.50 off-campus (includes materials).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This course delivered by VCJTC certified Instructors is designed to provide police officers with the necessary certification to set-up, test, and operate radar devices for speed measurement. The eight-hour class which includes both classroom and field experience provides the officer with the knowledge and skills to operate both stationary and moving radar. The following topics are presented: Doppler theory; VT statutory and case law regarding speed enforcement; operation of specific speed measurement devices; and courtroom testimony.

NHTSA Laser Operator Certification

This course is offered approximately four times each year at the academy, two of which are during Post-Basic classes, resulting in limited seating. Regional trainings may also occur throughout the year.

• Coordinator:            Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 8 hours
• Course hours:         0800 - 1600
• Dates/Location:     
  • May 22, 2017 VPA
  • June 15, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited seating)
  • November 1, 2017 VPA
  • TBD (in December 2017, Post-Basic, Limited Seating)
• Tuition: None if initial training for Vermont law enforcement officers.
  • Repeat/audit - $22.00 @ the Vermont Police Academy (includes lunch and materials), $6.50 off-campus (includes materials).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Certification course. This course provides officers training in the setup, testing and operation of any LASER speed measuring device.
  • Participant is urged to bring a Laser device to class.
  • Four hours in classroom.
  • Four hours supervised practical training. (Officers should be in uniform and prepared for traffic enforcement.)

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630 
• Date: October 25 - 26, 2017
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: Commuting - $50.50 (includes materials and lunch), Overnight - $90.50 (Includes materials, lodging, and meals).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This fundamental training course will provide the new part-time officer with a familiarization of accident/crash reporting requirements and form completion. A mock scene will be utilized to demonstrate the measurement and diagramming techniques. Additional scene management will emphasize traffic control, preservation of evidence and witness identification.

Use of Force Committee

Meeting Dates:

• April 12th
• July 26th
• October 11th

Coordinated by Jason Williams, Training Coordinator

The UOF Committee is composed of troopers, officers, wardens, and deputies from various agencies throughout the state and range in rank from Corporals to Chiefs.  The committee members are appointed by the Executive Director of the Vermont Police Academy.  These members are considered to be advanced and very knowledgeable in their fields of training.  These fields include: firearms, non-lethal use of force, baton, rifle, and oleoresin capsicum.  The committee is overseen by an academy representative and has an elected chairman.

The committee has many responsibilities included in its purview.  Listed below are some of the responsibilities, which also may include any issues brought forth by the Executive Director for review.

1. Reviewing/recommending curriculum for use of force classes for the basic programs and instructor programs.
2. Providing guidance to instructors throughout the state in their use of force training.
3. Recommend changes and improvements to the facility for use of force training.
4. Recommend minimum standards for use of force instructors.
5. Providing input for implementation of programs related to use of force.
6. Reviewing special requests of use of force instructor recertification packets that are not standard.

Members

• Chair: Donald Keeler, Sheriff, Addison County Sheriff's Office
• Vice Chair: Drew Bloom, Captain, VT DMV
• Scott Fisher, Officer, Middlebury PD
• Russell Shopland, Warden, VT Dept of FandW
• Robbie Blish, Chief, Woodstock PD
• Lianne Tuomey, Chief, UVM Police Services
• Walter Smith, Lt., VSP
• Michael Akerlind, Cpl., Colchester PD
• Matthew Murano, Sgt., Wilmington PD
• George (Randy) Crowe, Sgt., Bristol PD
• Randy Lopes, Cpl., Burlington PD
• Eugene Duplissis Sgt., Vermont State Police
• Wade Johnson, Vermont Department of Corrections

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • February 8 & 9 (Location TBD)
  • April 5 & 6 at Lyndon State College, Harvey Academic Center, Room #111, St. Johnsbury
  • June 13 & 14 at the Vermont Fire Academy (on the same property as the Vermont Police Academy)
  • August 22 & 23 at VSP – Westminster barracks  
  • Oct 3 & 4 at Colchester PD
  • Dec 6 & 7 at the Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: 
  • Free for all Vermont Officers
  • Tuition for Out of State Officers:
    • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
    • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
    • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

NHTSA Doppler Radar Operator Certification

This course is offered approximately four times each year at the academy, two of which are during Post-Basic classes, resulting in limited seating. Regional trainings may also occur throughout the year.

• Coordinator:            Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course: 8 hours
• Course hours:         0800-1600
• Date/Location:       
  • April 27, 2017 VPA
  • May 31, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)
  • September 28, 2017 VPA
  • November 22, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)

• Tuition: None if initial training for Vermont law enforcement officers.
  • Repeat/audit - $22.00 @ the Vermont Police Academy (includes lunch and materials), $6.50 off-campus (includes materials).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This course delivered by VCJTC certified Instructors is designed to provide police officers with the necessary certification to set-up, test, and operate radar devices for speed measurement. The eight-hour class which includes both classroom and field experience provides the officer with the knowledge and skills to operate both stationary and moving radar. The following topics are presented: Doppler theory; VT statutory and case law regarding speed enforcement; operation of specific speed measurement devices; and courtroom testimony.

• Coordinator: Jenn Firpo
• Length of course: 8 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Dates:
  • Wednesday, April 5, 2017  
  • Monday, June 21, 2017          
  • Wednesday, September 27, 2017   
• Tuition: None, if initial certification. Repeat/audit - $20.50

Registration

 Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

Responding to reports of domestic violence continue to pose high risks and deep frustrations to police.

During this training, officers will review and, in the case of a new officer, learn the fundamentals on how to most effectively respond to domestic violence incidents, to include, reviewing:

• The dynamics of domestic violence
• Domestic violence related Vermont statutes and relevant case law
• The investigation and creation of solid domestic violence cases for prosecutorial purposes
•  Local and state resources for victims/survivors of domestic violence
•  Dominant aggressor determination
• Types of Vermont protection orders, their service, and enforcement

This course fulfills the domestic violence training requirement for:

1. Persons going through the part-time police officer process
2. Waiver officers.

• Coordinator: Jenn Firpo
• Length of course: 7 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1600 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Date:  September 25, 2017
• Tuition: $20.00
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

To attend this class: You must have attended a prior workshop on investigating animal cruelty in Vermont.  One that has been sponsored by the Vermont Humane Federation’s Animal Cruelty Response Coalition or attended the Vermont Police Academy’s “Animal Cruelty Investigation – Level I” (this class is being offered this year on August 31, 2016).

This advanced workshop on animal cruelty investigations will focus on more specialized topics in animal cruelty investigation, including:

• Animal husbandry practices: walking the fine line between education and seizure;
• Working with the Agency of Agriculture on livestock complaints;
•  The investigation of equine cruelty complaints;
• Animal hoarding: handling large-scale animal cruelty investigations.
• Handling wildlife cruelty complaints

Participants must bring with them their Animal Cruelty Investigation Manual.   

Please Note: Persons who currently own the "Animal Cruelty Investigator’s Manual” (1st, 2nd or 3rd edition) and are interested in purchasing the newly released 4th edition of this manual... please indicate so when registering.  Manual cost is $35.00.

Supervising Sobriety Checkpoints

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course: 5 hours
• Course Hours: 1500 to 2000 hours
• Date & Location: September 21, 2017 at Rutland Police Department
• Tuition: Commute - $16.50 (dinner is included)
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This course will familiarize the student with the general aspects of coordinating a Traffic Enforcement Program within their agency.

Topics will include:

•  Vermont Highway Safety issues and priorities
•  Grant procurement and administration
•  Crash data analysis and using it to justify your program
•  State and National programs
• Role of the traffic supervisor
• DUI/Sobriety checkpoint law
• Using the media effectively
• Principles of traffic enforcement
• Canine operations and checkpoints

As we in Vermont realize, it is getting increasingly difficult to “do more with less.” This course will prepare the student to coordinate local and county-wide initiatives to further our primary highway safety goal of reducing deaths and injuries on our roadways. An actual sobriety checkpoint will be set up at the end of the lesson so Department uniforms MUST be worn to this training.

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2017 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 15 - at Vermont Police Academy, Classroom 2
• June 15
• September 12
• December 12

• Coordinator: Jenn Firpo
• Length of course: 7 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1600 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Date:  September 6, 2017
• Tuition: $53.00 (Includes materials and lunch)
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This introductory workshop on investigating animal cruelty will cover all the basics of an investigation, including, but not limited to:

• A review of Vermont’s criminal animal cruelty statute;
• The needed elements for a strong animal cruelty criminal investigation
• Interview and interrogation techniques
• Report writing
• Using expert witnesses
• Evidence collection
• Search warrant procedure; and
• A review of resources available at the local, state and national level to assist in responding to incidents of animal cruelty.

This course will also review Vermont’s Cruelty Response System (CRS) and the CRS web-based case management system, Animal Tracks.  The Vermont Animal Cruelty Response Coalition and the CRS were formed to facilitate cross-agency collaboration and communication in order to more effectively respond to animal cruelty complaints, with an emphasis on accountability and follow up

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • February 8 & 9 (Location TBD)
  • April 5 & 6 at Lyndon State College, Harvey Academic Center, Room #111, St. Johnsbury
  • June 13 & 14 at the Vermont Fire Academy (on the same property as the Vermont Police Academy)
  • August 22 & 23 at VSP – Westminster barracks  
  • Oct 3 & 4 at Colchester PD
  • Dec 6 & 7 at the Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: 
  • Free for all Vermont Officers
  • Tuition for Out of State Officers:
    • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
    • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
    • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

Use of Force Committee

Meeting Dates:

• April 12th
• July 26th
• October 11th

Coordinated by Jason Williams, Training Coordinator

The UOF Committee is composed of troopers, officers, wardens, and deputies from various agencies throughout the state and range in rank from Corporals to Chiefs.  The committee members are appointed by the Executive Director of the Vermont Police Academy.  These members are considered to be advanced and very knowledgeable in their fields of training.  These fields include: firearms, non-lethal use of force, baton, rifle, and oleoresin capsicum.  The committee is overseen by an academy representative and has an elected chairman.

