Field Training Program Supervisor
September 15 - 17, 2025
Belmont Sports Complex
550 Island Parkway
Belmont, CA 94002
8am - 5pm
Hosted by the Belmont Police Department
CA POST Certified:
#1345-31715-25-001
$695.00
Looking to revamp your FTO program?
Consider this your train-the-trainer course. You’ll leave this course with a solid plan on how to begin or overhaul your Field Training Program. You’ll learn the simple concepts that will make your program successful directly from our highly experienced FTO Instructors.
This course equips law enforcement supervisors and managers with everything they need to organize and manage a Field Training Program. You’ll learn not only strategies and policy considerations but also the practical take-a-ways and tools that you can begin using immediately. Whether you are looking for a way to overhaul your program and get all your FTOs on the same page or need to know the best practices for managing a Field Training Program, this is the course for you. Our instructors are highly experienced FTO Supervisors from the San Jose Police Department in California, the birthplace of the FTO concept.
Course Curriculum Includes:
- Field Training Program Management
- Selection, Supervision and Removal of FTOs
- How to Make Your FTO’s Expert Teachers
- How to Fix a Struggling Trainee
- How to Protect Your Agency from Liability
- Field Training Software such as LEFTA
- Training and Testing Scenarios
- Crucial Topics such as Use of Force Laws, Millennial Trainees, and more
Each student should bring a laptop computer and a portable USB drive.
This course satisfies the Field Training Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator (SAC) Training Requirement as specified in the California Code of Regulation, Title 11, Section 1004.
Plus get access to 10 refresher training videos featuring our Savage Training Group FTO Instructors!
The learning doesn’t stop when you leave this course. Each FTO student will receive 10 separate training videos sent to them in the weeks and months after the course. That means that the learning doesn’t stop after you attend our course.
These videos are a $99 value. We’re including them here at no additional charge for students who complete the course!
Your Instructors:
Senior Instructor Eddie Chan is a current sergeant with the San Jose Police Department in California. Eddie has over 30 years of experience and spent over 14 years as a supervisor in the FTO Program. Eddie has participated in the training of hundreds of trainees and FTOs. Dozens of Eddie’s past recruits and FTOs went on to become Sergeants and command officers. He oversees all of Savage Training Group’s FTO training programs.
Senior Instructor Dominic Gamboa is a 28-year law enforcement veteran. He was an officer with the San Francisco Police Department for many years and is now a Sergeant with the Broadmoor Police Department (CA). Sure, he has the street experience to tell you what works and what doesn’t, but he’s also an expert-level instructor. Instead of “Death by Power Point”, Dom is known for captivating students and keeping them engaged.
Payment Methods
Once you enter the student information below and click "Register", you will be taken to a checkout page where you can pay using a credit card, or you may request that an invoice be sent to your department that can be paid online or by check and sent by mail. Please note that invoices incur a $15.00 non-refundable processing fee.
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