SOUTHEAST P.O.S.T. TRAINING REGION GUIDELINES

The mission of the Southeast P.O.S.T. Training Region is to provide quality law
enforcement training to the peace officers who serve communities; within this training
region.

DEFINITIONS

Southeast Training Region

The Southeast Region is defined as the state, county, and local law enforcement agencies in the following nine (9) counties:

1. Baca County
2. Bent County
3. Cheyenne County
4. Crowley County
5. Huerfano County
6. Kiowa County
7. Las Animas County
8. Otero County
9. Prowers County

Training

Training specific to the job or the function performed by line, supervisory, command, and executive-level law enforcement professionals.

P.O.S.T. Funded Training

Training is funded by the training region’s grant, either by purchasing a class or providing scholarship funding.

P.O.S.T. Funded Classes

P.O.S.T. Funded Classes are classes that are purchased by the region’s grant. The region’s annual contract with P.O.S.T. identifies and approves these classes. The classes can be amended with the approval of the region’s board and P.O.S.T.

Scholarship Funds

The region receives funding for training scholarships that can be applied to tuition and travel expenses, with pre-approval, at the discretion of the region’s board based on an email vote.

Backfill

The Southeast Training Region (SETR) Board has decided not to use backfill. The SETR Board’s philosophy is that by not reimbursing backfill, the agency requesting the scholarship is showing that the training requested is needed. This procedure also allows for the maximum use of scholarship funds. POST offers a separate backfill program that does not come from our regional funding.

Fiscal Agent / Coordinator

The Governing Committee shall determine the entity or organization responsible for receiving and distributing P.O.S.T. training funds. The fiscal agent/coordinator is responsible for adequately distributing training funds, maintaining all financial transactions, completing P.O.S.T. required financial/grant reports, and reporting the status of grant funds quarterly to the Southeast P.O.S.T. Training Region Governing Committee.

The fiscal agent/coordinator and governing committee are also responsible for ensuring that all funded courses are hosted within the region and that classes do not overlap or interfere with similar classes within the region.

Governing Committee

The Governing Committee will consist of no more than (6) six members from law enforcement or law enforcement training organizations from the Southeast P.O.S.T. Training Region. Members of this committee will be elected annually by agency-appointed members of the region. The CEO from each agency of the region will appoint (1) member to vote for that agency at the annual election.

The Governing Committee will be made up of a President, Vice President, Secretary, (3) three At-Large Members, and the Fiscal Agent / Coordinator, who serves as treasurer.

The Governing Committee will be responsible for communicating with Colorado P.O.S.T. on training initiatives, providing direction and guidance on training issues, authorizing funding for the development of curriculum and training, setting forth policies and procedures pertaining to training, developing and revising operating procedures as necessary, receive and act on financial reports from the Fiscal Agent, establish the budget, and provide requested training reports to the Chief Executive Officers of law enforcement agencies within the training region. Additionally, the Governing Committee shall review and approve all training applications based on the region’s procedures, provide information on in-service or advanced training opportunities to the law enforcement agencies within this training region, provide training applications to agencies, ensure that available training is listed on the region’s Google Calendar, and will be responsible for recommending to regional law enforcement agencies training from outside sources that may benefit a large group of law enforcement officers.