The committee has many responsibilities included in its purview.  Listed below are some of the responsibilities, which also may include any issues brought forth by the Executive Director for review.

1. Reviewing/recommending curriculum for use of force classes for the basic programs and instructor programs.
2. Providing guidance to instructors throughout the state in their use of force training.
3. Recommend changes and improvements to the facility for use of force training.
4. Recommend minimum standards for use of force instructors.
5. Providing input for implementation of programs related to use of force.
6. Reviewing special requests of use of force instructor recertification packets that are not standard.

Members

• Chair: Donald Keeler, Sheriff, Addison County Sheriff's Office
• Vice Chair: Drew Bloom, Captain, VT DMV
• Scott Fisher, Officer, Middlebury PD
• Russell Shopland, Warden, VT Dept of FandW
• Robbie Blish, Chief, Woodstock PD
• Lianne Tuomey, Chief, UVM Police Services
• Walter Smith, Lt., VSP
• Michael Akerlind, Cpl., Colchester PD
• Matthew Murano, Sgt., Wilmington PD
• George (Randy) Crowe, Sgt., Bristol PD
• Randy Lopes, Cpl., Burlington PD
• Eugene Duplissis Sgt., Vermont State Police
• Wade Johnson, Vermont Department of Corrections

This is a physically demanding training course and participants must be injury free and in good physical condition before entering the course.  

Tuition is free for all Vermont Law Enforcement Officer candidates who are sponsored by a Vermont Law Enforcement Agency and are pursuing level I or Level II law enforcement certification.

You must be sponsored and employed by a law enforcement agency to attend this course.

Note: Gym attire to include gym shoes, duty belt, baton and handcuffs and cuff key are required for this course.

This course is designed to provide officers with the basics for self-protection and control and/or restraint of adversaries.  This course consists of classroom lecture, gym-work and scenario-based training. 

Successful completion of the course will require the student to attend the full blocks of training as well as pass written and proficiency testing for basic MDTS certification.

Written testing requires a minimum score of 80% to pass and proficiency testing requires 100% acceptable score on the Minimal Acceptable Performance Standards set forth by Safariland and the VCJTC.

Effective 1 January, 2014 per Council ruling, all persons seeking certification as law enforcement officers after that date must attend and successfully complete a Council approved training course for MDTS before receiving Level I, II or III law enforcement certification. The four-hour handcuff training provided during the Level I and II basic certification course does not meet this requirement, and only gives them the authority to carry and use handcuffs under the guidelines set forth in the provisional certification for Levels I or II. Officers must also attend and successfully complete a Council approved baton and/or Oleoresin Capsicum aerosol projector course before having the authority to carry and use a baton and/or OC. This course meets the minimum requirements under this new rule.

NRA Pistol/Shotgun Instructor Course

• Coordinator:  Jason Williams
• Length of Course: 5 days (approximately 44 hours)
• Course hours:  0800 - 1700
• Date/Location:  17 – 21 July, 2017 / Vermont Police Academy range and classroom 3
• Tuition:  $645 payable directly to the NRA, plus an additional $37.50 payable to the Vermont Police Academy on the morning of the first day of the class for facility use and range fees for all students attending.                 
  • Meals and overnight lodging are also available at the academy for an additional cost of $215 for the week billed to you or your agency. 
  • Commuting students may elect to purchase lunch at the academy for $11.00 per meal payable in the dining facility each day.
• Registration:  Visit the NRA website at http://le.nra.org/training/instructor-development-schools.aspx#schedule to register.  The Vermont Police Academy IS NOT accepting the registrations for this course.

The Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council and the National Rifle Association are teaming up to bring the New England area law enforcement community a combination pistol and shotgun instructor course to the academy on the 17th through the 21st of July, 2017.  The NRA has enjoyed a long history of providing high quality training to law enforcement officers across the country, and this course promises to deliver the same high level of training.  Please read the eligibility requirements carefully as set forth by the NRA by following the link in the registration section of this announcement.  This course is open to all “sworn” law enforcement officers and is not limited to firearms instructors; however current instructors are strongly encouraged to attend to enhance their skills.  This is also an excellent course for those who are interested in attending a VCJTC firearms instructor course in the future.  A link to the NRA’s webpage describing the class can be found here: http://le.nra.org/training/instructor-development-schools.aspx#schedule

Vermont officers:

This course does not meet the requirements set forth by the Council for VCJTC firearms instructor certification, and if attended, a potential instructor must still attend the VCJTC course for certification as a Firearms Instructor. 

The NRA’s course description is below, copied from their website:

Handgun/Shotgun Instructor
This school compresses the handgun instructor school to 3 days and adds 2 days of shotgun instructor training. Student classroom presentations, concealed-carry training, and unconventional shooting positions are replaced with shotgun marksmanship and handling classroom presentations and range work. Shotgun drills include firing from cover, use of kneeling and prone positions, moving targets, malfunction clearing, firing on the move, and transitioning to the handgun. In addition to the above mentioned required equipment, the following are ALSO necessary for this school:

• Duty-type, law enforcement 12 gauge pump or semi-auto police shotgun equipped with a sling.
• 900 rounds of duty or training handgun ammunition.
• 50 rounds of duty or training 12 gauge slugs.
• 20 rounds of duty or training 12 gauge 00 buckshot.
• 100 rounds of birdshot (#6, #7½, #8 or #9).

A backup handgun is NOT required for this school.

The shotgun and buckshot must be capable of shooting a group no larger than 18 inches at 15 yards in order to pass the course.

Rifled shotgun barrels are inappropriate for this school and are not allowed.

Please direct all questions regarding prerequisites and course requirements to the NRA Law Enforcement training division at LE@nrahq.org .  All questions regarding the facility, meals and lodging can be directed to Jason.Williams@vermont.gov

Canine Basic Tracking

• Length of Course: 240 hrs
• Course Hours: 0800 – 1630 hrs
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Dates: July 10, 2017 - August 18, 2017
• Tuition:
  • Commuting Student: $593.00
  • Overnight Student: $1553.00.

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

For further information email Canine T.C., Bob Ryan or call 802-483-6202.

• Coordinator: Jenn Firpo
• Length of course: 8 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Dates:
  • Wednesday, April 5, 2017  
  • Monday, June 21, 2017          
  • Wednesday, September 27, 2017   
• Tuition: None, if initial certification. Repeat/audit - $20.50

Registration

 Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

Responding to reports of domestic violence continue to pose high risks and deep frustrations to police.

During this training, officers will review and, in the case of a new officer, learn the fundamentals on how to most effectively respond to domestic violence incidents, to include, reviewing:

• The dynamics of domestic violence
• Domestic violence related Vermont statutes and relevant case law
• The investigation and creation of solid domestic violence cases for prosecutorial purposes
•  Local and state resources for victims/survivors of domestic violence
•  Dominant aggressor determination
• Types of Vermont protection orders, their service, and enforcement

This course fulfills the domestic violence training requirement for:

1. Persons going through the part-time police officer process
2. Waiver officers.

Wilderness Tracking

• Length of Course: 40 hrs
• Course Hours: 0800 – 1630 hrs
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Dates: June 19 - 23, 2017
• Tuition:
  • ​Commuting Student: $143.00
  • Overnight Student: $303.00.
• Prerequisite: Canine teams who have completed Basic Patrol or Basic Trailing School.

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

For further information email Canine T.C. Bob Ryan or call 802-483-6202.

NHTSA Laser Operator Certification

This course is offered approximately four times each year at the academy, two of which are during Post-Basic classes, resulting in limited seating. Regional trainings may also occur throughout the year.

• Coordinator:            Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 8 hours
• Course hours:         0800 - 1600
• Dates/Location:     
  • May 22, 2017 VPA
  • June 15, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited seating)
  • November 1, 2017 VPA
  • TBD (in December 2017, Post-Basic, Limited Seating)
• Tuition: None if initial training for Vermont law enforcement officers.
  • Repeat/audit - $22.00 @ the Vermont Police Academy (includes lunch and materials), $6.50 off-campus (includes materials).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Certification course. This course provides officers training in the setup, testing and operation of any LASER speed measuring device.
  • Participant is urged to bring a Laser device to class.
  • Four hours in classroom.
  • Four hours supervised practical training. (Officers should be in uniform and prepared for traffic enforcement.)

