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Peace Officer Standards and Training Board

Peace Officer Standards and Training BoardThe Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board documents and manages the training and certification of all active peace officers and reserve peace officers working for Colorado law enforcement agencies. POST also provides continuing training on emerging issues, including anti-bias, DNA and witness protection issues.

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POST Director Paul D. Schultz

Director Paul Schultz has over 35 years of law enforcement experience that he brings to his position as Director of Peace Officer Standards and Training. His career began as a police cadet with the Englewood (CO) Police Department followed by a lengthy career with the Thornton (CO) Police Department where he served in numerous assignments and retired as a Police Commander in 1995. In 1995 he was appointed Chief of Police of the La Vista (NE) Police Department where he served until 2002 when he was appointed Chief of Police in Lafayette (CO). He served as Lafayette Chief of Police until 2010.
 
Director Schultz has a Master's Degree in Administration of Justice from the University of Colorado at Denver and is a graduate of the FBI Central States Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS), The FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association training program (LEEDA), The Police Executive Research Forums Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP) and the New England Institute for Law Enforcement Management. 
 
Director Schultz has served as President of both the Police Chiefs Association of Nebraska and the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police. In 1999 he was selected as Police Chief of the Year in Nebraska and in 2000 he was a Webber Seavey award winner for Quality in Law Enforcement. In 2007 he was selected as the Boulder County Chief of Police of the Year. He has served on the advisory committee to the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the International Association of Chiefs of Police Small Agency Technical Assistance Project and several local and state law enforcement committees in Colorado. He has also been an adjunct faculty at several Colorado and Nebraska Colleges for the past 20 years. He is a lead instructor for the Southern Police Institute and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
   
In 2010 he was appointed as the Director of Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Online Training Courses

To register for an on-line course you will need your POST Identification (PID) Number.  This is your unique six-digit ID number issued by POST and printed on your POST ID card.  Failure to use the POST ID Number can result in you not receiving POST credit for course completion and your training record being incomplete.

DNA Evidence Collection and Retention for Colorado Peace Officers Training

DNA Training FAQ

POST Anti-Bias Internet Training

Anti-Bias Training FAQ 

Legislative Updates

POST sponsors annual Legislative Updates courses through the Colorado District Attorney’s Council (CDAC.) This program is available statewide at no cost to law enforcement attendees. Contact CDAC directly for Legislative Update training or other legal program assistance.
http://www.cdacweb.com/

HB 10-1201 Concerning Duties Related to Peace Officer Contacts enacted as
16-3-310   Oral advisement and written consent prior to search of a vehicle or a person during a police contact.

 

Renewal of Peace Officer Certification

Resources for Prospective Peace Officers

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