TCOLE

If you are a licensed Texas peace officer, and/or are seeking licensure or re-licensure and would like to attend an ALERRT course within Texas, you are allowed to attend and earn TCOLE credit. However, it is the sole responsibility of the attendee to ensure that,
    A) the host agency is a TCOLE approved contract training provider** and will report the training hours for all course attendees, or,
    B) your own agency will report the course hours for you.

If you are not commissioned with an agency at the time of the training, you must ensure the host agency is a TCOLE training provider. ALERRT does not report in-direct deliveries.

**List of TCOLE Training Providers here: TCOLE Training Providers

 As of August 14, 2023, ALERRT will report all the TCOLE hours for all direct deliveries in Texas and online training. Courses prior to August 14, 2023, CANNOT be reported by ALERRT. For courses prior to that date students must contact the original host agency.

Hours will be reported within the 30-day reporting window from the course end date.

 No. Reporting cannot be expedited, and singular entries cannot be made.

• Level I (3311)
  
• Level I - TtT (3315)
  
• First Responder Medical (3357)
  
• First Responder Medical - TtT (3393)
  
• Active Attack Integrated Response (3381)
  
• Active Attack Integrated Response - TtT (3380)
• First Responder Breaching (3317)
• First Responder Breaching - TtT (3376)
• First Responder Operating in Low-Light (3318)
• Solo Officer Rapid Deployment (3382)
• Solo Officer Rapid Deployment - TtT (3392)
• ALERRT Update (3312)
• Exterior Response to Active Shooter Events (3394)
• Exterior Response to Active Shooter Events - TtT (3377)
• Medical Advanced Skills Course (3606)
• Active Shooter Incident Management (3607)
• Level 1 Train-the-Trainer Instructor Recertification - Online - Payment Required (3355)
• Active Attack Event Response Leadership - Online (667371)
• Active Attack Emergency Communications - Online (78052)
• Fire as a Weapon - Online (3356)
• Active Attack Incident Management (AAIM) - Online (3366)

·  ALERRT Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events - TtT (3604)
·  ALERRT Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events - TtT – online (3364)
·  ALERRT Civilian Response and Casualty Care - TtT (3378)

**These courses DO qualify for TCOLE training hours, but do not count toward the 16 hours of mandated ALERRT training.

TCOLE requires that all chief administrators to include Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, and Elected Constables take an ALERRT Command and Control course once every two (2) year training cycle.
The ALERRT courses that satisfy the command-and-control mandate are as follows:

· 3366 ALERRT Active Attack Incident Mgmt (online)
  **Reported to TCOLE by ALERRT. Enroll in the course here: AAIM Online

· 3367 ALERRT Active Attack Inc Mgmt (AAIM) TtT – Estimated release date Jan 1, 2025
  ** Reported by ALERRT for direct delivery, or training provider for indirect delivery.

· 3369 ALERRT Active Attack Incident Mgmt w/Exercises (AAIM) – Estimated release date Jan 1, 2025
  ** Reported by ALERRT for direct delivery, or training provider for indirect delivery.

· 33111 ALERRT Command and Control
  ** Reported by ALERRT for direct delivery, or training provider for indirect delivery.

· 3607 ALERRT Active Shooter Incident Mgmt (ASIM) – TEEX
  Hosted and reported through TEEX. To apply or for more info, please visit: TEEX ASIM

· 3740 Chief’s Continuing Education – LEMIT
  **Hosted and reported by LEMIT.

· 3743 Constables Continuing Education – LEMIT
  **Hosted and reported by LEMIT.

· 3709 Command Staff Leadership Series – LEMIT
 **Hosted and reported by LEMIT.

For additional and specific information pertaining to the TCOLE chief administrator training requirements, please visit TCOLE here: TCOLE Mandated ALERRT Training

No. ALERRT currently hosts 15 hours of online training that will satisfy the TCOLE mandate. See course list above. In the future, ALERRT will be developing additional online courses that will satisfy the mandate.

**** ALERRT highly recommends that at least 1/2 of your active attack training be obtained by attendance in an in-person course, where students engage in activities that build muscle memory and offer exposure to conditions and stimuli that cannot be recreated online.