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2017 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 15 - at Vermont Police Academy, Classroom 2
• June 15
• September 12
• December 12

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • February 8 & 9 (Location TBD)
  • April 5 & 6 at Lyndon State College, Harvey Academic Center, Room #111, St. Johnsbury
  • June 13 & 14 at the Vermont Fire Academy (on the same property as the Vermont Police Academy)
  • August 22 & 23 at VSP – Westminster barracks  
  • Oct 3 & 4 at Colchester PD
  • Dec 6 & 7 at the Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: 
  • Free for all Vermont Officers
  • Tuition for Out of State Officers:
    • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
    • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
    • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

Urban Tracking

• Length of Course: 40 hrs
• Course Hours: 0800 – 1630 hrs
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Date: June 5 - 9, 2017
• Tuition:
  • ​Commuting Student: $143.00
  • Overnight Student: $303.00.
• Prerequisite: Canine teams who have completed Basic Patrol or Basic Trailing School.

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

For further information email Canine T.C. Bob Ryan or call 802-483-6202.

Ambush Survival Tactics  (previously known as Patrol Tactics "Mindset for Survival")

Presented by Sgt. Ray DeCunto (Ret.) of RAD Training Inc. 

www.RadTrainingInc.com 

• Coordinator: Jason Williams
• Length of course: 24 hours                                                                    
• Course hours: 31 May – 2 June, 2017: 0800- 1700                                                                                          
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: Commuter $504.00 (lunch included), Overnight $582.00
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This three-day course is for law enforcement officers assigned to uniform patrol.  Classroom training alone is not enough.  Patrol officers need hands on training.  This course is designed with minimal classroom and maximum realistic scenario based training.  The following are topics covered during this training course:

• Techniques for mental and physical peak performance to win
• Less lethal and deadly force decision making through scenario based training
• Dynamic and slow deliberate building clearing techniques
• Techniques for traffic stops with violent encounters
• Close quarter shooting tactics
• Low light movement techniques
• Ambush tactics
• Armed suicidal subject encounters; “Suicide by cop”
• Hostage encounters; containment vs. immediate action
• Rescue carries and the trauma medical equipment needed
• Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for law enforcement responders

Who should attend: Uniform patrol officers, as well as units within patrol commonly referred to as street crimes and/or violent offender units.  If you are answering calls for service, conducting traffic stops or assigned to investigate crimes involving repeat or violent offenders, then this course is a must for you or your unit.

NHTSA Doppler Radar Operator Certification

This course is offered approximately four times each year at the academy, two of which are during Post-Basic classes, resulting in limited seating. Regional trainings may also occur throughout the year.

• Coordinator:            Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course: 8 hours
• Course hours:         0800-1600
• Date/Location:       
  • April 27, 2017 VPA
  • May 31, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)
  • September 28, 2017 VPA
  • November 22, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)

• Tuition: None if initial training for Vermont law enforcement officers.
  • Repeat/audit - $22.00 @ the Vermont Police Academy (includes lunch and materials), $6.50 off-campus (includes materials).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This course delivered by VCJTC certified Instructors is designed to provide police officers with the necessary certification to set-up, test, and operate radar devices for speed measurement. The eight-hour class which includes both classroom and field experience provides the officer with the knowledge and skills to operate both stationary and moving radar. The following topics are presented: Doppler theory; VT statutory and case law regarding speed enforcement; operation of specific speed measurement devices; and courtroom testimony.

Description

Date: May 19th, 2017

• Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
• Location: Newport State Office Building. CCV Conference Room 100 Main Street Newport, VT
• Cost: FREE with food/breaks provided
• Registration: Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com
• REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 5, 2017

The Team Two curriculum focuses on collaboration between law enforcement, police dispatchers and mobile mental health crisis teams in the field.  Legal updates, mock scenarios, a panel presentation, regional resources and practical tips comprise this training.   Completion of ACT 80 (Working with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

Date: May 17th, 2017

• Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
• Location: South Burlington Police Department, 19 Gregory Drive
• Cost: FREE with food/breaks provided
• Registration: Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com

The Team Two curriculum focuses on collaboration between law enforcement, police dispatchers and mobile mental health crisis teams in the field.  Legal updates, mock scenarios, a panel presentation, regional resources and practical tips comprise this training.   Completion of ACT 80 (Working with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

• Coordinator:  Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course:  80 hours (2 weeks, Monday-Friday)
• Course Hours:  0830-1630 hours
• Date:  May 8 – 19, 2017
• Tuition:  Commuting-$272.50 includes lunch and materials), Overnight- $584.50 (includes materials lodging, and meals)
• Pre-requisite:  Must be full-time certified, having taken the Basic Academy Crash Investigation course, have field experience, and a high aptitude and interest in collision investigation.
• Registration:  Contact the Vermont Police Academy at 802-483-6228,  Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov
  
  • This is an excellent opportunity for first line supervisors, as it will improve skills and better enable training and supervision.
  • This is a demanding course that involves homework, practical exercises, and advanced mathematical calculations.Successful completion provides a significant increase in collision investigation skills and will lead to being able to offer expert testimony.
  • Topics include calculating speed from skid marks and scuff marks, scale diagramming, lamp examination, photography and determination of physical evidence.The instructors will provide individualized attention as needed and all participants will actively take part in class, which will help develop familiarity with presenting this material, as might be done in court.
  • Officers will need to review their Basic Crash Investigation Manual and materials and bring the following: scientific calculator, drawing compass, mechanical pencil, and soft eraser. All other materials will be provided.
  • This course is a pre-requisite to Advanced and Reconstruction levels.

NHTSA Doppler Radar Operator Certification

This course is offered approximately four times each year at the academy, two of which are during Post-Basic classes, resulting in limited seating. Regional trainings may also occur throughout the year.

• Coordinator:            Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course: 8 hours
• Course hours:         0800-1600
• Date/Location:       
  • April 27, 2017 VPA
  • May 31, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)
  • September 28, 2017 VPA
  • November 22, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited Seating)

• Tuition: None if initial training for Vermont law enforcement officers.
  • Repeat/audit - $22.00 @ the Vermont Police Academy (includes lunch and materials), $6.50 off-campus (includes materials).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This course delivered by VCJTC certified Instructors is designed to provide police officers with the necessary certification to set-up, test, and operate radar devices for speed measurement. The eight-hour class which includes both classroom and field experience provides the officer with the knowledge and skills to operate both stationary and moving radar. The following topics are presented: Doppler theory; VT statutory and case law regarding speed enforcement; operation of specific speed measurement devices; and courtroom testimony.

• Date: April 26th, 2017
  • Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location: Health Care & Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont (HCRS) 390 River Street - Springfield VT 05156
  • Cost: FREE with food/breaks provided
  • Registration: Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com
  • REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 12, 2017

The Team Two curriculum focuses on collaboration between law enforcement, police dispatchers and mobile mental health crisis teams in the field.  Legal updates, mock scenarios, a panel presentation, regional resources and practical tips comprise this training.   Completion of ACT 80 (Working with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

• Coordinator: Cindy Taylor-Patch
• Length of course: 1 Day (8 hours)
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630
• Dates/Locations:
  • March 20, 2017 at Essex Police Department
  • April 19th, 0830 - 1630, at the Windsor County Sheriff's Department
• Tuition: Free

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Email Director of Training Cindy Taylor-Patch for more information.

Course Description

Taught by experienced police officers and professionals from the disability services field, this course will cover a variety of issues surrounding this sometimes controversial topic.  Experts from many state and community agencies and advocates collaborated with VT officers to develop a curriculum that covers some basic ways to recognize a psychiatric or developmental disability and suggestions for positive ways to respond.  Our main purpose for offering this training is to promote officer safety and the safety of all others involved.  Other topics to be discussed include suicide risk factors, self-harming behaviors (ex. "cutting"), relevant laws and legal issues, stigma, resources and treatment options, and most importantly, de-escalation and communication skills.  Officers will gain the skills needed to professionally and effectively interact with people in crisis

PR24 Instructors Course

• Coordinator:  Jason Williams
• Length of Course: 8 hours (1 day)
• Course hours:  0800 - 1630
• Date: 19 April, 2017
• Location:  Vermont Police Academy Gymnasium
• Tuition:  Commuting $17.50
• Registration:  Fax the in-service training application to 802-483-2343 or e-mail it to our registrar Gail.Williams@vermont.gov .
  • Prerequisite: Must be a currently certified Use of Force and Tactics Instructor

Course description:

This one day course is for the currently certified Use of Force and Tactics Instructor who has MEB Instructor Certification to also be certified as a PR24 instructor, and is also for the currently certified PR24 instructor who would like to refresh their skills.  All UOF and T instructors who wish to become Instructor Trainers must have instructor certifications in MEB, PR24 and OC, in addition to basic MDTS instructor certification.  This course meets that prerequisite to apply for instructor trainer status.  The entire course will be held in the gym and will include written and proficiency testing at the conclusion.  Participants should wear comfortable gym attire and have their duty belt with them, as well as a PR-24 with a PR-24 holster.

• Coordinator:  Jason Williams
• Length of Course: 8 hours (1 day)
• Course hours:  0800 - 1700
• Date: Two separate classes are being scheduled back to back.  17 April, 2017 and 18 April, 2017.  This is a one day course.
• Location:  Vermont Police Academy Firearms Range
• Tuition: 
  • SIG Sauer tuition, payable directly to SIG is $255
  • Academy fees (includes lunch) is $19.50 which will be billed separately by the  Academy
• Registration:  SIG Sauer is handling all registrations for this course.  Please contact them at 603-610-3400 to register.

