This course is designed to refresh the Officer/trooper’s mental and physical driving abilities. The Officer/trooper will be taught legal and KSP Police and procedures as it pertains to emergency driving. Then the Officer /Trooper will be given different driving skills courses throughout the week to refresh and fine-tune their mental and physical driving ability. Each course will be graded according to the Kentucky State Police Academy Driving Criteria. The total of all course scores will be added and averaged to get a weekly score for this in-service course.        

Special Instructions: 

EQUIPMENT: your assigned SP’s

RISK LEVEL: Medium

FITNESS LEVEL: Low-Medium

ATTENDEES:  Any Rank

PREREQUISITES:  None

This course is KLEC approved for 40 hours

KLEC Course # 2132-22K

This course will encompass classroom as well as outside driving courses. Officers/troopers will be trained and graded in topic presentations, set up of cone courses, driving of cone courses, taught how to grade other students, and then they will have to train and demonstrate to other students about how to properly drive certain courses. By the end of the week, each officer/trooper will know how each course is set up, will be able to set up each course, will be able to drive each course within the time allotted, and will know how to properly grade other students. The Officer/Trooper also will know how to correct a student’s errors they are exhibiting in Driving different courses.

Special Instructions: 

EQUIPMENT: your assigned SP’s

RISK LEVEL: Medium

FITNESS LEVEL: Low-Medium

ATTENDEES:  Any Rank

PREREQUISITES:  None

This course is KLEC approved for 40 hours

 KLEC course # 2131-22K

The Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) program was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with input from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. ARIDE was created to address the gap in training between the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and the Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC/DRE) Program.

The SFST program trains officers to identify and assess drivers suspected of being under the influence of alcohol, while the DEC/DRE program provides more advanced training to evaluate suspected drug impairment. The SFST assessment is typically employed at roadside, while an officer trained as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) through the DEC program conducts a 12-step evaluation in a more controlled environment such as a jail or a detention facility.

ARIDE is intended to bridge the gap between the SFST and DEC/DRE programs by providing officers with general knowledge related to drug impairment and by promoting the use of DREs in states that have the DEC Program. One of the more significant aspects of ARIDE is the required student demonstration of the SFST proficiency requirement. The ARIDE program stresses the importance of the signs and symptoms of the seven drug categories. This course will train law enforcement officers to observe, identify and articulate the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol, or a combination of both, in order to reduce the number of impaired driving incidents as well as crashes which result in serious injuries and fatalities. This course will educate other criminal justice professionals (prosecutors, toxicologists, judges, etc.) to understand the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol, or a combination of both, to enable them to effectively work with law enforcement in order to reduce the number of impaired driving incidents as well as crashes which result in serious injuries and fatalities.

ARIDE is a 16-hour training course and is taught by DRE instructors. The following summarizes the sessions contained in the ARIDE course:

• Introduction and Overview of Drugs and Highway Safety
• SFST Update, Review and Proficiency Examination
• Observations of Eyes and other Sobriety Tests to Detect Alcohol and Drug Impairment
• Seven Drug Categories
• Effects of Drug Combinations
• Pre- and Post-Arrest Procedures

This course is designed to build on the Standardized Field Sobriety Test practitioner course. In order for the participant to effectively utilize the information presented in this course, NHTSA has set a prerequisite of SFST proficiency. The participant will receive a short review and update. All participants are required to pass an SFST proficiency evaluation. Failure to successfully complete the SFST proficiency evaluation will result in dismissal from class.

 Prerequisites: 

Must pass an SFST Proficiency and Course Assessment on Day 1  

All participants must have had a approved NHTSA SFST course.

All participants must be SFST proficient

This course is KLEC approved for 16 hours

KLEC #:1640-21A

This course will provide the student with a refresher consistent with the Kentucky State Police Academy’s most up to date training curricula for the following skills areas: pistol, patrol rifle, and response to an active shooter incident.

