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Training Requirements

Cycle ends on 08/31/2025

Click here for the Training Mandates - Peace Officers PDF.

Click here for the Training Mandates - Chief Administrators PDF.

Individuals not appointed with a department must go thru one of our Training Providers to complete the required training listed above. TCOLE will not accept training that is not thru one of our providers.

Licensed Peace Officers:

Current 2-year Training Unit: (09/01/23 - 08/31/25):

  • A minimum of 40 hours of training to include:
    • Legislative Update course #3188
    • 16 hours of ALERRT training (see course numbers below)
    • Finding Wellness - Building a Healthier Life (#4202)
    • Trauma-Informed Approach to Sexual Assault Investigations (#470 or #4070)* or the equivalent #3264 (Special Investigator Certification)

*If not completed in the 09/01/2021-08/31/2023 unit.

Current 4-year Training Cycle: (09/01/21 - 08/31/25):
  • Licensed Peace Officers without an Intermediate (or higher) Proficiency Certification must complete:
    • Cultural Diversity (#3939 or #394)
    • Crisis Intervention Training (#3843 or #1850)
    • Special Investigative Topics (#3232)
    • De-escalation (#1849)

Constables:

  • Newly Elected Constables:
    • Must complete Newly Elected Constable training (#3742 – does not include any ALERRT training hours) thru LEMIT within 2 years of first appointment as Constable.
  • Constable Continuing Education:
    • Must complete Continuing Education for Constables (#3743) thru LEMIT each 4-year training cycle thereafter. The course includes 8 hours of ALERRT training. You will be required to complete an additional 8 hours of ALERRT training to meet the 16-hour legislative requirement.
  • Civil Process:
    • Must complete Civil Process (#1415) thru Texas Justices of the Peace and Constables (TJPCA) at Texas State University each 4-year training cycle.

Sheriffs:

  • Peace Officer Requirements:
    • Sheriffs must complete the same training requirements as all other peace officers for each unit and cycle.

Chief of Police:

  • New Chief:
    • Must take 80 hours of New Chief's Training:
      • New Chief Development Program (#3780 - does not include any ALERRT training hours) AND
      • Texas Police Chief Leadership Series (#3740)
      at Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) within 2 years of first appointment as a Texas Chief of Police.
  • Chief's Continuing Education:
    • Must complete the Texas Police Chief Leadership Series (#3740) each unit thereafter. The course includes 8 hours of ALERRT training. You will be required to complete an additional 8 hours of ALERRT training to meet the 16-hour legislative requirement.

County Jailers:

  • Cultural Diversity course (#3939 or #394) every 4-yr training cycle by 08/31/2025. If you have an active Peace Officer license and a Peace Officer Intermediate Proficiency Certificate or higher, you do not need to complete Cultural Diversity.

Telecommunicators:

Current 2-year Training Unit: (09/01/23 - 08/31/25):

  • A minimum of 20 hours of training to include Cardiac Emergency Communications (#786)**.

**A current, nationally recognized CPR certification is required in order to enroll. 

The following ALERRT course numbers count towards the training mandate:

  • 3381 - ALERRT AAIR
  • 3380 - ALERRT AAIR Train the Trainer
  • 3376 - ALERRT Breaching for 1st Responders Train the Trainer
  • 3377 - ALERRT ERASE Train the Trainer
  • 3394 - ALERRT Exterior Response to Active Shooter Events
  • 3393 - ALERRT First Resp. Medical Train the Trainer
  • 3317 - ALERRT First Responder Breaching
  • 3318 - ALERRT First Responders Operating in Low - Light
  • 3311 - ALERRT Level 1
  • 3382 - ALERRT SORD
  • 3392 - ALERRT SORD Train the Trainer
  • 3312 - ALERRT Update         
  • 3315 - ALERRT- Level 1 Train the Trainer
  • 3357 - ALERRT First Responder Medical
  • 3607 - ALERRT Active Shooter Response Incident Mgmt
  • 3606 - ALERRT Medical Advanced Skills Class
  • 3355 - ALERRT Level 1 Instructor Recertification online
  • 78052 - Active Attack Emergency Communications
  • 667371 - Active Attack Event Response Leadership
  • 3356 - ALERRT Fire as a Weapon online
  • 3740 - Texas Police Chief Leadership Series (only 8 hours of this course credits as ALERRT training)
  • 3743 - Continuing Education for Constables (only 8 hours of this course credits as ALERRT training)

Resources

TCOLE Rules

Regional Field Service Agents