Course description:

This one day pistol course offered by SIG Sauer is designed to enhance the pistol handling skills for law enforcement officers.  SIG Sauer has provided excellent training for law enforcement officers around the State of Vermont since they began coming here a couple of years ago.  The extremely high level of quality training they provide is why we keep inviting them back here year after year.  We are striving at the academy to bring a wider and more well-rounded variety of firearms training options for law enforcement in the area.  This class is promised to carry on that same quality of training we have come to expect from SIG. 

SIG’s website describes the content of this class as follows:

 Designed to help law enforcement officers improve their pistol handling skills and qualification scores, this all range time, no frills course offers intensive hands-on training and pistol drills to maximize accuracy, speed, and performance.

The course requirements, directly from SIG Sauer’s website:

Prerequisite 

Law enforcement, military, and credentialed armed professionals only. Call for clarification.

Course Outline 

• Foundational skill review
• Static shooting drills
• Positional shooting
• Barricade/use of cover
• Reloads and malfunction drills
• Dynamic shooting drills
• Transitions

Required Equipment 

• Duty pistol in one of the following calibers: 9MM, .357SIG, .40S&W, or .45ACP
• 3 magazines minimum
• Belt mounted, dominant side concealment holster or duty rig
• Magazine pouches
• Sturdy belt at least 1.5” wide
• Concealment jacket or vest (optional)
• Footwear suitable for rapid movement and turning
• Casual, comfortable civilian clothing suitable for training in any weather (unless training in duty uniform)
• Hydration system
• Sunscreen and bug spray
• Hat with a brim
• Wraparound eyewear, polycarbonate lenses or non-shattering prescription glasses
• Earmuffs and earplugs

Ammo 

• Estimated round count: 500 rounds pistol

Please sign up early as this class will fill up fast.  Students must bring their own ammunition.  Ammunition is no longer available for purchase at the academy.

• Coordinator:  Jason Williams
• Length of Course: 8 hours (1 day)
• Course hours:  0800 - 1700
• Date: Two separate classes are being scheduled back to back.  17 April, 2017 and 18 April, 2017.  This is a one day course.
• Location:  Vermont Police Academy Firearms Range
• Tuition: 
  • SIG Sauer tuition, payable directly to SIG is $255
  • Academy fees (includes lunch) is $19.50 which will be billed separately by the  Academy
• Registration:  SIG Sauer is handling all registrations for this course.  Please contact them at 603-610-3400 to register.

Course description:

This one day pistol course offered by SIG Sauer is designed to enhance the pistol handling skills for law enforcement officers.  SIG Sauer has provided excellent training for law enforcement officers around the State of Vermont since they began coming here a couple of years ago.  The extremely high level of quality training they provide is why we keep inviting them back here year after year.  We are striving at the academy to bring a wider and more well-rounded variety of firearms training options for law enforcement in the area.  This class is promised to carry on that same quality of training we have come to expect from SIG. 

SIG’s website describes the content of this class as follows:

 Designed to help law enforcement officers improve their pistol handling skills and qualification scores, this all range time, no frills course offers intensive hands-on training and pistol drills to maximize accuracy, speed, and performance.

The course requirements, directly from SIG Sauer’s website:

Prerequisite 

Law enforcement, military, and credentialed armed professionals only. Call for clarification.

Course Outline 

• Foundational skill review
• Static shooting drills
• Positional shooting
• Barricade/use of cover
• Reloads and malfunction drills
• Dynamic shooting drills
• Transitions

Required Equipment 

• Duty pistol in one of the following calibers: 9MM, .357SIG, .40S&W, or .45ACP
• 3 magazines minimum
• Belt mounted, dominant side concealment holster or duty rig
• Magazine pouches
• Sturdy belt at least 1.5” wide
• Concealment jacket or vest (optional)
• Footwear suitable for rapid movement and turning
• Casual, comfortable civilian clothing suitable for training in any weather (unless training in duty uniform)
• Hydration system
• Sunscreen and bug spray
• Hat with a brim
• Wraparound eyewear, polycarbonate lenses or non-shattering prescription glasses
• Earmuffs and earplugs

Ammo 

• Estimated round count: 500 rounds pistol

Please sign up early as this class will fill up fast.  Students must bring their own ammunition.  Ammunition is no longer available for purchase at the academy.

Solo Engagement Tactics Training

• When: April 17-18 0800-1600 hrs
• Where:
  • Manchester Elementary & Middle School
  •  80 Memorial Avenue
  • Manchester Ctr, VT 05255 
• Cost: $595.00 per person
• Register at: http://www.cvent.com/d/hvqy33
• Register by Phone: 330-661-0106

For the first time ever in Vermont, the Manchester Police Department is bringing RAIDER Solo Engagement Training to Manchester Center, VT. 

  RAIDER (Rapid Deployment, Awareness, Intervention, Decisiveness, EMS, Recovery) solo-engagement training is designed to provide officers with necessary mental and physical skills to draw attention of the active shooter away from the potential victims, confuse and frustrate the shooter, and successfully neutralize the situation through very aggressive, but not reckless action.

 The 2-day course is designed to provide Officers with a new skill set of moving alone in hostile environments. The course involves classroom and scenario instruction, which are delivered in a logical progression (Airsoft guns only)

Course Modules:

  - Classroom: Background and Introduction. Case studies and history fo active shooters

  - Drills and movements: Introduction to solo engagement movements. Team movements       vs. Solo movement comparison. Movement exercises. Solo engagement tactics.

  - Review of Solo Engagement Tactics (drills and movements)

For more information, Contact:

Chris Mason - Manchester Police Department - chris.mason@vermont.gov

Stacie Jackson - ALICE Training Institute - sjackson@alicetraining.com

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630 
• Date:
  • April 12 - 13, 2017 at Vermont State Police – Westminster Barracks
• Tuition: Commuting - $50.50 (includes materials and lunch), Overnight - $90.50 (Includes materials, lodging, and meals).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This fundamental training course will provide the new part-time officer with a familiarization of accident/crash reporting requirements and form completion. A mock scene will be utilized to demonstrate the measurement and diagramming techniques. Additional scene management will emphasize traffic control, preservation of evidence and witness identification.

Date: April 12th, 2017

• Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
• Location: Manchester Public Safety Facility, Conference Room. 6041 Main Street Manchester Center, VT
• Cost: FREE with food/breaks provided
• Registration: Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com

The Team Two curriculum focuses on collaboration between law enforcement, police dispatchers and mobile mental health crisis teams in the field.  Legal updates, mock scenarios, a panel presentation, regional resources and practical tips comprise this training.   Completion of ACT 80 (Working with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

Use of Force Committee

Meeting Dates:

• April 12th
• July 26th
• October 11th

Coordinated by Jason Williams, Training Coordinator

The UOF Committee is composed of troopers, officers, wardens, and deputies from various agencies throughout the state and range in rank from Corporals to Chiefs.  The committee members are appointed by the Executive Director of the Vermont Police Academy.  These members are considered to be advanced and very knowledgeable in their fields of training.  These fields include: firearms, non-lethal use of force, baton, rifle, and oleoresin capsicum.  The committee is overseen by an academy representative and has an elected chairman.

The committee has many responsibilities included in its purview.  Listed below are some of the responsibilities, which also may include any issues brought forth by the Executive Director for review.

1. Reviewing/recommending curriculum for use of force classes for the basic programs and instructor programs.
2. Providing guidance to instructors throughout the state in their use of force training.
3. Recommend changes and improvements to the facility for use of force training.
4. Recommend minimum standards for use of force instructors.
5. Providing input for implementation of programs related to use of force.
6. Reviewing special requests of use of force instructor recertification packets that are not standard.

Members

• Chair: Donald Keeler, Sheriff, Addison County Sheriff's Office
• Vice Chair: Drew Bloom, Captain, VT DMV
• Scott Fisher, Officer, Middlebury PD
• Russell Shopland, Warden, VT Dept of FandW
• Robbie Blish, Chief, Woodstock PD
• Lianne Tuomey, Chief, UVM Police Services
• Walter Smith, Lt., VSP
• Michael Akerlind, Cpl., Colchester PD
• Matthew Murano, Sgt., Wilmington PD
• George (Randy) Crowe, Sgt., Bristol PD
• Randy Lopes, Cpl., Burlington PD
• Eugene Duplissis Sgt., Vermont State Police
• Wade Johnson, Vermont Department of Corrections

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 4 hours
• Course hours: see below
• Dates/Times:                                                                                             
  • April 6th 2017, 1200-1630                                                                                         
• Fingerprint Certification is offered in the morning on the same dates and must be registered for separately.
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: None, if initial certification. Repeat/audit - $19.50
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

It has been said that the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is the motor vehicle’s equivalent to the human’s DNA.  The VIN’s 17 characters provide vehicle specifications such as where it was manufactured, in what year, the make, model, and body type.  American motor vehicle manufacturers have been using VINs on their cars since 1954, but it was not required on all vehicles by NHTSA until the manufacturing of the 1981 model year.

Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (VT DMV) Inspectors instruct the VIN Verification Course.  Participants who successfully complete this course will be certified by the VT DMV to verify VINs as required by the Agency of Transportation on certain documents.

The skills and knowledge developed in this class will also enhance an officer’s ability to detect stolen vehicles, cloned vehicles and vehicles with altered VINs.

Successful completion of a written examination at the conclusion of the course is required for certification.

