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| WY DOC's Smith elected to national field training board |
| By Wyoming Department of Corrections |
| Published: 07/20/2012 |
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Cheyenne – Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) Training Lt. Robert Smith has been selected by his peers to serve on the National Association of Field Training Officers’ Board of Directors. The National Association of Field Training Officers (N.A.F.T.O.) is a non-profit educational and professional association concerned with apprenticeship training (commonly referred to as the Field Training Officer concept) for law enforcement, communications, and corrections personnel. Educators, administrators and other criminal justice practitioners are also encouraged to participate. Smith was nominated and selected for the honor while at the N.A.F.T.O’s national conference in Orlando, Fla. He will fill the position for Member at Large B. He has been involved with the association since 2010. He began developing the department’s new field training officer program in 2008. The program was piloted at the Wyoming Women’s Center in 2011 and full implementation of the training program began at the rest of the institutions in early 2012. The WDOC Training Academy is composed of six training lieutenants who conduct the academy training curriculum four times a year. In addition, the training staff work with all the WDOC offices and institutions to insure staff are receiving refresher courses or are retrained with the latest techniques, knowledge and processes for management of offenders. The academy is located at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins and all new WDOC staff attends the academy anywhere from five to ten weeks depending on the responsibilities and classification of their job duties. Field training occurs throughout the year at each of the institutions and encompasses those curriculum items from the academy as well as other instructional areas of need. |
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