Role readiness and field training officer software

PowerReady, formerly PowerFTO, manages communications and field training documentation, probationary and promotional phases, and supports new role transitions for all your employees.

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Daily observation report (DOR) example for a traffic stop in PowerReady field training software

What kind of training does PowerReady support?

  • Field training officer programs – San Jose, PTO model (Reno), Kellams
  • Communications training officer programs – Standard APCO-Based Communications, Basic CTO, an exclusive NENA template
  • Jail training officer programs – Intake, Housing
  • EMS field training programs – Basic EMT, Standard Paramedic
  • Specialist training
  • New supervisor onboarding
  • And more!

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PowerReady makes completing daily/weekly activity and observation reports easy – no matter what program you use.

(For this tour, we are demonstrating a sample DOR.)

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Benefits of managing your training programs online

  • Streamline training with software that automates tedious tasks
  • Increase visibility with real-time dashboards
  • Enhance your programs with detailed data, reports, and comparisons
  • Ensure readiness with easy-add programs for every role
  • Reduce risk with documentation at the click of a button
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Save time and resources with smart software

Eliminate paper and tedious report writing tasks with software that cross-fills fields, makes smart suggestions, and integrates directly with PowerPolicy. The system conforms to fit your process, not the other way around.

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See the big picture with real-time dashboards

Get visibility into your new role training programs with just one click. Real-time dashboards quickly show you how trainees are progressing, their high and low scores by activity type, where follow-up is needed, and more – all in one place. 

Enhance your new role training programs

Improve your training programs for every new role in the agency with meaningful insights from multiple robust reports. Collect and compare data by phase, year, trainer, trainee, activity type, and more. Don't just document training, enhance it.

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Key features of new role training software

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Policy Integration

Tie training directly to policies and mission-critical documents in PowerPolicy.

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CAD Connection

Import data directly from your CAD system and save valuable time.

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Program Templates

Get started faster with 18+ program templates built to match established models.

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Record of Training

Easily find and export trainee forms and records with a simple filter search.

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Advanced Reports

Analyze and improve your programs with reports and side-by-side comparisons.

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Real-Time Dashboards

See how trainees are progressing through the program with one click.

Top Questions We Get Asked

Field training software like PowerReady replaces manual paperwork with automated workflows, saving agencies 5+ hours per week per trainee. It gives supervisors real-time visibility into trainee performance, helps identify gaps earlier, and creates a permanent digital audit trail. The result is faster evaluations, more time for coaching, and reduced training-related risk.

Field training software like PowerReady improves FTO program defensibility by ensuring complete documentation, standardized evaluations, and verifiable evidence. Required fields prevent incomplete records, while consistent evaluation criteria ensure fair scoring across trainers. You can attach body camera footage, CAD incidents, and reports directly to evaluations – providing clear, time-stamped evidence of trainee performance.

 

Yes. PowerReady is mobile-friendly, allowing FTOs to complete evaluations, document incidents, and submit reports directly from a phone or tablet. Real-time documentation improves accuracy and ensures feedback is delivered while the training event is still fresh.

Organizations can build unlimited onboarding programs (i.e., FTO, CTO, JTO, Civilian, new Supervisors, new Investigators, etc.) as they'd like.  Each separate onboarding program can also have its own set of Trainees, Trainers, Supervisors, and Coordinators.

Yes, organizations can track employee goals, incidents, commendations, ratings, and more within the employee performance evaluations component of PowerReady.

While you cannot upload an image of your current DOR, our cloud-based system is designed to bring in the elements you are tracking in a user-friendly way. Our implementation team will work with you to support you in building your forms out in a way that supports your current operations. 

Performance categories can be configured to your organization’s needs. There is also flexibility in building the numerical scale for your needs. 

PowerReady uses workflows configured to your processes to ensure that DORs move seamlessly through your department. As each person signs off on the DOR it will automatically move to the next step and you will have visibility to see where each DOR is in the workflow to help you eliminate bottlenecks. 

PowerReady integrates with PowerPolicy, PowerDMS’s policy management solution, to keep field training aligned with current policies. Automatic updates ensure alignment and create a single system of record for employee development – from training to ongoing compliance.

The cost of field training software depends on your agency’s size, structure, and requirements. For PowerReady pricing, request a quote to get a tailored estimate based on your agency’s needs.

 

"The addition of this program has helped our FTOs with teaching trainees. And because we have better trained staff, we are losing less officers because they are seeing a positive change in the division."

Zachary Carter - Bastrop County Police Department

“FTOs complete DORs in 15 or 20 minutes at the end of their shift, rather than having to write almost constantly their entire shift.”

Sergeant Wilcox - Fishers Police Department

“PowerReady allows the academy director to look at what skills people are doing well or not so well on in the field. It helps inform our basic training staff on where we can improve.”

Second Lieutenant Becker - Fairfax County Police Department

“Our FTOs all say it's easier with PowerReady. They can pull over and enter calls right away. And because it's less time consuming, they aren't held over at the end of their shift trying to remember what they did at 6:00 a.m.”

Corporal Winterholler - Gillette Police Department

“Before, we were using Word documents to train our new sergeants. With PowerReady, we can keep track of what they have been trained on and make sure everything is done. Now we have a thorough training record.”

Second Lieutenant Becker - Fairfax County Police Department

“A large part of winning the appeal (in a case to determine just-cause for termination) was the user-friendly setup of PowerReady. Without the ease of use, our CTOs wouldn't have been as comfortable doing the documentation and would've been less likely to utilize the system to its full advantage.”

Darin Riney - Hamilton County Public Safety Communications

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