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 4 hours                                                                      
• Course hours: see below
• Dates/Times:                                                                                            
  • April 6th 2017: 0800-1130 hours
• VIN Verification is offered in the afternoon on the same dates and must be registered for separately.
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: None, if initial certification. Repeat/audit - $9.00

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Fingerprints offer an infallible means of personal identification.  They are used for identification of a person, background checks for employment, documenting criminal records, creating investigative leads, and tying suspects to evidence or crime scenes.

This course is designed to train police officers to properly roll legible fingerprints.  It also provides police officers with the necessary certification to obtain fingerprints from minors as required by statute.  This certification is valid for three years.  See Fingerprint Re-certification for recert processes.

This course has been designed by Vermont Criminal Information Center Identification Section and includes:

An overview of basic fingerprinting classification, the procedure of taking prints, officer safety while printing, how to properly fill out required fingerprint cards, and the life of a fingerprint card.

All students will practice rolling fingerprints under the supervision of trainers.

Rolling a quality set of fingerprint impressions and the successful completion of a written exam are required for certification.

• Coordinator: Jenn Firpo
• Length of course: 8 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Dates:
  • Wednesday, April 5, 2017  
  • Monday, June 21, 2017          
  • Wednesday, September 27, 2017   
• Tuition: None, if initial certification. Repeat/audit - $20.50

Registration

 Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

Responding to reports of domestic violence continue to pose high risks and deep frustrations to police.

During this training, officers will review and, in the case of a new officer, learn the fundamentals on how to most effectively respond to domestic violence incidents, to include, reviewing:

• The dynamics of domestic violence
• Domestic violence related Vermont statutes and relevant case law
• The investigation and creation of solid domestic violence cases for prosecutorial purposes
•  Local and state resources for victims/survivors of domestic violence
•  Dominant aggressor determination
• Types of Vermont protection orders, their service, and enforcement

This course fulfills the domestic violence training requirement for:

1. Persons going through the part-time police officer process
2. Waiver officers.

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • February 8 & 9 (Location TBD)
  • April 5 & 6 at Lyndon State College, Harvey Academic Center, Room #111, St. Johnsbury
  • June 13 & 14 at the Vermont Fire Academy (on the same property as the Vermont Police Academy)
  • August 22 & 23 at VSP – Westminster barracks  
  • Oct 3 & 4 at Colchester PD
  • Dec 6 & 7 at the Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: 
  • Free for all Vermont Officers
  • Tuition for Out of State Officers:
    • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
    • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
    • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

Basic Use of Force and Tactics

MDTS/Straight Baton/ PR24/OC Aerosol Projector

This is a physically demanding training course and participants must be injury free and in good physical condition before entering the course. 

• Coordinator: Jason Williams
• Length of course: 32 hours (four days MDTS/baton) plus 4 hours (1/2 day OC)
• Course hours: 0800-1630 days 1-4, 0800-1200 day 5
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Date: 20 – 23 March, 2017 (MDTS/baton), 24 March, 2017 (OC)
• Tuition (includes materials, lunch and administrative fees):
• Tuition is free for all Vermont Law Enforcement Officer candidates who are sponsored by a Vermont Law Enforcement Agency and are pursuing level I or Level II law enforcement certification.
• For all others (recertifications, audits, and others authorized to attend the course by the Director of Training):
  • If the student is staying for the MDTS/Baton Portion only:
    • Commuting: $ 66                                                                                                    
    • Overnight:  $ 183
  • If the student is additionally staying for the OC day:
    • Commuting: $ 82                                                                                                    
    • Overnight:  $ 238
• Registration: Fax the standard in-service training application to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@state.vt.us

Note: Gym attire to include gym shoes, duty belt, baton and handcuffs and cuff key are required for this course.  Please bring a dark colored tee shirt to wear when being sprayed with OC.  Students must provide inert OC for training. The Academy will provide live OC for practical exercise.

This course is designed to provide officers with the basics for self-protection and control and/or restraint of adversaries.  This course consists of classroom lecture, gym-work and scenario-based training. 

The first three days are mandatory under Council rule for Level I, II or III certification and will train the student in the Monadnock Defensive Tactics System.  The fourth day is optional and we will provide instruction in the use of the Monadnock Expandable Baton or the PR-24 side handle baton.  Please notify the academy whether you will require MEB or side handle baton training when registering!  The fifth day is optional and consists of a half day of OC training.   In order to attend the fifth day, you must have attended the first four days or already hold basic certification in MDTS.

Successful completion of the course will require the student to attend the full blocks of training as well as pass written and proficiency testing for basic MDTS certification, baton certification and OC certification.  Written testing requires a minimum score of 80% to pass and proficiency testing requires 100% acceptable score on the Minimal Acceptable Performance Standards set forth by Safariland.

Effective 1 January, 2014 per Council ruling, all persons certified as law enforcement officers after that date must attend and successfully complete a Council approved training course for MDTS before receiving Level I, II or III law enforcement certification.  The four-hour handcuff training provided during the Level I and II basic certification course does not meet this requirement, and only gives them the authority to carry and use handcuffs under the guidelines set forth in the provisional certification for Levels I or II. Officers must also attend and successfully complete a Council approved baton and/or Oleoresin Capsicum aerosol projector course having the authority to carry and use a baton or OC.  This course meets the minimum requirements under this new rule. 

Our Mission

The mission of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council is to establish rules, policies, regulations and standards for certification and training of criminal justice personnel and to serve as a resource to municipalities, counties, and the state to improve the quality of citizen protection. We will accomplish our mission by developing a comprehensive program to provide high quality criminal justice training in a cooperative, efficient and effective manner through proper utilization of modern technology and coordination of our facility. We provide an aggressive in-service training calendar designed to meet this goal.

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Council is derived from 20 V.S.A., Chapter 151, as amended.

Council Composition

The Council consists of the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Attorney General, a member of the Vermont Trooper's Association, elected by that association, and a member of the Vermont Police Association, elected by that association. Five (5) members to represent law enforcement and the public are appointed by the Governor solicited from the Vermont State's Attorneys', Sheriffs', and Police Chiefs' Associations whose terms shall be for three (3) years.

2017 Council Meeting Dates

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford Vermont at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted.

• March 15 - at Vermont Police Academy, Classroom 2
• June 15
• September 12
• December 12

Communications Training Officer – Re-Certification (CTO)

• Length of course: 1 day
• Course hours: 0830-1630
• Point of Contact:  Ken Hawkins
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Dates:  February 22, 2017
• Tuition:
  • Commuting only: $18.50
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov
• Pre-requisites: Full-time Communications/Dispatch personnel with at least two years of experience.

This one day class includes interactive lecture and hands-on exercises with specific emphasis on best practices in training and updates to existing documentation:

1. Program Goals & Objectives
2. Roles & Responsibilities of the CTO
3. Teaching & Training skills
4. Evaluation & Documentation
5. Remedial Training
6. Evaluation & Counseling
7. Legal & Liability Issues

This course is intended for current Communications Training Officers, to provide the most up to date training methodology, as well as recent changes on both the local and national level. This course is a must for professionals in the communications field, to remain current on the standards expected of Vermont Communications Officers.

• Coordinator:  Ken Hawkins
• Length of course: 24 hours
• Course hours:  0830 – 1630 hours
• Location:  Vermont Police Academy
• Date: February 13 - 15, 2017
• Tuition:
  • Vermont:  None 
  • Out-of-state:  Commuting: $71.50, Overnight: $151.50                                          
• Pre-requisites:
  • The Emergency Communication Dispatcher seeking to become a CTO must:
  • Have a minimum of TWO YEARS experience as an Emergency Communication Dispatcher.
  • Have approval by the agency head, 
  • A strong desire to teach new officers, and 
  • Have the attributes of a successful CTO, which includes being professional, knowledgeable, committed, ethical, and fair.
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

The Communication Training Officer has a significant impact on the individual trainee in terms of imprinting attitudes, style, values, and ethics in carrying out the duties of policing that will remain with the officer throughout a career.

- California Post  

The Communication Training Officer Program (CTOP) provides for the initial formal and informal training specifics of the day-to-day dispatch operations.  The CTOP also introduces the trainee to the internal operation of an Agency including the agency’s policies and procedures.  For the agency, the CTOP is also part of the hiring process.  

Imperative to this program is the Communication Training Officer (CTO). 

The Communication Training Officer Certification Course (CTOCC) is designed for the dispatcher who is seeking certification as a CommunicationTraining Officer.  This course, although developed from the FTO San Jose (CA) Model, is Vermont oriented.

Subjects included in this course:  

• History and development of the program; 
• The CTO process; 
• The role of the CTO; 
• Leadership models; 
• CTO liability issues; 
• Ethics and being a CTO; 
• Standardized evaluative procedures and forms; 
• The adult learning model; and 
• Vermont’s CTO certification process;

Practical exercises will be utilized to fine-tune important demonstrative areas.

Successful completion of the CTOCC will be based on class participation and passing a graded teaching exercise at the conclusion of the school.

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.)

