Effective Police Training

Evidence-based methods to make your in-service training not suck.

 

Effective Police training

(8 Hours)

California POST Certified: #1345-31759 – Plan N/A

Need certification for your state?
All of our courses are California POST certified because we are based in California. However, we present courses all over the United States and we’re happy to work with you to obtain certification in your particular state. Contact us to start a discussion about getting the process started.

A course for trainers and agency leaders looking for new and effective approaches to police in-service training.

Are your department in-service trainings little more than “Death by Power Point?” Would you rather present high-quality scenario training but you don’t know where to start?

Join us as instructors Scott Savage and Kyle Cardin show you how they used realistic scenarios and the modern science of learning to create an in-service training program at their agency that is producing results. We’ll explore the issues with conventional in-service training and why it isn’t truly preparing officers to perform in the field, and examine the contemporary methods some progressive agencies are using to train their staff, and the success they are seeing.

You’ll walk away with simple tools you can use to improve your department’s in-service training, whether you have a lot of resources and support or none at all.

Curriculum Includes:

  • How to create realistic scenario-based training that will lead to improved performance in the field
  • Teaching adaptability, sense-making, problem solving, and decision-making instead of just teaching techniques
  • Interleaving diverse topics such as firearms, defensive tactics, legal update and more to create holistic training that works
  • A step-by-step walkthrough and videos showing how the instructors used these methods in their agency
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Upcoming Presentations:

Effective Police Training

Sep 22 • Santa Cruz, CA

Choosing the Right Course: Effective Police Training vs. Instructor Development Workshop

Both of these courses are designed to elevate the quality of your agency’s training, but they serve different purposes and address different skill sets. Here’s a quick comparison to help you decide which course is the best fit for your instructors:
Effective Police Training

Effective Police Training

Best for: Instructors who run skills-based or scenario-based training
Focus: Motor skills acquisition, scenario design, and interleaving

If your instructors are involved in teaching firearms, defensive tactics, use of force, or running scenarios, the Effective Police Training course is for them. This course is about moving beyond “check-the-box” in-service training and into the realm of realistic, science-based, and results-driven training.

Topics include:

  • How to design and run effective scenario-based training
  • Applying principles of adult learning and modern brain science
  • Creating multi-disciplinary training days (e.g., combining DT, legal update, and firearms)
  • Videos of the instructors using these principles at their agency to move their in-service training days from the old “block and silo” training to interleaved, holistic training that actually produced improved performance in the field

This course is for trainers who want to create training that actually changes behavior in the field—not just during training day.

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Instructor Development Workshop

Instructor Development Workshop

Best for: Instructors who teach in a classroom setting
Focus: Classroom teaching techniques, audience engagement, and course design

If your instructors deliver presentations, briefings, or formal classroom lectures—even to small groups—this is the course for them. The Instructor Development Workshop is all about making your instructors more confident, dynamic, and effective in front of an audience.

Topics include:

  • How to gain and maintain audience buy-in
  • Strategies for dealing with disengaged or disruptive students
  • Using PowerPoint effectively (not just reading slides)
  • How to structure and design a course that actually works

This course is ideal for trainers who want to level-up their ability to communicate and teach in a classroom environment.

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Not sure which one to choose?

If your instructors do both classroom and scenario-based training, consider attending both courses. They complement each other and together provide a full spectrum of instructor development.
Scott Savage
Scott Savage
Kyle Cardin is the Training Unit Sergeant with a medium-sized Northern California police agency. Scott Savage recently retired from the same department. Both worked together to revamp their agency’s in-service training program. The result was dramatic! In-service training became a place of real learning resulting in officers who were all “on the same page” in the field. The training produced officers who were skilled at sense-making, decision-making, use of force law and more. Kyle and Scott are excited to share this information with you so you can do the same at your agency.

Students Are Saying:

“Truly an awesome course with a realistic view of modern policing and properly training cops in today’s climate.”

— Sgt. S. Hart, Daly City Police Department (CA)

“My favorite part of the course were the videos depicted interleaved training. It showed it can be done.”

— Sgt. T. Crouch – Tustin PD (CA)

“Excellent instructors. My favorite part was their practical approach on how to make the information I teach “sticky” for my students.”

— Ofc. R. Rees, Ontario PD (CA)

“I highly recommend this course for all trainers and supervisors.”

— Sgt. Sam Sa – Newport Beach PD (CA)

“Excellent course. My favorite part was breaking down how to make officers retain the training information longer.”

— Sgt. A. McGlade, Anaheim PD (CA)

“Before the course I was frustrated as to how to clearly identify learning has occurred. Scott and Kyle addressed that directly. I’m energized and excited to use what I learned.”

— Sgt. T. McKenzie, Newport Beach PD (CA)

“This is a course that all police instructors should attend.”

— Sgt. R. Moreno, Tulare PD (CA)

“That’s the way we’ve always done it” isn’t good enough anymore. Join us and learn how to build reality-based scenarios into your in-service training program.

Quick Facts

Target Audience:

Instructors, trainers, training staff, and administrators.

Course Length:

8 hours

Course Certifications:

California POST Certified. Need certification for your state?
All of our courses are California POST certified because we are based in California. However, we present courses all over the United States and we’re happy to work with you to obtain certification in your particular state.

 

Investment:

$299

Can your agency host this course?

YES

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