This Class is KLEC approved for 40 hours

KLEC #2444-22K

​Special Instructions: 

EQUIPMENT: BDU belts and clothing. Glock 17, Glock 43X, Rifle, all magazines, and cleaning kits

RISK LEVEL: Medium FITNESS LEVEL: Low-Medium ATTENDEES:  Any Rank PREREQUISITES:  None

Academy Contact:             Tpr. Charles Phillips Wagner

                                                (859) 707-5361

                                                charles.wagner@ky.gov

                                                Lt. Chris Burton

                                                (606) 362-5152

                                                Christopher.burton@ky.gov

Monday: 1300-2200 (Day and Night Range) Frankfort Range

Tuesday: 1300-2200 (Day and Night Range) Frankfort Range

Wednesday: 0800-1700 KSP Barn, Coffee Tree Road

Thursday: 0800-1700 KSP Barn, Coffee Tree Road

Friday: 0800-1700 KSP Barn, Coffee Tree Road

This In-service is a 5 day 40 hour course that will be primarily for Troopers from Cadet Class 98-102. The first two days will consist of Troopers becoming ARIDE certified and a refresher on SFSTs (You must also Register for the ARIDE Portion on Coursestorms). The last three days of the course will be a refresher of STOPS training and Counter Ambush.  For the last three remaining days, we will focus on tactics when approaching stopped vehicles as well as how to react when engaged in an ambush type scenario. This course will allow Troopers to touch up and learn new skills that are crucial while working the road.

By registering for NEW TROOPER you are only registering for the last three days, please also register for the first two days on the ARIDE class that coincides with the New Trooper Class dates you have selected. 

Please contact Trooper Jamie Smith, or Trooper Courtney Milam with any questions. 

This course is designed to develop Kentucky State Police Troopers, Kentucky State Police Officers, and/or local law enforcement officers, with at least 3 years of experience, as law enforcement instructors.  Topics covered will range from building a course, engaging students, classroom teach-back, skill teach-back, learn operations of a cadet class, and other instructor-specific topics.  Instructor instruction and student teach back will be nearly 50/50; classroom time will be 60:40 for assignment work: lecture. This course will require physical participation, require students to complete assignments, and give several presentations in front of the class.  Students that do not participate in physical exercises and/or assignments will not receive in-service credit.  After the completion of this course, Troopers/Officers will be considered qualified for adjunct positions at the Kentucky State Police Academy.  This course will prepare students for future full-time positions as instructors and for a KLEC instructor course in the future.

KLEC Instructor Certification is not required.

This course is for instructors that are interested in becoming better or those looking to become instructors. 

This Class is KLEC approved for 40 hours.

KLEC #2488-22k

Special Considerations:   Currently Open to current CVE units only. Students will be required to arrive with assigned MDT, camera, audio recorder, and any issued evidence collection-related equipment.

Course Description: 

This is an intermediate course on several aspects of criminal investigation, specifically for uniformed officers.  The course will include photography, legal updates, domestic violence, child abuse and major scene response.  There will be hands on exercises during the course.

This Course is KLEC Approved for 40 Hours

KLEC #2492-22K

This class is a 40-hour block of the 2023 Kentucky State Police,  agency-wide Law Enforcement Avoidance Position Program, with an emphasis on injury avoidance, while also controlling the suspect in high-stress situations. Emphasis on protecting the perpetrator as well as the Trooper through technique and confidence when in a physical altercation. This will be accomplished by learning, understanding, and demonstrating effective techniques as well as being able to not only articulate their actions but also justify them. Knowing the legality and having the confidence to execute the proper technique at the correct time.

This course is KLEC Approved for 40 hours of in-service credit.

KLEC #2435-21K 

For more information, please contact:

Sergeant Justin Rundles U/164

Kentucky State Police

Academy Branch

Frankfort, KY. 40601

Cell: 270-201-6050

Email: justin.rundles@ky.gov