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • February 8 & 9 (Location TBD)
  • April 5 & 6 at Lyndon State College, Harvey Academic Center, Room #111, St. Johnsbury
  • June 13 & 14 at the Vermont Fire Academy (on the same property as the Vermont Police Academy)
  • August 22 & 23 at VSP – Westminster barracks  
  • Oct 3 & 4 at Colchester PD
  • Dec 6 & 7 at the Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: 
  • Free for all Vermont Officers
  • Tuition for Out of State Officers:
    • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
    • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
    • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

Automated License Plate Reader Certification

• Coordinator: Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course:  2 hours 1000-1200 hours
• Date/Hours/Location:

  • January 18^th at 9:30am at Hartford PD

  • January 23^rd at 12:30pm at Vermont State Police, Williston barracks

• Tuition:  Free
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Per Vermont legislation, all law enforcement officers must be certified through the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council to utilize Automated License Plate Readers while on duty.  This class satisfies that Vermont requirement.  PLEASE NOTE:  All attendees must complete the online End User Agreement prior to obtaining  certification.

NHTSA Laser Operator Certification

This course is offered approximately four times each year at the academy, two of which are during Post-Basic classes, resulting in limited seating. Regional trainings may also occur throughout the year.

• Coordinator:            Leslie Bodette
• Length of course: 8 hours
• Course hours:         0800 - 1600
• Dates/Location:     
  • May 22, 2017 VPA
  • June 15, 2017 VPA (Post-Basic, Limited seating)
  • November 1, 2017 VPA
  • TBD (in December 2017, Post-Basic, Limited Seating)
• Tuition: None if initial training for Vermont law enforcement officers.
  • Repeat/audit - $22.00 @ the Vermont Police Academy (includes lunch and materials), $6.50 off-campus (includes materials).
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Certification course. This course provides officers training in the setup, testing and operation of any LASER speed measuring device.
  • Participant is urged to bring a Laser device to class.
  • Four hours in classroom.
  • Four hours supervised practical training. (Officers should be in uniform and prepared for traffic enforcement.)

Automated License Plate Reader Certification

• Coordinator:  Leslie Bodette
• Length of Course:  2 hours 1000-1200 hours
• Date/Hours/Location:

  • January 18^th at 9:30am at Hartford PD

  • January 23^rd at 12:30pm at Vermont State Police, Williston barracks

• Tuition:  Free
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Per Vermont legislation, all law enforcement officers must be certified through the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council to utilize Automated License Plate Readers while on duty.  This class satisfies that Vermont requirement.  PLEASE NOTE:  All attendees must complete the online End User Agreement prior to obtaining  certification.

• Coordinator: Sara Couture
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:
  • March 9-10, 2016 at Colchester PD                                                                                     
  • June 8-9, 2015 at TBD                                                                                       
  • September 14-15, 2016 at Colchester PD                                                                             
  • December 14-15, 2016 at VP Academy
• Tuition: 
  • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
  • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
  • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford,  Vermont

SFST Refresher & DUI Update

• Length of Course: 4 hours
• Date/Location/Time:  December 13 at Ludlow Town Hall Conference Room – Two session are available – 0800-1200 OR 1200-1600. Make sure you specify the morning or afternoon session when you register.                        
• Tuition: $6.00 includes materials and an updated SFST Roadside booklet.
• Prerequisite: Officers must be certified in DUI Enforcement.
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Minimum number to hold in class: 10
Maximum number in class: 20

The purpose of this course is to ensure uniformity of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing as recommended by NHTSA, which strengthens the DUI case. The instructor will offer classroom instruction, critique practical application of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and review current law. There is no test or evaluation for this course as it is a refresher.

Crash Investigation for Level-II Officers

• Coordinator: Cindy Taylor-Patch
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1630
• Date: December 12 & 13, 2016
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: $25.00, includes materials and lunch.
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This fundamental training course will provide the new Level ll officer with a familiarization of accident/crash reporting requirements and form completion. A mock scene will be utilized to demonstrate the measurement and diagramming techniques. Additional scene management will emphasize traffic control, preservation of evidence and witness identification.

Coordinator: Sara Couture
Length of course: 40 hours (5 days)
Course hours: 0800 - 1630
Dates:

• March 28-April 1, 2016
• May 23-27, 2016
• October 10-14, 2016
• November 28- December 2, 2016**

**Post-basic classes.  Preference will be given to graduates of the 101^st and 102^nd Basic Classes.

Location: Vermont Police Academy
 

Tuition: None, if initial training, includes accommodations and lunch.
Audits - Commute $127.00; Overnight $281.00.

Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This 40-hour course provides police officers with the knowledge and skills to operate the DMT Infrared Breath Testing Device used to collect evidentiary breath samples for DUI cases. The course, delivered by VCJTC certified instructors, instructors from the Department of Health, the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and the State's Attorney's Office, provides Infrared Breath Testing Device Certification.

The following topics are also discussed:

• DUI Law and Case Law
• Physiological and Psychological Effects of Alcohol
• DUI Detection and Apprehension Techniques
• Standardized Field Sobriety Exercises
• DUI Processing Forms
• Courtroom Testimony at the DUI Trial
• Introduction to Drugged Driving

* Officers must bring their own copy of Title 23.

* Homework Required.

Communication Training Officer Certification Course

• Coordinator:  Ken Hawkins
• Length of course: 24 hours
• Course hours:  0830 – 1630 hours
• Location:  Vermont Police Academy
• Date:  November 21 - 23, 2016
• Tuition:
  • Vermont:  None 
  • Out-of-state:  Commuting: $116.00, Overnight: $272.00                                              
• Pre-requisites:
  • The Emergency Communication Dispatcher seeking to become a CTO must:
  • Have a minimum of TWO YEARS experience as an Emergency Communication Dispatcher.
  • Have approval by the agency head, 
  • A strong desire to teach new officers, and 
  • Have the attributes of a successful CTO, which includes being professional, knowledgeable, committed, ethical, and fair.
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

The Communication Training Officer has a significant impact on the individual trainee in terms of imprinting attitudes, style, values, and ethics in carrying out the duties of policing that will remain with the officer throughout a career.

- California Post  

The Communication Training Officer Program (CTOP) provides for the initial formal and informal training specifics of the day-to-day dispatch operations.  The CTOP also introduces the trainee to the internal operation of an Agency including the agency’s policies and procedures.  For the agency, the CTOP is also part of the hiring process.  

Imperative to this program is the Communication Training Officer (CTO). 

The Communication Training Officer Certification Course (CTOCC) is designed for the dispatcher who is seeking certification as a CommunicationTraining Officer.  This course, although developed from the FTO San Jose (CA) Model, is Vermont oriented.

Subjects included in this course:  

• History and development of the program; 
• The CTO process; 
• The role of the CTO; 
• Leadership models; 
• CTO liability issues; 
• Ethics and being a CTO; 
• Standardized evaluative procedures and forms; 
• The adult learning model; and 
• Vermont’s CTO certification process;

Practical exercises will be utilized to fine-tune important demonstrative areas.

Successful completion of the CTOCC will be based on class participation and passing a graded teaching exercise at the conclusion of the school.

• Date: Wednesday – November 16th, 2016
  • Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location: St. Johnsbury – Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) 1315 Hospital Drive, St. Johnsbury (Rooms 126 and 127)
  • Cost: FREE with food/breaks provided
  • Registration: Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com
  • REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 1, 2016

• Date: November 11th - 13th 2016
• Location: The Essex, Vermont’s Culinary Resort & Spa, Essex Vermont. 70 Essex Way, Essex VT. 05452        Phone: 802-878-1100
• Cost: FREE For all VPA members and $30.00 for guest and non-members

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Date: Wednesday – October 26th, 2016

• Time: 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM
• Location: South Burlington Police Department, 19 Gregory Drive
• Cost: FREE with food/breaks provided
• Registration: Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com

The Team Two curriculum focuses on collaboration between law enforcement, police dispatchers and mobile mental health crisis teams in the field.  Legal updates, mock scenarios, a panel presentation, regional resources and practical tips comprise this training.   Completion of ACT 80 (Working with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

• Coordinator:  Jason Williams
• Length of Course: 8 hours
• Course hours:  0800-1630
• Date:
  • 29 June, 2016
  • 21 October, 2016 
• Location:  Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition:  $17.50 Commuting
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This one-day comprehensive training will recertify VCJTC Use-of-Force & Tactics Instructors in the disciplines of the Monadnock Defensive Tactics System, the Monadnock Expandable Baton and / or the PR-24 Baton.   Attendees should be dressed appropriately for defensive tactics training and bring their duty belt, handcuffs, training OC, training firearm and MEB and / or PR-24 baton.   Course participants will receive refresher training in all the skills from the programs and will be expected to pass a physical proficiency and written test.  Attendees certified in one, two or all three programs (MDTS, PR-24 & MEB) can attend the training at be re-certified at the basic user-level if they are not an instructor in one or more of the three programs already.  To qualify to attend, students must be an instructor in at least one of the three programs already.

• Coordinator:  Jason Williams
• Length of Course: 5 days (40 hours)
• Course hours:  0800-1630
• Date/Location:  17-21 October, 2016/ VPA
• Tuition:  Commuting $84.50/Overnight $238.50
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This five-day in-service class will certify students as instructors in the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council (VTCJTC) / Monadnock - Safariland Defensive Tactics System (MDTS), the Monadnock - Safariland Expandable Baton (MEB) or Monadnock / Safariland PR-24 Side-Handle Baton, and the Oleoresin Capsicum aerosol projector.  

For the baton portion of this training, officers may choose one or the other baton for instructor certification.  If already certified as a baton instructor, officers will be re-certified during the training.   If an officer is already certified as either an MEB or PR-24 instructor, they will have the opportunity to re-certify in that discipline and become certified as an instructor in the other if they choose to do so. 

