In-service training for professionals

All new for 2026: 1-day course covering state law, procedures, and the handling of abandoned vehicles on both public and private property. This updated training now includes added content, practical hands-on exercises, and a digital etextbook. Attendees will learn the full process from the initial complaint through the final auction stages, along with topics such as liability concerns for agencies and tow companies, auction procedures, TR-52 processes, required forms, file management, and valuable resource options. This informative course is designed for sworn administrators, police officers, dispatchers, civilian records personnel, and tow company owners and operators.

Course date: April 8, 2026
Course time: 8am – 5pm
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, Room N210
Course fee: $200 per person (Discount for registering 3 or more personnel)
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What will you get in our one-day AFG Training? Details of how to successfully write an Assistance to Firefighters Grant. What to review in FEMA GO to ensure your application gets past the computer screening.  What you need to include in your narrative. How successful grant applications got awarded.
We'll review: FEMA GO. Necessary data and statistics. Why successful grants are awarded. What needs to be in your narrative. How to get a head start on your application.

Course date: April 16, 2026
Course time: 8am – 4:30pm
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, J131
Course fee: $249 per person
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This Firearm Instructor Course will impart upon the participants sufficient knowledge and background in the proper techniques of handling and utilizing the semi-automatic pistol to be able to perform as a range instructor to provide competent training to other officers. Prerequisite: Attendees will be required to satisfactorily perform the MCOLES basic course of fire on the first day.

Course date: June 1-5, 2026
Course time: 8am - 5pm
Course instructor: Chris VanHorn and Chris Jaime
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, Room C111
Course fee: Non Consortium: $600 per person, Delta College Consortium: $400 per person

Required Equipment: Full duty belt with holster; duty pistol and minimum of three (3) ammunition magazines; 1,000 rounds of ammunition; soft body armor; eye and ear protection; baseball style cap; long pants; long sleeve shirt; sturdy footwear and any other clothing needed for the current weather; flashlight; sunscreen; bug spray; laptop computer with Flash drive (8GB min.); note taking materials; and personal first aid supplies.

MCOLES registered/CPE
Registration deadline: May 18, 2026
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This 50-hour course is meant to train and certify law enforcement officers to instruct defensive driving, emergency response driving and pursuit driving while addressing the legal issues related to emergency vehicle operation. Students will participate in a variety of driving skills courses, simulated pursuit scenarios and classroom lecture. The course will be taught with a combination of classroom lecture and hands-on driving at a closed driving range. NOTE: To attend this course, please see the Instructor Candidate minimum standards.

Course date: (Part 1) June 8-11; (Part 2) June 15-16, 2026; (Part 3) 8-hour phase student teaching will take place on a date/time to be determined by Master Instructor and student. Parts 1 and 2 will run 9am - 6pm
Course instructor: Lt. Brian Schroer
Course location: Delta College, Room J132
Course fee: Non Consortium: $735 per person, Delta College Consortium: $550 per person

Required Equipment: The student will need to bring a pursuit rated vehicle rated vehicle for each day of the course. The vehicle will be inspected and has to be in good condition, including tires.

MCOLES registered/CPE
Registration deadline: May 26, 2026
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This is an eight-hour course that starts with a short classroom update session followed by the remainder of the time spent on the driving range performing "behind the wheel" exercises. This course will cover pursuit rated models of patrol vehicles, exploring the differences between front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and SUV models.

Course date: June 17, 18, 22 or 23, 2026
Course time: 9am - 6pm
Course instructor: Lt. Brian Schroer
Course location: Delta College, Room J131
Course fee: Non Consortium: $125 per person, Delta College Consortium: $0 per person

Required Equipment: One patrol vehicle per three officers attending.

MCOLES registered/CPE
Registration deadline: One week prior to the selected session
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This full week, hands-on course is designed for police officers wanting to improve their knowledge regarding their ability to recognize and collect physical evidence from a crime scene. Training will consist of classroom lecture and hands-on training in the core physical evidence categories: latent prints, biology, footwear/tire tracks, firearms and tool marks and trace evidence. Hands-on and lecture training will also be provided in the documentation of crime scenes with photography, notes and sketches.

Course date: April 20-24, 2026
Course time: 8am - 5pm
Course instructor: Michigan State Police, Crime Lab Forensic Scientists
Course location: Delta College, Room E117
Course fee: Non Consortium: $525 per person, Delta College Consortium: $425 per person

Required Equipment: Attendee's agency assigned digital camera, owner's manual for camera, and tripod

MCOLES registered/CPE
Registration deadline: April 13, 2026
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Does this sound like your agency? Your agency lacks funds for vital equipment or training. You applied for grants i the past, but just cant seem to get your application into the winner's circle. Times are tight and your budget is shrinking, but grants seem so intimidating, you'll never figure out how to get that crucial additional funding for your department. Need help finding grants?
You're not the only one. Fire Departments, Law Enforcement Agencies, and other Emergency Services Agencies nationwide have felt the sting of the budget ax. Competition for grant funding awards is fierce. This training provides a competitive edge!
Don't settle for another "Dear John" rejection notice. What did our clients do to avoid those rejection notices? They got First Responder Grants training.

