GPSTC Online Learning

This course will provide the student with an introduction and overview of the Life Safety Code and how it applies to fire inspections and code enforcement activities. 

This class is designed to familiarize instructor candidates with compliance requirements of NFPA 1403 and NFPA 1402 Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions. 

Students will learn modern fire behavior concepts and fire attack methodologies.

Students will review standards, learn how to prepare for training exercises, demonstrate procedures and techniques for conducting live fire training exercises. Instructor candidates will participate in live-fire, scenario based training during which they will play the roles of both a student and an instructor.

The purpose of the Live Fire Instructor Program is to adequately prepare the students for Live Fire Instruction in accordance with NFPA 1041, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications, and the best accepted practices of the Georgia Fire Academy.

The projected outcomes for this class will be students who meet the standard for Live Fire Instructor per NFPA 1041 Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications and will be able to function as an instructor for live fire training exercises. 

This class is designed to familiarize instructor candidates with compliance requirements of NFPA 1403 and NFPA 1402 Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions. 

Students will learn modern fire behavior concepts and fire attack methodologies.

Students will review standards, learn how to prepare for training exercises, demonstrate procedures and techniques for conducting live fire training exercises. Instructor candidates will participate in live-fire, scenario based training during which they will play the roles of both a student and an instructor.

The purpose of the Live Fire Instructor Program is to adequately prepare the students for Live Fire Instruction in accordance with NFPA 1041, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications, and the best accepted practices of the Georgia Fire Academy.

The projected outcomes for this class will be students who meet the standard for Live Fire Instructor per NFPA 1041 Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications and will be able to function as an instructor for live fire training exercises. 

This class is designed to familiarize instructor candidates with compliance requirements of NFPA 1403 and NFPA 1402 Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions. 

Students will learn modern fire behavior concepts and fire attack methodologies.

Students will review standards, learn how to prepare for training exercises, demonstrate procedures and techniques for conducting live fire training exercises. Instructor candidates will participate in live-fire, scenario based training during which they will play the roles of both a student and an instructor.

The purpose of the Live Fire Instructor Program is to adequately prepare the students for Live Fire Instruction in accordance with NFPA 1041, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications, and the best accepted practices of the Georgia Fire Academy.

The projected outcomes for this class will be students who meet the standard for Live Fire Instructor per NFPA 1041 Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications and will be able to function as an instructor for live fire training exercises. 

This class is designed to familiarize instructor candidates with compliance requirements of NFPA 1403 and NFPA 1402 Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions. 

Students will learn modern fire behavior concepts and fire attack methodologies.

Students will review standards, learn how to prepare for training exercises, demonstrate procedures and techniques for conducting live fire training exercises. Instructor candidates will participate in live-fire, scenario based training during which they will play the roles of both a student and an instructor.

The purpose of the Live Fire Instructor Program is to adequately prepare the students for Live Fire Instruction in accordance with NFPA 1041, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications, and the best accepted practices of the Georgia Fire Academy.

The projected outcomes for this class will be students who meet the standard for Live Fire Instructor per NFPA 1041 Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications and will be able to function as an instructor for live fire training exercises. 

This interactive online course is designed to present public safety personnel with the tools to practice individual awareness and resiliency, financial responsibility, spiritual resiliency, the impact of proper sleep, nutrition, and wellness, and strategies for increasing resilience and wellness on the job and in their personal lives.

Given the stress inherent to the public safety profession, it is critical that officers know how to identify and respond to stress in their own lives, and the lives of their colleagues. The mental and emotional wellness of first responders has a direct correlation to the level of service those responders are able to provide their communities. This course provides public safety personnel with ways to recognize and manage their stress. 

The purpose of this course is to focus on the evidence collection process. Emphasis is placed on evidence recognition and proper evidence collection techniques.

This course is designed for public safety professionals who may respond to a potential opioid overdose. Naloxone training will cover how to recognize the signs and symptoms of an overdose, the skills needed to administer naloxone as a life saving measure.

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is designed for the officer and/or investigator who may encounter an outlaw motorcycle gang. The course provides a brief history and origin of the term "one percenter," and focuses on how to recognize the outlaw motorcycle gang structure and their beliefs. Also, outlaw motorcycle gangs in Georgia will be discussed.

This course is designed to provide officers with the tools to apply the concepts of police legitimacy and procedural justice in order to build trust and to ensure a stronger focus on positive community relations. 

This course is designed to provide the law enforcement officer with the skills and knowledge necessary to properly perform the Precision Immobilization Technique (P.I.T.) while enabling officers to maintain officer safety aspects and the safety of other motorists not involved in a vehicle pursuit.

This course provides those students who currently possess RADAR Operator Certification with up to date information and the necessary training to maintain their competencies in speed detection by RADAR in accordance with GA POST Council standards. 

The purpose of this course is to ensure that any officers who come in contact with a foreign national, who’s under arrest, are equipped with the correct information, the specific steps, and the required materials to contact the appropriate consular officer. 

What percentage of the time can we tolerate mistakes when it comes to making decisions in the field based on the concepts of criminal procedure?  The answer is of course zero percent.  Operating without a thorough - and current - understanding of statutory and case law is essential to protecting the constitutional rights of all persons interacting with the criminal justice system and reducing liability for officers and agencies.  This course is intended to establish, refresh and revise the core concepts of criminal procedure for all law enforcement officers.

This online course takes a deep dive into the landmark U.S. Supreme Court 1968 decision Terry v. Ohio. What were the facts of the case?  What did Detective McFadden write about the incident in his single page report typed on a mechanical typewriter?  What were the arguments both for, and against the authority to stop and frisk?  Why did the Supreme Court decide the case the way it did?  These questions, and more will be answered in the first part of three Reference Series courses on Terry v. Ohio.  Part 1 focuses on the decision itself.  In future courses, Part 2 will focus on the authority to "stop" and Part 3 will address the "frisk."

This course discusses the steps involved in planning and implementing a residential safety survey program for your community. The information, advice, and education you provide on a residential safety visit, as well as the alarms that you install, will save lives, and make your community members more secure. 

The Responding to First Amendment Audits course is intended to give police officers the necessary awareness and appropriate  tools for response when coming in contact with citizen-journalists in challenging situations.