The VCJTC / Monadnock – Safariland MDTS program is a system of self-defense control and restraint techniques and tactics, which teaches officers to safely control and handcuff suspects in a wide-range of arrest situations.   Officers will receive instruction on the legalities of police use-of-force, as well as instruction on how to effectively teach and certify others at the basic user-level.   

This comprehensive course consists of both classroom and gym instruction.   Students should be prepared for a rigorous and physically demanding week of training and should be free of any conditions that would prohibit them from effectively participating and completing the training.  Attire must include a full duty belt, inert training OC, baton and gym shoes.     

Coordinator: Sara Couture
Length of course: 40 hours (5 days)
Course hours: 0800 - 1630
Dates:

• March 28-April 1, 2016
• May 23-27, 2016
• October 10-14, 2016
• November 28- December 2, 2016**

**Post-basic classes.  Preference will be given to graduates of the 101^st and 102^nd Basic Classes.

Location: Vermont Police Academy
 

Tuition: None, if initial training, includes accommodations and lunch.
Audits - Commute $127.00; Overnight $281.00.

Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This 40-hour course provides police officers with the knowledge and skills to operate the DMT Infrared Breath Testing Device used to collect evidentiary breath samples for DUI cases. The course, delivered by VCJTC certified instructors, instructors from the Department of Health, the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and the State's Attorney's Office, provides Infrared Breath Testing Device Certification.

The following topics are also discussed:

• DUI Law and Case Law
• Physiological and Psychological Effects of Alcohol
• DUI Detection and Apprehension Techniques
• Standardized Field Sobriety Exercises
• DUI Processing Forms
• Courtroom Testimony at the DUI Trial
• Introduction to Drugged Driving

* Officers must bring their own copy of Title 23.

* Homework Required.

Basic Domestic Violence Training

• Coordinator: TJ Anderson
• Length of course: 8 hours
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Dates:
  • Wednesday, March 23, 2016   
  • Monday, June 20, 2016           
  • Wednesday, October 5, 2016    
• Tuition: None, if initial certification. Repeat/audit - $20.50
• Minimum number to hold a class: 9
• Maximum number in class: 35

Registration

 Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

Responding to reports of domestic violence continue to pose high risks and deep frustrations to police.

During this training, officers will review and, in the case of a new officer, learn the fundamentals on how to most effectively respond to domestic violence incidents, to include, reviewing:

• The dynamics of domestic violence
• Domestic violence related Vermont statutes and relevant case law
• The investigation and creation of solid domestic violence cases for prosecutorial purposes
•  Local and state resources for victims/survivors of domestic violence
•  Dominant aggressor determination
• Types of Vermont protection orders, their service, and enforcement

This course fulfills the domestic violence training requirement for:

1. Persons going through the part-time police officer process
2. Waiver officers.

Date: Wednesday – October 5th, 2016

• Information to be announced

The Team Two curriculum focuses on collaboration between law enforcement, police dispatchers and mobile mental health crisis teams in the field.  Legal updates, mock scenarios, a panel presentation, regional resources and practical tips comprise this training.   Completion of ACT 80 (Working with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

• Coordinator: Sara Couture
• Length of course: 6.5 hours
• Course hours: 0830 – 1600 hours
• Location: Shelburne Farms (see below**)
• Date:  September 29, 2016
• Tuition: MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE $30.00 (Includes lunch).  
  • Checks should be made out to: Vermont Humane Federation (VHF) and sent in advance to: Vermont Police Academy, 317 Academy Road, Pittsford, VT  05763.
• Registration: Contact Gail Williams at (802) 483-2731.

To attend this class: Space is limited… registrations preference will be given to humane agents and law enforcement officers. You must have attended a prior workshop on investigating animal cruelty in Vermont, sponsored by the Vermont Humane Federation’s Animal Cruelty Response Coalition.   Attendance of the Vermont Police Academy’s “Animal Cruelty Investigation – Level I” (being offered August 31, 2016) meets this requirement.

This introductory and hands-on workshop will focus on some of the most common farm animals you might see during the course of an animal cruelty investigation. Topics to be covered will include:

• The proper handling and housing of common farm animals;
• Best management practices;
• Body condition scoring (BCS), and
• Locomotion of farm animals

In the morning there will be classroom time to learn basic skills and techniques on how to handle and work around cows, chickens, sheep and swine. You will then be provided an opportunity to apply these newly learned skills with the animals on the farm. Full participation is expected.

Participants should be prepared to spend most of the day outside in any type of weather.  Work/muck boots are recommended.

**Training is being held at the Shelburne Farms’ “Coach Barn” (1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT (802) 985-8686).  At the gate house of Shelburne Farms, tell the attendant that you are attending this training.  Parking is behind the Farm Barn.

Blue Courage® Academy

• Date and Time: September 26-30, 2016, 8am-5pm. - Will be rescheduled, date to be announced
• Location: Vermont Police Academy.
• Registration: Email Gail Williams at the Vermont Police Accademy or Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343.

“In partnership with the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police, the Vermont Sheriffs’ Association, the Vermont Police Association, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Vermont Constables’ Association, and the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council has engaged in the process of becoming a Blue Courage immersion state.  To launch this project, the Vermont Police Academy is hosting an Executive Overview and a Master Trainer class.  Attendance is limited to 30 per class; those wanting to attend can register through Gail Williams at the Vermont Police Accademy.

For more information on Blue Courage, please follow this link:   http://bluecourage.com/ "

Who should attend?

• Certified Law Enforcement Trainers highly recommended
• Individuals who have an interest and intention of teaching Blue Courage within their agency
• Those who have a passion and love for the policing profession and have a willingness to engage in personal growth and development

Topics to Be Covered:

• Foundations of Courage
• Police Culture
• Nobility of Policing
• Respect
• Resilience / Hope
• Positive Psychology
• Practical Wisdom
• Health & Wellness
• The Immortal Cop

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Coordinated by Robert Ryan, Canine Training Coordinator

Next meeting is on September 23 at the VPA at 09:00

• Date & Time: Friday September 23, 2016   8:00 am – 5:00pm
• Location: South Burlington Police Department 19 Gregory Drive, South Burlington, VT
• Registration: register online at:  https://www.taser.com/training
• Cost: $200.00 per seat 

This one-day course is designed to provide students with critical information regarding Conducted Electrical Weapon (CEW) post-incident investigations. This includes, but is not limited to:

•     CEW firing record analysis
•     Smart Weapon Pulse Graph considerations
•     Typical CEW error codes and corrective actions
•     Physical and digital evidence considerations and analysis

The ECA course is open to all law enforcement and military personnel. Being a currently certified TASER end-user or instructor is not a prerequisite for this course

• Coordinator: Sara Couture
• Length of course: 7 hours
• Course hours: 0830 – 1630 hours
• Date:  September 21, 2016
• Location: Forget-Me-Not Farm, Tinmouth, Vermont*
• Tuition: $18.50 (lunch provided)
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

To attend this class: You must have attended a Level I and Level II Animal Cruelty Investigation course presented by the Vermont Humane Federation’s Animal Cruelty Response Coalition.   Level I is being offered August 31, 2016 and Level II is being offered September 9, 2016

This hands-on workshop will build on the information presented during the Level I and Level II workshops, by having participants use the skills and techniques they learned in the classroom in a real-life setting. Forget-me-Not Farm will serve as the host for a mock “crime scene” involving large animals. Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Practice their interview techniques, report-writing and evidence gathering skills in a group setting;
• Become more comfortable with handling equines by approaching and leading live animals;
• Use body scoring techniques in order to assist in determining animal health.

Participants must bring with them their Animal Cruelty Investigation manual.  

Please Note: Persons who currently own the "Animal Cruelty Investigation Manual”, 1^st or 2^nd or 3^rd edition, and are interested in purchasing the newly released 4^th edition of this manual... please indicate so when registering.  Manual cost is $35.00.

*Directions to Forget-Me-Not Farm, 12 McNamara Road, Tinmouth, VT:

From the North:  Route 7 South to Wallingford VT. Take route 140 West (right turn) at the traffic light and follow 140 about 8 miles.  Turn left on McNamara Road.  Farm is first right [yellow house] up the hill.

From the South:  Route 7 North to Wallingford, VT.  Take route 140 West (left turn) at the traffic light.  Follow 140 about 8 miles. Turn left on McNamara Road. Farm is first right [yellow house] up the hill.

• Presented by: Abigail Williams
• Date and Time: September 17^th from 10am-2pm.
• Location: Newbank Conference Center in Chester Vermont
• Registration: Please RSVP by September 1^st to Meghan Austin at 802-875-2211 or by email at maustin4@harding.edu. Space is limited and will be first come first serve!

  Come join VT EMS District 11 on September 17^th from 10am-2pm at Newbank Conference Center in Chester Vermont for an interactive discussion with Abigail Williams, RN, JD, MPH, MS as she discusses her experience with multi-agency responses and the do’s and don’ts of the situation. This will be a free training for all who attend with lunch provided; we will have a donation box set up and ask that folks give a $5 donation to help cover the cost of lunch. Four hours of CEU’s will be provided with a certificate given to all participants at the training. Please RSVP by September 1^st to Meghan Austin at 802-875-2211 or by email at maustin4@harding.edu. Space is limited and will be first come first serve!