Course date: April 13-14, 2026
Course time: 8am – 4:30pm
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, J131
Course fee: $499 per person
Visit firstrespondergrants.com to register.

What will you get in our one-day AFG training: 
Details of how to successfully write an Assistance to Firefighters Grant. What to review in FEMA GO to ensure your application gets past the computer screening. What you need to include in your narrative. How successful grant applications got awarded.
We"ll Review:
FEMA GO. Necessary data and statistics. WHy successful grants are awarded.  What needs to be in your narrative. How to get a head start on your application.

Course date: April 16, 2026
Course time: 8am – 4:30pm
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, J131
Course fee: $249 per person
Visit firstrespondergrants.com to register.

This is a practical guide to the new Freedom of Information Act. The course will cover a brief overview of FOIA with more detail about the new FOIA changes, compliance with the act, the Requestor and the law, Standardization of Review, redaction, costs and response, Digital redaction. There will be case study and application and practical responses to requests.

Course date: April 1, 2026
Course time: 9am - 3pm
Course instructor: Bill Mathewson
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, Room J131
Course fee: Non Consortium: $125 per person, Delta College Consortium: $50 per person
MCOLES registered/CPE
Registration deadline: March 24, 2026
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MCOLES approved course of training which will certify licensed police officers to operate traffic RADAR and traffic LIDAR instruments. The course of training consists of three days of classroom and field exercises. Successful completion of this course will certify officers as RADAR/LIDAR operators.  NOTE: Student needs to bring a laptop computer for the first day of class.

Course date: March 23-25, 2026
Course time: 8am - 5pm
Course instructor: Tom Anderson
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, C111
Course fee: Non Consortium: $250 per person, Delta College Consortium: $0 per person
Required equipment: Laptop Computer required for first day of class. LIDAR Unit on second day. Patrol vehicle equipped with radar unit on third day.
MCOLES registered
Registration deadline: March 6, 2026
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This eight hour training for law enforcement officers will provide updated information pertaining to law enforcement utilizing the Michigan Vehicle Code. This course will also serve as an update and refresher for the patrol officers where they will receive an overview of traffic engineering principles and discover some of the issues involved in setting speed limits and the posting of traffic control devices.

Course date: March 19, 2026
Course time: 12pm – 8pm
Course location: Delta College Main Campus, Room F024
Course instructor: Lt. Brian Schroer
Course fee: Non-consortium: $100 per person, Delta College consortium: $0 per person

CPE discretionary eligible.
MCOLES registered.
Registration deadline: March 11, 2026

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This course is for already certified firearms (pistol) instructors. The student of this training will gain the knowledge of how to articulate and instruct the safe carry and storage; care and maintenance; sighting; setting up and engaging in live-fire drills; functions of the rifle and more to future operators of the semi-auto patrol rifles.

Course date: September 14-18, 2026
Course time: 8am - 5pm
Course instructor: Chris VanHorn and Chris Jaime
Course location: TBD
Course fee: Non Consortium: $600 per person, Delta College Consortium: $400 per person
Required equipment: Semi-auto patrol rifle, 1,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, duty belt and holstered duty pistol with 100 rounds of pistol ammunition, eye and ear protection, baseball style cap, roll out mat (for prone shooting), 'clean' 2G (or larger) flash drive for power point program. Attendees are advised to bring lcothing for inclement weather as this course is held "rain or shine"!

MCOLES registered
Registration deadline: September 1, 2026

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The PPCT DT Instructor re-certification course is designed to update current instructors in the changes to the PPCT program. During this re-certification process, students will fine tune their existing practical skills to meet the high standards of the PPCT Program. Upon completion of this course, the instructor's certification will be extended for three years.

Course date: March 16-18, 2026
Course time: 8am – 4pm
Course location: Delta College Main Campus
Room: TBA
Course instructor: Kevin Rize
Course fee: Non-consortium: $375 per person, Delta College consortium: $250 per person
Required equipment: Current manuals, loose athletic wear, duty belt (no firearm) and red gun, handcuffs, highlighter

CPE discretionary eligible.
MCOLES registered.
Registration deadline: February 23, 2026

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This training program deals with a practical and simple way for the officer to defend against a subject with the edged weapon. The need for this training became especially clear after the events of September 11, when terrorists took over planes using box cutters, which is basically a small knife. Also, the training shows the officer how the edged weapon can be used in a self-defense situation as an emergency backup weapon when the primary weapon system is not available.

Course date: May 6, 2026
Course time: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Course location: Delta College, Room N007
Course instructor: Lee Shaykhet
Course fee: Non-consortium: $150 per person, Delta College consortium: $125 per person

CPE discretionary eligible.
MCOLES registered.
Registration deadline: April 28, 2026

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