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UTRGV Police Directory: (956) 882-7777
UTRGV Campus Emergency: (956) 882-4911
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Academic Services Facility Bldg.
501 N. Sugar Road, Edinburg TX 78539

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2671 FJRM Ave.
Brownsville, TX 78520

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Training Calendar for Active Law Enforcement Personnel

The following training sessions are offered to active law enforcement personnel (corrections, local, state and federal). For description of the course and requirements, click on the corresponding title. Register online using the link provided.

All courses are free. Pre-registration is required.

  • REGISTER ONLINE at www.utrgv.edu/police/training
  • A minimum of 10 students must be present for a course to continue. Students will be notified within 48 hours in case of cancellation.
  • Training is ONLY available to active personnel (corrections, local, state & federal).
  • Students that wish to cancel, must use the same sign-up system they used to register initially.
  • Students’ failure to cancel with proper notification to the training officer within 72 hrs of starting of the class, will cause a loss of training privileges at our training facility (for all and any training hosted, sponsored or provided) for a period of no less than 6 months from the date of the class in question.

For more information, contact UTRGV Police Department Training Officer Antonio Zarzoza at:  (956) 665-2988 or by email at antonio.zarzoza@utrgv.edu. 

Date Time Course TCOLE Course Setting Instructor Slots Registration
07-05-2023 8AM-5PM Force Options Training Lecture and Hands-on Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 10 Close
07-06-2023 8AM-5PM Force Options Training Lecture and Hands-on Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 10 Close
07-07-2023 8AM-5PM Force Options Training Lecture and Hands-on Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 10 Close
07-18-2023 8AM-5PM Force Options Training Lecture and Hands-on Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 10 Open
07-19-2023 8AM-5PM Force Options Training Lecture and Hands-on Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 10 Open
07-24-2023 to
07-28-2023
8AM-5PM Advanced Instructor Certification Course #1017 UTSP Personnel ONLY Antonio Zarzoza, UTRGV PD Open
08-03-2023 to
08-04-2023
8AM-5PM Red Dot Modular System Operator #2529 Lecture and Hands-on Lt. Lopez and Sgt. Munoz. UTRGV PD 10 Open
08-07-2023 to
08-11-2023
8AM-5PM *1 Basic Instructor Certification Course #1014 Lecture and Teachbacks Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 12 Open
08-22-2023 to
08-23-2023
8AM-5PM *2 Below 100 Instructor Certification Course #8831 Lecture and Teachbacks Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 12 Open
08-25-2023 8AM-12PM Bulletproof Command Presence: reframing officer safety from the inside out #3308 Lecture Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 30 Open
09-01-2023 8AM-5PM Instructor Development Series: Color Management for PowerPoint Design #38700 Lecture and Practicals Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 30 Open
09-07-2023 to
09-08-2023
8AM-5PM Patrol Rifle Operator Course #3322 Lecture and Hands-on Lt. Lopez and Sgt. Munoz. UTRGV PD 10 Open
09-12-2023 8AM-5PM Practical Off-Duty Response Training #3922 Lecture and Force-on-Force Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 30 Open
09-19-2023 8Am-12PM Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Training for Campus and School Resource Officers #2085 – Lecture Sgt. Pena, UTRGV PD 30 Open
09-22-2023 8AM-5PM Field Training Officer Update #3725 Lecture and Practicals Zarzoza, UTRGV PD 3 30 Open

Class/Training Details

• SPACE IS LIMITED, REGISTER ONLINE AT THE LINK PROVIDED – WALK INS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
• Training is ONLY available to active personnel (corrections, communications, probation, police - local, state & federal).
• Students that wish to cancel, must use the same sign-up system they initially used to register.
• Students’ failure to cancel with proper notification to the training officer within 72 hrs. of starting of the class, will cause a loss of training privileges at our training facility
(for all and any training hosted, sponsored or provided) for a period of no less than 6 months from the date of the class in question.
• Training dress attire is business casual or uniform, off-duty and plainclothes armed officers must display badge while on campus and have LEO credentials radily available.
• This campus is a tobacco free campus.
• Upon arrival please contact the parking and traffic lobby right outside the training room and request a temporary parking permit, they are free for up to 3 days.
• All training courses are free unless otherwise stated in the registration link, see registration link/flyer for details.
• *1 Students seeking the Basic Instructor Certification must be employed by a law enforcement agency, must have two years experience as a peace officer, telecommunicator,
or jailer; or a bachelor's degree and two years of teaching experience; or a graduate degree (as per TCOLE).
• *2 Students seeking the Below 100 Instructor Certification must have the Basic Instructor Proficiency Certificate to be eligible to attend.
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