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•Training • • The department provided nearly 2,300 hours of training for officers in 2006. Examples of the training includes: Methamphetamine Trainers Training, Emergency Management courses, Hostage Rescue, Somali and Hmong Culture, Crime & Gangs, Spanish course, Hazardous Materials, Blood Borne Pathogens; and new officers completed the Field Training Officer (F.T.O.) Program. The majority of the officer's training focused on compliance with POST Board mandated training courses and courses relating to terrorism. The second largest block of training included First Responder Refresher, Intoxilyzer Recertification, Active Threat Team training, Use of Force, County Attorney Update on new legislation enacted during the last legislative session, Defensive Tactics, and Street Survival. Most training is provided and conducted by Lino Lakes Police Department trainers whose areas of expertise include: 800 MHz, Community Policing, Ethics, Leadership, Taser, Firearms, Active Threat, Bioterrorism for Public Safety officers and Use of Force training. The second major source of training was from Anoka County Customized Training which included a night shoot, spring shoot, summer shoot, fall shoot and Gamma shoot. Many officers attended specialized training through Century College. New officers attended Standardized Field Sobriety Training, Intoxilyzer 5000 training as well as Occupant Protection Usage & Enforcement training. Supervisor training included the League of Minnesota Cities Safety & Loss Control Workshop, Internal Affairs Investigations, Performance & Accountability, Complaint Investigation, First Line Supervisor Police Training Officer Program The police department adopted a new training program for our newly hired officers in 2006. Unlike the traditional "FTO" program, this new "PTO" or Police Training Officer Program implements the problem -based learning philosophy which is relatively new to law enforcement training. The PTO process is 16 weeks long and consists of four phases. Phases A -D are each three weeks long and there is a different training officer for each phase. In addition to the four phases, there is a two week mid -term evaluation and a two week final evaluation. The PTO program offers some cutting edge opportunities and challenges for our new officers that are unique to this program. Upon successful completion of the program, new officers transition to solo patrol for the remainder of their one year probationary period. Lino Lakes Police Department 2006 Annual Report 25