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Training
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Law Enforcement Training Courses Offered by the Minnesota State Patrol
Training Requirements:
Officers working overtime enforcement hours funded by this grant must have completed the following training prior to working any project hours:
- NHTSA’s 16-hour Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) course
- Minnesota’s Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE) course.
- NHTSA’s Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) or Drugs That Impair Driving (DTID)
Refreshers:
- Officers who last completed an SFST course of any kind before October 1, 2011 must complete an SFST/DWI Update class, the online ARIDE course and the online OPUE by Oct. 1, 2016
ARIDE Online - 6 POST credits
This course will instruct officers on the difference between alcohol and drug impaired drivers; how they are detected and what can be expected. Officers will learn the observable signs of seven major drug categories, medical conditions that mimic drug influence, and what they will see when they encounter drivers under the influence of specific drugs. This course may be used as ARIDE refresher.
Read the course access instructions and frequently asked questions.
For POST credits, each LEO needs to enter their own creditsinto their POST online account. To login in or create an account, go to https://mnit.force.com/license.
To create an account:
Click "Register Here" under the Login box
Complete each field with Name, Phone, Email and Password and click "Create Account."
Select option: CE Entry
Scroll down to find "Next" button
Class details:
OPUE Online - 3 POST credits
This online curriculum is only necessary for people who had the classroom training more than five years ago or have never taken OPUE at all.
www.mntrafficsafetytraining.com
Quick Reference Guide:
Course |
Length |
Type |
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) |
16 hours |
classroom |
Drugs That Impair Driving (DTID) - offered until Sept. 30, 2015 OR Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) - available now, but replaces DTID on Oct. 1, 2015 |
6 or 8 hours
10 hours |
classroom
classroom |
Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE)
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3 hours |
Classroom (until Oct. 1, 2015) |
Beginning Oct. 1, 2015, all training courses will be required to be refreshed within five years of their previous training date.
Course |
Length |
Type |
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST), |
4 hours |
classroom |
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) - available now |
5 hours |
online |
Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE)
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3 hours |
online |
Child Passenger Safety Training
Online Crash Data Collection Training
This course provides detailed instruction to complete the Minnesota Accident Report form through the Driver and Vehicle Services Law Enforcement Support website. Once successfully completing the course test, personnel can print out a certificate of completion for one hour of POST Board credit. To obtain a copy of the training, contact Kathleen Haney at 651-201-7064 or e-mail kathleen.haney@state.mn.us.
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