Transcript Career Survival III 314KB Jan 19 2015 10:34:44 AM

Career Survival
For the FTO
Instructors:
Captain Chris Cain
Lt. Bill Jones
Lt. Harold Barlow
History of the Nicholasville Police
Department’s FTO Program
► 1987-1992:
No formal FTO Program.
Officers given the keys to a cruiser and a
map of the city.
Booze!
Women!
Steroids
Political Interference
Excessive Force!
History Continued
► 1992-1995:
Recruits required to ride with
another officer for 2 weeks. No training for
the officer, no evaluations for the recruit,
and no accountability for this program.
► 1996-Present: Formal FTO program
established. Trained FTOs.
How Does a Field Training
Officers’ Personal Ethics Affect A
New Recruit?
Course Objectives
► Officers
will know the definition of “ethics”
► Officers will know the effects of “their”
ethics on recruits.
► Officers will understand the importance of
“Role-Modeling” for their recruit.
► Officers will understand their part as a
“Role-Model” within the department and
why they are a integral part of the success
or failure of an officer or even a
department.
Course Objectives Continued
► Officers
will be given tools to recognize and
combat ethical dilemmas.
Ethics
as defined by American Heritage
Dictionary
A set of principles of right conduct.
or
A theory or a system of moral values.
How does your ethics affect the new
recruit?
► 75%
of learning is through the sense of
sight. What or how you do it; affects the
recruit more then what you say.
► The recruit will model your behavior in the
future.
► Productivity.
► Disrespect vs. Respect.
Role-Modeling
Recruits will learn from your role
modeling whether or not you
purposefully present yourself as a
role model.
Actions Speak Louder Then Words
The Power Of The FTO
Who else molds a recruit from day
#1 out of the academy?
Who’s behaviors and habits will a
recruit model?
The recruits you train today will
be leaders of the department in
the future.