GPSTC Online Learning

This course is designed to help law enforcement officers investigate strangulation incidents correctly, respond to victims in an appropriate manner, and gather evidence that will enable prosecutors to build strong cases against perpetrators. 

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This course ensures that Law Enforcement will be able to responsibly navigate social media platforms while upholding legal and ethical standards, ensuring personal and professional integrity, and contributing to a safe and secure work environment.

The purpose of this course is to train law enforcement officers in the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the School Resource Officer (SRO), and be consistent with State and Federal court decisions.

The purpose of this course is to train law enforcement officers in the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the School Resource Officer (SRO), and be consistent with State and Federal court decisions.

The purpose of this course is to train law enforcement officers in the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the School Resource Officer (SRO), and be consistent with State and Federal court decisions.

Human trafficking consists of different types of trafficking, including labor trafficking and sex trafficking. This course will focus on the growing problem of sex trafficking in Georgia. Sex Trafficking is a hard topic to discuss, but in order to end trafficking, it is important to recognize and discuss the signs. As an officer, you are the one who will encounter traffickers and their victims during the normal course of operations - such as, routine traffic stops, on domestic violence calls, while inspecting liquor licenses, and when intercepting truant children. It's time to recognize the signs, and fight back against in human trafficking in Georgia.

The Sexual Assault Investigation: Evidence Collection online course is designed to explain rapist typologies and introduce officers to skills and techniques for identifying, collecting, and preserving evidence during sexual assault investigations.

The Sexual Assault Investigation: SART Best Practices online course is designed to provide officers with skills and techniques for investigating sexual assault cases. This course introduces officers to the skills needed for the initial response, explains how to incorporate a victim-centered and trauma-informed approach to investigations, techniques of an offender-based response, and cultural competency for sexual assault investigations.

The Sexual Assault Investigation: Understanding Trauma and its Impact on Victims of Sexual Assault Course is an interactive online course designed to provide officers with skills and techniques to utilize when responding to sexual assault calls for service. The course assists responding officers with skills to recognize psychological trauma and techniques to effectively interact with victims of sexual assault.  

Given the need to increase community safety, students will be able to plan and implement a community smoke alarm installation program in accordance with best practices and national recommendations. 

This course is designed to familiarize officers with individuals with sovereign citizen and violent extremism ideals an officer may encounter during their tour of duty. Students in this course will be provided with communication skills that may be helpful during encounters with these individuals.

Speech Disorders is a two hour independent online course designed to provide communications officers an in-depth overview of speech disorders that can hinder effective communication with callers. This course covers a variety of topics to include: the requirements for emergency communications, different types of speech disorders, and the differences between stuttering and cluttering. Upon completion of this training, communications officers will be equipped with the skills needed to communicate with callers that have communication disabilities due to speech disorders.

Start the Conversation is a video-based informational briefing designed to provide students with information about public safety induced stress and PTSD. It also provides public safety personnel with information for recognizing the symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicide. The video includes personal stories from public safety personnel from law enforcement, fire, ems, and communications. Information is provided about peer support, CISM, and other resources available to public safety when faced with stress, PTSD, thoughts of suicide, and line of duty injuries or deaths.

This course is required for any GPSTC employee who could potentially drive a state vehicle. The course, developed by the Department of Administrative Services Office of Fleet Management, provides employees with information regarding the use of the statewide fuel card standards and guidelines. Additionally, the course provides employees the opportunity to review GPSTC policy 5.0015, "State Gas Card Program" and to acknowledge the differences between the state policy and our stricter GPSTC policy.

This independent online course provides fire service leaders with an overview of succession development strategies. This course provides one hour of training for those in the fire service. 

The purpose of this course is to increase awareness of the risks associated with cancer in the firefighting profession and provide mitigation strategies to decrease firefighter job-related deaths attributable to cancer.