No. While TCOLE does allow the same course to be reported twice within a single 2-year training unit, it is ALERRT policy that we will only report each online course completion once per 2-year training unit. After completion, students may review the online course as often as they wish, but it will only be reported to TCOLE once. 

Yes. Any agency teaching an indirect delivery of a full course can break up that curriculum into smaller blocks such as 2, 4, or 8 hours.

E.g., a 2-day Level 1 user course can be broken down into 2-hour blocks that can be delivered over several months at the convenience of the agency. See also TCOLE Reporting below for how to report hours in this configuration.

 If an ALERRT course curriculum is indirectly delivered in blocks, TCOLE reporting on TCLEDDS will happen one time at the end of the last block using the course completion date of the last day. It is still a TCOLE requirement to have daily sign in TCOLE rosters for their records, and is the agency’s responsibility to manage rostering, attendance and documentation over that time.

E.g., an agency delivers a 16-hour Level 1 course in 4-hour blocks once a week for 4 weeks. The agency will complete and maintain all TCOLE requirements such as daily rosters and then upload a single TCOLE roster to TCLEDDS to report the full 16 hours one time at the end of the 4 weeks using the last instruction day as the end date of the course. A full course curriculum can be delivered in blocks but cannot be reported in blocks.

Yes. TCOLE will allow for teaching stand-alone individual modules from any ALERRT course. However, these smaller blocks will be reported separately as individual courses using the ALERRT Update number of 3312. See ALERRT Update below for more information.

E.g., an agency wants just to train on the tourniquet section of the Level 1 Direct Threat Care module for one hour. The hour will be reported under 3312 as a stand-alone report. The agency is responsible for recording and reporting which module or subject was covered in their training records as well as the notes field on the TCLEDDS rostering site.

Online training courses can be found on the ALERRT eLearning site.

An agency can use 3312 - ALERRT Update number to report continuing training for maintenance, updates and/or delivering stand-alone individual ALERRT modules. Providers will need to submit a detailed description in the notes section of TCLEDDS denoting which course module they are training from. To qualify, the 3312 training must be fragments of ALERRT courses and must go by the approved lesson plans. The 3312 Update can be used from 1 to 24 hours per training cycle.

If a student fails a 2- or 3-day user course, then no TCOLE credit hours will be given.

If a student successfully passes the first 2 days of a 40-hour train-the-trainer course, but fails the instructor portion of the class, they may still earn 16 or 24 hours for the user course. Partial credit will only be given to a student who attends and attempts to pass the instructor portion of the 40-hour course.

E.g. A student successfully completes the first 2 days of a Level 1 TtT to include passing the post test, but fails the instructor teach back later in the week, therefore, they will only receive credit for 16 TCOLE hours and a certificate of attendance for the remainder of the TtT course.

Yes. if the hosting agency is not reporting, an attendee's agency can report their own TCOLE hours from any of the above listed courses. However, TCOLE Contract Training providers, academies and academic alternative providers will still be required to report any training they host. When an agency reports any of their own training hours, they will need to submit the roster with the PID of the instructor with ALERRT CI status to TCLEDDS

For more information regarding the bill, see SB1852. Visit the TCOLE website and see the TCOLE Training Provider resources page which includes examples, requirements, suggestions and downloadable guidelines.

The ALERRT Center strongly recommends full participation in all aspects of its reality-based course curriculum and training as designed. However, minor adjustments to the curriculum delivery are permitted to accommodate individuals who need training while addressing physical limitations. Provided that the core concepts and principles are conveyed, ALERRT considers the curriculum fulfilled even if a few participants engage in a slightly modified manner. For specific situations, please contact ALERRT for guidance.

E.g., If an attendee suffers from claustrophobia and cannot wear a fully enclosed helmet to participate in force-on-force scenarios, they should not be assigned as a suspect or positioned near simulated gunfights, allowing them to use a paintball-style mask or eye protection and/or even participate in non-simunition scenarios as a responder.

E.g., If a student has a back condition that prevents them from performing lifts, drags, and carries, they can still benefit from the lecture and grasp the concepts without being required to physically execute the maneuvers.