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External Training and Certifications

All Recognized and Accredited External Training

AC - ARMORERS COURSE (1 DAY) 

Date: October 29, 2024 

Time: 0800 - 1700

Location: Bennington County Sheriffs Office

COST: $250.00

Learn how to safely use and maintain your weapon in a one day (8 hour) class.

(To be eligible to take the Armorers Course you must be an active/retired law enforcement or military officer, private security, GLOCK Stocking Dealer/Range Program Employee or current GSSF member.)

https://glocktraining.com/RegWizard.aspx?classid=111620


Alco-Sensor FST PBT device

Online training, click link for more information. 


Crisis Communications for Dispatchers

September 23-24, 2024 @ 08:00-16:00 - Registration Link

Williston Police Department - 7928 Williston Rd, Williston, VT 05495


DEA Basic Narcotics School

September 9-13, 2024 - Registration Application

Please submit your registration by Monday, September 2, 2024

Jenna’s House Community Center - 117 St. Johns Road, Johnson, Vermont

The Basic Narcotics School is a one-week course in the fundamentals of narcotics investigations. Topics covered will include Utilizing Informants, Undercover Operations, Surveillance Tactics, Operational Planning, Case Development, Drug Trends and Drug ID, Clandestine Lab Awareness, Phone Exploitation, Legal Issues, Parcel Investigations, and other drug investigation related topics.

Important note: This class intends to incorporate a previously advertised one-day DEA Drug Identification and Clandestine Laboratory trainings.

The course is open to State and Local Law Enforcement Officers in Vermont currently assigned to, or interested in assignment to, narcotics investigation units and/or interdiction units.

Upon enrollment in the course, a confirmation will be sent to the applicant. There is no fee for the course; however, DEA does not pay for travel, lodging or meal expenses.

If you are interested in attending the course, please return the attached registration form, signed by you and your supervisor, by email to Boston.Training@dea.gov. Please contact Division Training Coordinator Special Agent Craig Nelson (617) 595-9005 if you have any questions.


FBI-LEEDA Command Leadership Institute

September 21, 2026 to September 25, 2026
Location: Essex Police Department
Registration link is here:  https://fbileeda.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1878917&group=

The Command Leadership Institute (CLI) is part two of the three-step leadership series that makes up the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy.  The CLI is a dynamic and challenging program uniquely designed to prepare law enforcement leaders for command level positions.

The Command Leadership Institute provides real-life, contemporary, best-practice strategies and techniques for those who are already commanders or are aspiring to a command level assignment. CLI faculty members are passionate instructors who have executive level law enforcement and leadership experience.

CLI students will be engaged in such topics as: credibility, command discipline, liability, problem employees, and leading change within an organization.  The Command Leadership Institute is student-centered with a high degree of student involvement.

The cost of the Command Leadership Institute is $795.

FBI-LEEDA will send you a tuition invoice six-weeks prior to the start date of the class. To make special payment arrangements prior to being invoiced please email Finance at finance@fbileeda.org.

  • The registration fee includes the cost of the training and course materials; the fee does not include meals or travel expenses.
  • Sworn and professional law enforcement staff are welcome to all FBI-LEEDA classes.  You do not have to be a member to attend a class.
  • Each student must register for classes under their own Username and Account.
  • There are no prerequisites for this course; Trilogy courses can be taken in any order.
  • A workbook will be provided; laptop is optional.
  • Dress is business casual.
  • This course is 28 contact hours.

For further information regarding this or any other FBI-LEEDA class, please contact FBI-LEEDA at 1-877-772-7712 


FBI-LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute

March 23, 2026 to March 27, 2026
Location:  Essex Police Department
Registration link is here:  https://fbileeda.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1878918&group=

The Supervisor Leadership Institute (SLI) is part one of the three-step leadership series that makes up the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy.  While targeting to first-line supervisors, the SLI course is suitable for all police leaders – sworn and civilian. SLI students will be engaged in such topics as credibility, discipline, liability, and leadership styles. They will complete a DISC leadership assessment.

FBI-LEEDA instructors are current or former command-level law enforcement leaders who have not only extensive leadership experience, but a passion for teaching.

The following topics are covered in the Supervisor Leadership Institute:

  • Defining leadership, generational effects of leadership, leadership as a lifestyle, leadership traits
  • Building credibility, organizational credibility
  • Four pillars of discipline, immunity, supervisor liability
  • Participants will complete a DISC assessment of their personal leadership style

The cost of the Supervisor Leadership Institute is $795.

FBI-LEEDA will send you a tuition invoice six-weeks prior to the start date of the class. To make special payment arrangements prior to being invoiced please email Finance at finance@fbileeda.org.

  • The registration fee includes the cost of the training and course materials; the fee does not include meals or travel expenses.
  • Sworn and professional law enforcement staff are welcome to all FBI-LEEDA classes.  You do not have to be a member to attend a class.
  • Each student must register for classes under their own Username and Account.
  • There are no prerequisites for this course; Trilogy courses can be taken in any order.
  • A workbook will be provided; laptop is optional.
  • Dress is business casual.
  • This course is 28 contact hours.
     

