The Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence provides training for local, county, state and federal professionals in law enforcement, public safety, fire science and homeland security along the US/Mexico border. Opportunities for professional growth and access to training will strengthen public safety and benefit those who make public service a career. South Texas College is dedicated to providing excellence in educational programs and accessibility to a diverse population.

TCOLE Training

Looking for training courses to complete your TCOLE certification? We offer training courses in Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced categories with experienced instructors. View our available courses and sign up today to reserve your spot!

The course listings will be updated periodically.

Course List

Upcoming Sessions Past Sessions

Available Sessions

Date Course Time
Apr 8 - 12, 2024 TCOLE 1014 Advanced Instructor Development 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Nov 27 - Dec 15, 2023 TCOLE 1080 Basic Telecommunicator Certification 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 11, 2023 TCOLE 2029 Defeating Deception in Interviews 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Apr 1 - 5, 2024 TCOLE 2054 RADAR/LIDAR Instructor Registration Opening Soon 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dec 5 - 7, 2023 TCOLE 2529 Red Dot Handgun Instructor 3 day 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 3, 2023 TCOLE 3039 High Performance Teamwork: Conflict Resolution 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
May 14 - 16, 2024 TCOLE 3206 Investigating Internal Affairs, Citizen Complaints and Officer Discipline 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oct 12, 2023 TCOLE 3232 Insurance Fraud for Patrol and CID 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 3, 2023 TCOLE 3757 Personnel Selection: An I/O Psychology Approach to Hiring and Promotion 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Oct 5, 2023 TCOLE 3812 TDD/TTY for Telecommunicators Cancelled 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Dec 21, 2023 TCOLE 3812 TDD/TTY for Telecommunicators 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Mar 4 - 6, 2024 TCOLE 3851 Intoxilyzer Operator Certification Course 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 2 - 4, 2023 TCOLE 4802 TCIC/TLETS Full Operator Access 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dec 18 - 20, 2023 TCOLE 4802 TCIC/TLETS Full Operator Access 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Apr 15 - 19, 2024 TCOLE 9909 Officer-Involved Shooting and Use-of-Force 5-day 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Feb 6 - 8, 2024 TCOLE 78402 Crisis Management Affecting Institutions of Higher Education: A Collaborative 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 16 - 20, 2023 5 Day New Detective and New Criminal Investigator 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oct 25 - 26, 2023 870 Remington Shotgun Armorer Course 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oct 23 - 24, 2023 Advanced FTO Course 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 19 - 20, 2023 Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff-Complex Incidents, ICS 400 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jun 3 - 4, 2024 Advanced Vehicle Contraband Concealment 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 23 - 24, 2023 AR15/M4 (Unbranded) Armorer 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Feb 19 - 23, 2024 Advanced Defensive Tactics Instructor 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Feb 15 - 16, 2024 Background Investigations 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Apr 1 - 5, 2024 Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Feb 12 - 16, 2024 Basic Crime Scene Photography 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jan 22 - 24, 2024 Complete Rangemaster Course 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2023 Confined Space Entry 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mar 19 - 21, 2024 Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction Registration Opening Soon 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
May 29 - 30, 2024 Death Investigation: Cause, Manner, and Mechanism of Death and the Investigative Process 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Jan 10, 2024 De-Escalation and Crisis Intervention That Actually Works 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mar 10 - 14, 2025 FBI-LEEDA Command Leadership Institute 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
May 19 - 23, 2025 FBI-LEEDA Executive Leadership Institute 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jan 20 - 24, 2025 FBI-LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2023 FTO (Field Training Officer) Certification 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Apr 22 - 26, 2024 Fire and Life Safety Educator I (NFPA 1035) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 3 - 4, 2023 Fire Investigation: First Responders (NFA) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jun 10 - 12, 2024 Fire Pattern Recognition, Identification and Persistence Registration Opening Soon 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Feb 12 - 14, 2024 Hands - On Vehicle Fire/Arson Investigation 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Apr 30 - May 2, 2024 Homicide Investigation & Crime Scene Management Training 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2023 Hostage Negotiations and Crisis Intervention, Phase I and II (Pierpoint) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Nov 6 - 10, 2023 Hostage Negotiations Phase 1 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jan 10 - 11, 2024 Indoor Drone Tactics for Law Enforcement 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 16 - 18, 2023 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents, ICS 300 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jan 30 - 31, 2024 Investigating Cases of Child Homicide and Unexplained Deaths of Children 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
May 6 - 8, 2024 Investigating Citizen Complaints & Officer Misconduct for Supervisors Registration Opening Soon 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Nov 13 - 14, 2023 Law Enforcement Grant Writing 101 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dec 4 - 6, 2023 NIMS/ICS–300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents - Starr Campus 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dec 7 - 8, 2023 NIMS/ICS–400 Advanced ICS for Complex Incidents - Starr Campus 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Nov 14, 2023 OC Aerosol Instructor 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Apr 22 - 23, 2024 Prisoner Control, Search and Transport Registration Opening Soon 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Nov 6 - 8, 2023 Police Background Investigations 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jan 16 - 19, 2024 Reid Investigative Interview and Advanced Interrogation 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
May 21 - 23, 2024 Responding to Veterans and Police Officers in Crisis Registration Opening Soon 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
May 20 - 21, 2024 Sexual Assault Investigation 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jul 8 - 10, 2024 Search Warrants 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Apr 8 - 9, 2024 Supervising the Toxic Officer Registration Opening Soon 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jan 29 - 31, 2024 Tactical Street Crimes Training 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Mar 8, 2024 Taking Care of Our Own 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Nov 29 - 30, 2023 Texas Law Enforcement Peer to Peer 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Past Sessions

