APCO Communications Training Officer
Course Description: APCO Institute’s new Communications Training Officer (CTO) 6th Ed. course provides comprehensive training on the roles and responsibilities of CTOs in running an agency’s training program. The course focuses on performance-based training and management and the need for standardized training with documentation. This CTO 6th Ed. course includes the essential elements of a CTO program based on the industry, recognized “San Jose Model,” while also incorporating the requirements set by the national standard for CTO programs. Recertification Requirements: APCO CTO 6th Ed. certificate-holders are required to recertify every two years. Recertification requires ongoing continuing dispatch education (CDE) from training related to public safety communication. For CTO, 6th Ed., the requirement is 12 CDE credits per certificate-year for a total of 24 CDEs at the time of recertification.
- Instructor: Megan Baker
- Date: October 26-28, 2026
- Time: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
- Hours: 24
- Location: South Campus, Building S202, Room 207
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