For further information regarding this or any other FBI-LEEDA class, please contact FBI-LEEDA at 1-877-772-7712


FBI-LEEDA Media and Public Relations

11/18/2024 to 11/22/2024 @ 08:30 - Click Here for Registration

WHERE:
Essex Police Department
145 Maple Street
Essex Jct., Vermont  05452
United States

CONTACT: Ron Hoague – rhoague@essex.org – 802.857.0093

The Media and Public Relations (MPR) course is a 4 ½-day intense curriculum developed to assist law enforcement in communication with not only the media, but the communities they serve. The course is suitable for chiefs and commanders who may deal with the media on a regular or ad hoc basis and full-time/part-time Public Information Officers (PIOs).  This class provides proven strategies and best-practices for media relations, crisis communications and social media.  Students will learn to prepare and deliver messages.  The session features numerous desktop and on-camera exercises. Participants are asked to bring a laptop or tablet to class.
FBI-LEEDA instructors for this course have deep experience in law enforcement, media relations and social media strategies and have been police PIOs. The following is an outline of what is covered in the Media and Public Relations course:
Public Perception and the Media

  • Image, branding, public trust, image-makers, writing effective news releases
  • Media Relations
  • The interview preparation process, interview techniques, incident scene interviews, news conferences, corrections, media ethics, mock interviews
  • Crisis Communications
  • Stages of a crisis, communication goals, the victim-media attraction, importance of key messaging
  • Social Media
  • Power of social media, citizen journalism and police, how to create legitimacy using social media, social media pitfalls and policy, managing the social media beast
  • Bringing it all Together in Crisis
  • Case study, desktop mock scenario, hotwash

The cost of the Media and Public Relations course is $795.
FBI-LEEDA will send you a tuition invoice six-weeks prior to the start date of the class. To make special payment arrangements prior to being invoiced please email Finance at finance@fbileeda.org.
Sworn and professional law enforcement staff are welcome to all FBI-LEEDA classes.  You do not have to be a member to attend a class.
For further information regarding this or any other FBI-LEEDA class, please contact FBI-LEEDA at 1-877-772-7712


FTO Course

November 6-8, 2024 @ 08:30-16:00 - Click Here for Registration
South Burlington Police Department - 19 Gregory Dr., S. Burlington, VT 05403

Cost: $555 per student

Our three-day Feild Training Officer Course is based on the industry standard San Jose FTO Model. This course satisfies C.A.L.E.A accreditation standards and is certified by IADLEST as part of the National Certification Program. It will provide FTOs with the tools and knowledge to properly train a new officer. From ethics to leadership, our FTO course covers the topics required to train, evaluate, mento and lead a field trainee. The course offering includes:

  • Field Training Program Goals & Objectives
  • Expectations of / for FTOs (Roles of the FTO)
  • Ethics & professionalism
  • Leadership skills
  • Teaching & training skills/Adult learning styles
  • Intro to competency evaluations / DORs / DOR videos
  • Remediation
  • Intervention techniques / legal issues / liability
  • Driver safety / FTO Awareness
  • Practical exercise test
  • Case studies / phase evaluation presentation

GLOCK MODULAR OPTIC SYSTEM (MOS) INSTRUCTOR WORKSHOP (2.5 DAYS)

Dates: October 30 to November 1, 2024

Time: 0800 to 1700 (October 30 & 31)

      0800 to 1200 (November 1)

Location: Bennington County Sheriffs Office

COST: $500

GLOCK MOS Pistol in 2.5 days (20 Hours)

This course is designed to assist Law Enforcement and Military Firearms Instructors with instructing shooters on the use of the GLOCK pistol with Red Dot Optics.

This course is a dynamic shooting course that requires the ability to stand for long periods of time, shoot on the move, move into and recover quickly from the kneeling and prone positions.

This course is continuing education for current LE and Military Firearms Instructors.

Students will bring:

  • GLOCK MOS Pistol with Optic Mounted
  • 1,000 rounds of ammunition (NO RELOADS)
  • 10 dummy rounds
  • Eye and ear protection
  • A quality strong side holster that covers the trigger and trigger guard
  • Minimum of 3 magazine and 2 magazine pouches
  • A belt to support the pistol and magazine pouches

 

You are eligible to attend the GLOCK MOS Instructors Workshop if you are one of the following:

  • Current Law Enforcement/Military Instructor
  • NRA-LE Certified Firearms Instructor
  • Completed the GLOCK Operator Course with a level 2, 3, or 4 evaluation score.

Valor & Virtue: Empowering Female Officers to Excel and Inspire

November 22, 2024 @ 09:00-17:00

Windsor County Sheriff's Office - 62 Pleasant St, Woodstock, VT 05091

Click Here to Register

Being a woman in the profession of law enforcement is different, whether people want to admit that or not. This course will explore the stigmas of women in policing and how we must take ownership to break those stigmas.

Valor & Virtue explores the gender-specific struggles of women in law enforcement, how to adapt and overcome them, and ultimately how to succeed. There is also a portion focusing on the rights of women and men under the Family Leave Act for pregnancy and maternity related medical conditions or to care for a family member.

A growth mindset way of policing is exemplified through case studies with an emphasis on training, accountability, and resiliency.