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• Date: Wednesday – September 15th, 2016
• Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
• Location: Rutland Police Department Project VISION Conference Room 108 Wales Street Rutland
• Cost: FREE with food/breaks provided
• Registration: Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com

• Coordinator: Sara Couture
• Length of course: 16 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1600
• Dates and Locations:
  • March 9-10, 2016 at Colchester PD                                                                                     
  • June 8-9, 2015 at TBD                                                                                       
  • September 14-15, 2016 at Colchester PD                                                                             
  • December 14-15, 2016 at VP Academy
• Tuition: 
  • $13.00 regionally (lunch is on your own)                                                                                            
  • $48.50 commuting to the VPA (lunch included)                                                                                  
  • $67.00 overnight @ VPA (breakfast, 2 lunches, and dinner included)

Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Course Description

This course is designed to assist officers in becoming more proficient  detecting and  apprehending,  impaired drivers. Upon completion of this training,  officers will be  capable of detecting impairment caused by substances other than alcohol.  All candidates must currently be actively involved in impaired driving enforcement.

Officers MUST be highly skilled in the administration and interpretation of  SFSTs.  Your proficiency will be tested by certified SFST Instructors.  SFSTs are strongly emphasized and you can expect to increase your skill level in using these tests after taking this course. 

This training is an essential tool for officers dedicated to saving lives by removing impaired drivers from our roads. In addition, knowledge and skills obtained during  A.R.I.D.E.  will facilitate better communication and transfer of critical roadside indicators of impairment to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) who may be called for a more complete and accurate assessment of impairment. For those considering the pursuit of DRE training, A.R.I.D.E. will serve as a career path step towards achieving that goal

All meetings will be held at the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford,  Vermont

Team Two: A Training for Law Enforcement and Mental Health Crisis Workers

Session 1

Date: September 13th, 2016
Location: State Office Complex – Main Entrance Waterbury, Sally Fox Conference Center – Cherry Rooms A, B, C (directions will be sent to participants)
Registration Deadline: August 31st, 2016
Time: 8:30AM - 3:30PM
Cost: Free with food/breaks provided

Registration

Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com

Course Description

When a mental health crisis arises, whether it is within a family home, at a high school or in a public place, it is critical that the first responders are trained in mental health issues, in mental health law and in working together to resolve the crisis.  Team Two seeks to both educate the first responder and to build the relationships necessary to working together in crisis.  The training provides an overview of relevant mental health statutes and a refresher on mandatory law enforcement mental health training (ACT 80).  Three different scenarios are role played in break-out sessions with local teams of police and mobile crisis workers where specifics of response to the scenarios are discussed in detail.  Small groups report back to the entire group to hear feedback and discuss strategies.   A short video on law enforcement response to situations involving  persons with autism is shown and discussed.  Participants learn from a panel presentation which includes a person with mental illness, a family member, a crisis clinician and a law enforcement officer who all share personal stories.  Finally, in another break out session, the audience hears about resources in their particular regions. 

For more information about the training email Coordinator Kristin Chandler or call (802)236-5065

New in 2015-2016

Police dispatchers and developmental service crisis clinicians join the conversation!  Discussion on: Warrants, CHINS cases, the intoxicated individual with mental illness and practical tips comprise this scenario-based training.  

Completion of ACT 80 (Interacting with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

• Coordinator: Ken Hawkins
• Length of course: 5 days
• Course hours: 0800-1630
• Location:  Vermont Police Academy
• Dates: September 12 - 16, 2016
• Tuition:
  • Commuting: $89.50
  • Overnight: $243.50
• Registration:  To register contact the Vermont Police Academy at 802-483-6228, ext. 10.  Standard in-service training application required.
• Pre-requisites: None

Minimum number to hold class: 8
Maximum number in class: 20

A requirement for VT 9-1-1 call-taker certification, this course covers a wide range of subjects and utilizes actual 9-1-1 calls to expose students to a wide range of emergency and non-emergency calls.  The course includes units on the following subjects

• Communications, telephone techniques and information gathering
• Vermont 9-1-1 operating procedures
• Stress identification and management
• Liability, legal concepts and perception
• Role of the call-taker
• Introduction to law enforcement emergency communications
• Special call handling for domestic violence, suicide, hostage and terrorism threats and incidents
• Introduction to fire service emergency communications
• Hazardous material recognition, questioning and call handling
• Emergency Medical Dispatch

• Coordinator: Sara Couture
• Length of course: 7 hours
• Course hours: 0830 – 1630 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Date:  September 9, 2016
• Tuition: $20.00
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

To attend this class: You must have attended a prior workshop on investigating animal cruelty in Vermont.  One that has been sponsored by the Vermont Humane Federation’s Animal Cruelty Response Coalition or attended the Vermont Police Academy’s “Animal Cruelty Investigation – Level I” (this class is being offered this year on August 31, 2016).

This advanced workshop on animal cruelty investigations will focus on more specialized topics in animal cruelty investigation, including:

• Animal husbandry practices: walking the fine line between education and seizure;
• Working with the Agency of Agriculture on livestock complaints;
•  The investigation of equine cruelty complaints;
• Animal hoarding: handling large-scale animal cruelty investigations.
• Handling wildlife cruelty complaints

Participants must bring with them their Animal Cruelty Investigation Manual.   

Please Note: Persons who currently own the "Animal Cruelty Investigator’s Manual” (1st, 2nd or 3rd edition) and are interested in purchasing the newly released 4th edition of this manual... please indicate so when registering.  Manual cost is $35.00.

Coordinator: Sara Couture

Length of course: 4 hours
Course hours: see below

Dates/Times:                                                                                             

• May 5, 2016, 1200-1630 hours
• September 7, 2016, 1200-1630 hours                                                                                                     

Fingerprint Certification is offered in the morning on the same dates and must be registered for separately.

Location: Vermont Police Academy

Tuition: None, if initial certification. Repeat/audit - $19.50

Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

It has been said that the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is the motor vehicle’s equivalent to the human’s DNA.  The VIN’s 17 characters provide vehicle specifications such as where it was manufactured, in what year, the make, model, and body type.  American motor vehicle manufacturers have been using VINs on their cars since 1954, but it was not required on all vehicles by NHTSA until the manufacturing of the 1981 model year.

Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (VT DMV) Inspectors instruct the VIN Verification Course.  Participants who successfully complete this course will be certified by the VT DMV to verify VINs as required by the Agency of Transportation on certain documents.

The skills and knowledge developed in this class will also enhance an officer’s ability to detect stolen vehicles, cloned vehicles and vehicles with altered VINs.

Successful completion of a written examination at the conclusion of the course is required for certification.

Interacting with People Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis

• Coordinator: Cindy Taylor-Patch
• Length of course: 1 Day (8 hours)
• Course hours: 0800 – 1630
• Dates/Locations:
  • September 6, 2016 at Vermont Fire Academy
  • September 14, 2016 at Milton Fire Department
• Tuition: Free

• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

Email Director of Training Cindy Taylor-Patch for more information.

Course Description

Taught by experienced police officers and professionals from the disability services field, this course will cover a variety of issues surrounding this sometimes controversial topic.  Experts from many state and community agencies and advocates collaborated with VT officers to develop a curriculum that covers some basic ways to recognize a psychiatric or developmental disability and suggestions for positive ways to respond.  Our main purpose for offering this training is to promote officer safety and the safety of all others involved.  Other topics to be discussed include suicide risk factors, self-harming behaviors (ex. "cutting"), relevant laws and legal issues, stigma, resources and treatment options, and most importantly, de-escalation and communication skills.  Officers will gain the skills needed to professionally and effectively interact with people in crisis

• Coordinator: Sara Couture
• Length of course: 7 hours
• Course hours: 0830 – 1630 hours
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Date:  August 31, 2016
• Tuition: $53.00 (Includes materials and lunch)
• Registration: Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov

This introductory workshop on investigating animal cruelty will cover all the basics of an investigation, including, but not limited to:

• A review of Vermont’s criminal animal cruelty statute;
• The needed elements for a strong animal cruelty criminal investigation
• Interview and interrogation techniques
• Report writing
• Using expert witnesses
• Evidence collection
• Search warrant procedure; and
• A review of resources available at the local, state and national level to assist in responding to incidents of animal cruelty.

This course will also review Vermont’s Cruelty Response System (CRS) and the CRS web-based case management system, Animal Tracks.  The Vermont Animal Cruelty Response Coalition and the CRS were formed to facilitate cross-agency collaboration and communication in order to more effectively respond to animal cruelty complaints, with an emphasis on accountability and follow up

Commercial Vehicle Awareness - Level II - Size & Weights

• Coordinator:   Sara Couture
• Length of course: 24 hours
• Course hours: 0800 - 1630
• Date:  August 30-September 1, 2016
• Location: Vermont Police Academy
• Tuition: Commuting - $44.00 includes materials and lunch.  Overnight - $122.00 includes materials, meals, and overnight lodging.  If you are taking levels 1 & 2 and want to stay overnight - $184.00 includes materials, meals, and overnight lodging (3 nights, 4 days).  
• Registration: Open to officers who have at least 3 years of motor vehicle experience.  MUST have completed Commercial Vehicle Awareness - Level I or attended the CMV Awareness/Size & Weights Truck School (40-hour) training that we have hosted in the past.  Contact the Vermont Police Academy at (802) 483-6228 for more information.  Fax the in-service registration form (Word or PDF) to 802-483-2343 or email it to our registrar at gail.williams@vermont.gov