Course
TCOLE 1849 De-escalation Techniques
TCOLE 1850 Crisis Intervention Training
TCOLE 2028 Undercover Techniques and Survival for Narcotics Officers
TCOLE 2052 Advanced Communications Course
TCOLE 2057 Report Writing - 2049 / Courtroom Testimony
TCOLE 2095 The State of Law Enforcement: Back to the Basics
TCOLE 2105 Child Abuse Prevention
TCOLE 2106 Crime Scene Investigation
TCOLE 2107 Intermediate Use of Force
TCOLE 2108 Intermediate Arrest, Search and Seizure
TCOLE 2109 Spanish for Law Enforcement
TCOLE 2178 SFST Refresher
TCOLE 2222 Basic Firearms Instructor Course
TCOLE 2530 Duty to Intervene
TCOLE 3131 Basic Civil Process
TCOLE 3132 How to Write a Search Warrant by the District Attorney Office
TCOLE 3132 Writing Narcotic Search Warrants
TCOLE 3150 Law Update: Digital Body Camera
TCOLE 3150 Law Update: Warrantless Searches
TCOLE 3186 State and Federal Law Update
TCOLE 3150 HB1927 Firearm Carry Act of 2021 (Constitutional Carry)
TCOLE 3232 Special Investigative Topics
TCOLE 3255 Asset Forfeiture
TCOLE 3256 Racial Profiling
TCOLE 3270 Human Trafficking
TCOLE 3271 Advanced Human Trafficking
TCOLE 3275 Missing & Exploited Children
TCOLE 3277 Identity Theft
TCOLE 3280 Cell Phone Investigation Techniques
TCOLE 3323 Patrol Rifle Instructor Course
TCOLE 3344 TASER Energy Weapon Instructor
TCOLE 3393 First Responder Medical (FRM) Train-the-Trainer
TCOLE 3835 Trauma Management
TCOLE 3843 Crisis Intervention Refresher
TCOLE 3844 Trauma Informed Peer Evaluator
TCOLE 3901 Family Violence (Strangulation)
TCOLE 3939 Cultural Diversity
TCOLE 4001 Mental Health Officer
TCOLE 4033 Drone Search and Rescue
TCOLE 4044 Drone Flight Basics/Part 107 Preparation
TCOLE 4064 School Based Law Enforcement
TCOLE 4065 Canine Encounters
TCOLE 4068 Child Safety Check Alert List
TCOLE 4900 Mental Health Training For Jailers
TCOLE 7887 Interacting with Drivers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
TCOLE 8158 - Body Worn Camera
TCOLE 30417 Civilian Interaction
TCOLE 30418 Citizen Interaction
38719/6012 - Resilience and 21st Century Law Enforcement Skills
TCOLE 53201 Analysis & Documentation of Medicolegal Death Investigations
TCOLE 57009 Police Vehicle Operations
21st Century Policing: Building Trust and Legitimacy
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)
Arrest and Control Tactics Instructor
AWR 136 - Essentials of Community Cybersecurity
Ballistic Shield
Basic Auto Extrication
Basic Bicycle School
Basic Narcotics Investigations
Basics of Fire Investigation
Building Financial Strength in First Responder Families
Car Fire Simulator
Crisis/Hostage Negotiations Course
Driver Aerial Operator- TCFP Certification
Don’t Fear the Darkside
Driver Operator Certification
Drug Interdiction Assistance Program
Drug Unit Supervisor
Emergency Medical Response and Basic Life Support
FBI-LEEDA Conducting and Managing Internal Affairs Investigations
FBI-LEEDA Conducting and Managing Internal Affairs Investigations
FBI-LEEDA Media and Public Relations
FBI-LEEDA Reflective Leadership Institute
Fire Prop Simulator
Fire Vent Trailer Simulator
Focus on Reducing Impaired Driving Among Youth
