GPSTC Online Learning

The purpose of this course is to provide telecommunicators and other public safety communications professionals information they need to help protect the Emergency Communications Center from cybersecurity threats.

This online course meets the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council requirement for all peace officers to complete de-escalation training. This course does not fulfill the use of force training requirements. To fulfill that requirement, you may take the Use of Force course, which is available online through GPSTC. The online Autism and De-escalation course may also be used to fulfill the de-escalation training requirement.

This independent online training course was designed to present emergency vehicle operators with the legal issues which arise for the failure to use due regard when operating an emergency vehicle.

Considering the harmful potential any vehicle pursuit can entail, officers need to be trained to think before reacting. This course is designed to generate a better understanding of the laws governing and the legal consequences of their actions. This course will also explain why some of the most common mistakes are made in beginning or continuing a pursuit. Information covering the emotional connections and mental processing, along with physical reactions produced by a vehicle pursuit, will be covered to help officers and supervisors understand and safely manage pursuit situations.

This course is designed for public safety professionals who need to effectively communicate with a variety of people who possess different people styles. Topics will range from styles of social behavior, how behavior styles affect interpersonal communication, suggestions for interacting with people who have a different behavioral style, and specific challenges to effective communication and how to overcome them.

The purpose of this course is to educate law enforcement officers and other relevant personnel on their specific roles and responsibilities in maintaining a secure and orderly voting process during American elections.  This course clarifies responsibilities, enhances coordination, promotes best practices, reinforces legal guidelines, and builds the confidence of the citizens of Georgia to ensure a positive voting environment and confidence in our government.

According to APCO International's Report on the Broadband Implications for the PSAP, public safety telecommunicators will "be exposed to graphic images and videos, significantly amplifying the already stress-inducing voices and sounds they contend with today." Public Safety Telecommunicators will need the tools to build "mental and emotional resiliency to handle stressors at a greater frequency and severity." This training course is designed to address this issue. Topics include stress, chronic stress, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, emotional wellness, resiliency, career survival, and self-care with a special emphasis of the new exposures that the NG911 environment will bring.

The purpose of this course is to reduce crashes through risk awareness, knowledge of vehicle dynamics that affect performance and capability, and principles of sight, space, speed and direction management.

This independent online training course is designed to provide officers with a review of the basics of law enforcement ethics and professionalism. Topics include the canons of police ethics, stakeholders and their expectations, and ethical practices for maintaining professional standards.

This independent online training module is designed to present law enforcement officers with information to properly collect and preserve evidence.

This course was designed to present law enforcement officers with alternative methods and best practices of conducting identification procedures to greatly enhance eyewitness identification accuracy. This course is recognized by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council as one of the courses currently mandated by law for peace officer recertification.

This independent online course is designed to present law enforcement officers with information to enhance their safety while responding to family violence incidents.

This course provides comprehensive, in-depth knowledge and resources to candidates who are charged with the responsibility of investigating and analyzing fire and explosion incidents and rendering opinions as to the origin, cause, or prevention of fire incidents and the damage and injuries from such incidents.

This course will provide suppression personnel and entry-level fire investigators with initial training and education on the fire service responder's responsibility in the process of fire investigations.