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Upcoming Courses:

May 19, 2025: 0800-1600

This course is designed for patrol officers. Whether the call is for an alarm, a cold burglary, or a hostage scenario, building search tactics are very similar. This course will…

Mandates: De-escalation Techniques, Officer Safety Techniques, Use of Force

Instructor: MTU 8 Instructors
Location: Old Owen's Nursery
May 29, 2025 - May 30, 2025: 0830-1630

The Street Survival seminar is based on the iconic course that revolutionized law enforcement training four decades ago. Today’s Street Survival® blends the foundational officer safety & survival principles that…

Mandates: De-escalation Techniques, High-risk Traffic Stops, Law Concerning Stops, Searches, and Use of Force, Legal Updates, Officer Safety Techniques, Officer Wellness and Mental Health

June 9, 2025 - June 10, 2025: 0800-1700

ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) Training is the leading program for response to violent critical incidents (VCI). VCI are man-made forms of violent disasters including: active shooter, violent intruder,…

Mandates: De-escalation Techniques, Officer Safety Techniques, Procedural Justice

Instructor: ALICE Instructors
Location: Dwight High School
June 9, 2025 - June 12, 2025: 0830 - 1630

Course size is limited. A maximum of two seats per member agency until 5/16/25. Contact MTU 8 if your department would like additional seats. If seats are remaining available after…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Legal Updates, Officer Safety Techniques, Procedural Justice

June 23, 2025: 0800-1600

Registration Deadline: 6/9/25

Mandates: De-escalation Techniques, Emergency Medical Response, Officer Safety Techniques

July 31, 2025 - August 1, 2025: 0800 - 1700

This course is limited to MTU 8 member agencies only. Register through MTU 8. ** Registration will close on June 30, 2025. No exceptions will be made. This is a…

Mandates: De-escalation Techniques, Law Concerning Stops, Searches, and Use of Force, Legal Updates, Officer Safety Techniques, Procedural Justice

August 18, 2025 - August 22, 2025: 0800 - 1600

This training features interactive lectures and discussions of actual case histories, videos, and laws specific to homicide investigations.  This comprehensive seminar provides instruction in conducting investigations and prosecuting death cases…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Cultural Competency, Human Rights, Lead Homicide Investigator, Legal Updates, Officer Wellness, Procedural Justice

August 26, 2025: 0830 - 1630

This course is designed to instill the officer with the ability to conduct a safe and effective traffic stop and to give them the tools to respond to the actions…

Mandates: Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, De-escalation Techniques, High-risk Traffic Stops, Law Concerning Stops, Searches, and Use of Force, Officer Safety Techniques

August 27, 2025: 0830 - 1630

This course is designed to instill the officer with the ability to conduct a safe and effective traffic stop and to give them the tools to respond to the actions…

Mandates: Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, De-escalation Techniques, High-risk Traffic Stops, Law Concerning Stops, Searches, and Use of Force, Officer Safety Techniques

August 29, 2025: 0830 - 1630

Telecommunicators must be prepared to deal with situations involving a person experiencing mental health issues/crisis and know how to respond to these situations. There is no denying the high volume…

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September 8, 2025: 0830-1630

Join us for a full day of discussion and instruction about Law Enforcement Officer and First Responder Wellness. This course places emphasis on new police officers, how their nervous systems…

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September 10, 2025: 0800 - 1600

* Due to FAA regulations, this course is only available to McLean County departments. 

Mandates: Officer Safety Techniques, Procedural Justice

September 11, 2025: 0800 - 1600

* Due to FAA regulations, this course is only available to McLean County departments. 

Mandates: Officer Safety Techniques, Procedural Justice

September 12, 2025: 0800 - 1600

* Due to FAA regulations, this course is only available to McLean County departments. 

Mandates: Officer Safety Techniques, Procedural Justice

September 17, 2025: 0830 - 1630

This course will focus on police officer use of force considerations in on-duty and off-duty scenarios. Practical use of force issues will be examined by viewing actual videos from live…

Mandates: Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Law Concerning Stops, Searches, and Use of Force, Lead Homicide Investigator, Legal Updates, Procedural Justice

September 19, 2025: 0830-1630

Every year, impaired drivers cause thousands of traffic deaths and injuries.  Law enforcement officers play a leading role in getting these drivers off our nation’s roads and must be skilled…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Legal Updates, Procedural Justice

September 22, 2025 - September 24, 2025: 0830-1630

This instructor development course is designed to assist in the development of law enforcement officers who can return to their organizations as instructors and subject-matter experts. Attendees will increase their…

Mandates: Procedural Justice

September 25, 2025: 0830-1630

Report writing is often considered an afterthought or a necessary evil of the job that many find mundane and unimportant. Still others, while recognizing the need for written reports, fail…

Mandates: Lead Homicide Investigator, Procedural Justice

October 3, 2025: 0830 - 1630

This program covers the concepts and practical application of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC), as well as Officer-Citizen High Threat Casualty Extraction.  Officers will learn how to treat commonly encountered…

Mandates: Emergency Medical Response, Procedural Justice

October 6, 2025 - October 9, 2025: 0830 - 1630

PURPOSE OF COURSE: This four-day, 32-hour program has been designed by expert practitioners from the fields of juvenile law, social work, and law enforcement to assist recently assigned juvenile officers…

Mandates: Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Human Rights, Lead Homicide Investigator, Legal Updates, School Resource Officer

October 15, 2025: 0830 - 1630

This course prepares the law enforcement officer for certification and licensing as a Breath Test Operator by the Illinois Department of Public Health. This course has been restructured from the…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Legal Updates

This fast-paced course is intended for patrol officers and supervisors who want to become more effective in detecting and arresting criminals operating motor vehicles including drug users, drug traffickers, fugitives…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Cultural Competency, Legal Updates, Use of Force

October 27, 2025: 0830 - 1630

Instruction will include concealment areas on people, purchased and self-made items, altered devices, and armaments that are specifically designed to conceal dangerous weapons. Emphasis will be placed on refocusing officer…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, De-escalation Techniques, Officer Safety Techniques

This training will provide law enforcement personnel with a wide variety of questions often used in DUI trials.  Participants attending the training will be engaged with an inter-active, internet presentation…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Legal Updates, Procedural Justice

The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) created the Seated SFST Battery that allows officers to administer scientifically validated field sobriety tests to subjects in a seated position….

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Legal Updates, Procedural Justice

October 30, 2025: 0830 - 1630

Join us for a full day of discussion and instruction about Law Enforcement Officer and First Responder Wellness. We will go in depth on how trauma and anxiety impact your…

Mandates: Crisis Intervention, Officer Wellness and Mental Health

November 10, 2025 - November 14, 2025: 0800-1600

Hostage Negotiations Phase III training module is a continuation of Phase I & II that builds on the solid foundation of theories and practicum of Hostage Negotiations. Phase III will…

Mandates: Crisis Intervention, De-escalation Techniques, Human Rights, Legal Updates, Officer Wellness and Mental Health, Procedural Justice

November 17, 2025: 0830 - 1630

This course will be conducted by Circuit Judge Daniel Shanes and will benefit patrol officers, investigators, and supervisors. Police work is difficult, and an officer’s uncertainty about the law can…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Human Rights, Lead Homicide Investigator, Legal Updates, Procedural Justice, Use of Force

December 1, 2025 - December 2, 2025: 0830-1630

This 16-hour course encompasses information and techniques for addressing the drug and alcohol impaired driving problem and will bridge the gap between field sobriety and drug recognition training. It is…

Mandates: Civil Rights, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Legal Updates

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