In-Service Training Courses

William Tanner
Tel: 203-427-2625
Email: William.Tanner@ct.gov These courses are offered for Connecticut certified police officers only. All requests for course registration must be made by the authorized representative of the police agency and not the individual officer. Click on "Course Title" for full course details.

• Course Registration Form  - This form must be used for ALL training courses listed below (unless otherwise indicated).
• POST-58 FTO Class Entry Form
• POSTC-50 ARIDE Training Completion Report
• Training Opportunities from Other Agencies
• In-Service Training Courses Archive

Course Title	Date(s)
Patrol Rifle Instructor Closing Date: March 17, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	April 7-11, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: March 18, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	April 8-9, 2025
Use-of-Force (4-hour Mandatory T-t-T) Closing Date: March 20, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	April 10, 2025
Cannabis Impairment Detection (Green Lab) Closing Date: March 21, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	April 11, 2025
Anti-Racism Train-the-Trainer Closing Date: March 31, 2025 Training Location: Eastern CT State University in the Johnson Room of the J. Eugene Smith Library, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, 06226	April 21, 2025 and May 5, 2025
De-Escalation: Principals and Practice (Train-the-Trainer) Closing Date: March 31, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	April 21-25, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: April 3, 2025 Training Location: Madison Police Department, 9 Campus Drive, Madison, 06443	April 24-25, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: April 14, 2025 Training Location: Ansonia Police Department, 65 Main Street, Ansonia, 06401	May 5-6, 2025
Implicit Bias Train-the-Trainer Closing Date: April 17, 2025 Training Location: Eastern CT State University in the Johnson Room of the J. Eugene Smith Library, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, 06226	May 8, 2025 and June 2, 2025
De-Escalation: Principals and Practice Closing Date: April 17, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	May 8-9, 2025
Use-of-Force (4-hour Mandatory T-t-T) Closing Date: April 22, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	May 13, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: April 29, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	May 20-21, 2025
Basic Instructor Development (BID/MOI) Closing Date: May 12, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	June 2-6, 2025
Use-of-Force (4-hour Mandatory T-t-T) Closing Date: May 15, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	June 3, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: May 20, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	June 10-11, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: May 26, 2025 Training Location: Hartford Police Academy, 50 Williams Street, Hartford, 06103	June 16-17, 2025
Senior Firearms Instructor Closing Date: June 2, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	June 23-25, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: June 11, 2025 Training Location: Montville Police Department, 911 Route 32, Montville, 06382	July 2-3, 2025
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Closing Date: July 1, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	July 22-23, 2025
De-Escalation: Principals and Practice (Train-the-Trainer) Closing Date: August 18, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	September 8-12, 2025
De-Escalation: Principals and Practice Closing Date: September 4, 2025 Training Location: CT Police Academy, 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden, 06450	September 25-26, 2025

Call the FIELD SERVICES TRAINING DIVISION (203-427-2625) to confirm course information.

_{DISCLAIMER: The Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POSTC) makes every effort, within its ability and resources, to provide the highest quality, most relevant in-service training programs available at minimum cost to all Connecticut police officers and agencies.  However, POSTC does not provide legal advice, and does not endorse the accuracy or completeness of specific in-service training programs provided by each of its many contractors and training providers.  The materials and opinions of individual providers offered during in-service training are those of the instructor alone, and do not necessarily represent the position of the Police Officer Standards and Training Council or the State of Connecticut.  Given the multitude of disparate factual scenarios with which law enforcement personnel are presented in the discharge of their official duties, students and sponsoring agencies are strongly advised and encouraged to seek the advice and counsel of their own legal advisors before implementing concepts or adopting specific measures discussed or recommended during in-service training sessions.}