Agencies may access training in multiple ways:
- In-person assignment-related courses provided by the agency or OPOTC
- These topics will be determined by the agency CEO and will not be OPOTA-generated except for the regular OPOTA In-person courses.
- OPOTA Online courses covering each of the mandatory topics assigned by the commission plus the additional Virtual Reality (VR) debriefs.
- Traditional third-party, pre-approved submissions
- Agencies may create their own courses in the approved categories, according to the framework provided for in Ohio Administrative Code 109:2-18-03
- Agencies may create their own courses and must complete the CPT Pre-Approval application and receive approval before any courses are taught. Applications should be submitted no later than 45 days prior to the first day of class.
- OPOTC Executive Director is pre-approving up to 24 hours of CPT training for officers completing a state or nationally recognized leadership course [e.g. FBINA, PSLA, CLEE, PELC, FBINEI, NUCPS, SPI, FBI-LEEDA] NOTE: Officers using a national leadership course for CPT hours still must complete the 8 mandatory hours.
- Virtual Reality training bank
- Training will be blended with in-person and online training options. More than 20 hours of training are now available in the VR training bank.
- Please visit the Virtual Reality web page for additional information on VR.