Force Encounters Analysis (Understanding Human Performance in Critical Incidents)
Forcible Entry
Glock Armorer
Ground Control Instructor Level 1
Hidden Compartment Training
Highway Drug Investigations for Patrol
Hostage Negotiations Course
Human Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement - Truckers Against Trafficking
Interdiction Investigations
Integrated Drug and Contraband Interdiction: Trafficking in Transportation and Service Industries
Interview and Interrogation
Introduction to Communication Technologies for Law Enforcement
Introduction to Cell Phone Investigations
K-9 Drug Detection Enhancement Course
Leadership Development for Law Enforcement Professionals
Leadership for Field Training Officers
Less Lethal Instructor Program
MCTC- Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opiates
MCTC- Introduction to Intelligence for Law Enforcement
MGT 384 - Community Preparedness for Cyber Incidents
NICB Auto Theft Course
NIMS/ICS–300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents - Pharr
NIMS/ICS–300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents - Mid Valley Campus
NIMS G-300 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents
NIMS/ICS–400 Advanced ICS for Complex Incidents - Pharr
NIMS/ICS–400 Advanced ICS for Complex Incidents - Mid Valley Campus
NIMS G-400 Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff
Overdose Death Investigations
People. Pressure. Personality. Understanding emotional intelligence and psychological safety.
Physical Surveillance for Counternarcotic Missions
Point of Contact Critical Wound Care
Public Agency Training Council: Cell Phone Technology and Forensic Data Recovery Certification
Public Agency Training Council: Detective and New Criminal Investigator
Public Agency Training Council: Practical Kinesic Interview and Interrogation Phase I and II
Public Safety - First Response to Mass Casualty/Active Shooter Incidents
Radar Certification
School and Workplace Violence: Preparation and Response
Smugglers Inc. 2.0
Social Media & Open Source Investigations
Stinger Spike Strip Certification
Surviving an Active Shooter Incident Helping Civilians Join Forces With Law Enforcement Against Active Shooters
Taking Action Against Cancer in the Fire Service
The Analytics of Report Writing for Effective Testimony
United States Secret Service Critical Protective Analysis Group (CPAG)
U.S. Secret Service (Threat Assessment Training for School Officials)
Use of Force/Deadly Force In The 21st Century Training
Valve and Hydrant Maintenance

Hiring Qualified Fire Trainers

Minimum Qualifications: Advanced Structure Firefighter, Instructor II, Class B Driver's license. Call Amy Espericueta, 956-872-4200, or email: aespericueta_3728@southtexascollege.edu.

Note: Must be local and have minimum 12 years experience

students training on the car fire simulator

Now Offering Fire Car Simulator Training to Police, Fire, Schools and Public Sectors

For more information please contact:
Amy Espericueta
Phone: 956-872-4200
Email: aespericueta_3728@southtexascollege.edu

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