Public Safety Training

We offer continuing education for peace officers. Many courses are offered at the Public Safety Training Center (PSTC) in Camdenton, Missouri.

Continue Your Education

Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate your career with confidence, and complete required continuing education hours in courses like: 

Missouri Blue Shield Grant Program

The PSTC delivers comprehensive continuing education and training solutions for peace officers across Missouri, and this training is eligible for the Missouri Blue Shield Program. The curriculum is updated with the latest practices, taught by industry experts to ensure that officers stay prepared and confident in this fast-paced and ever-changing environment.

Contact Cody Brewington to discuss agency-specific needs, funding options, or to schedule training sessions.

Custom POST Training

Through strategic alignment with the Missouri Department of Public Safety’s Missouri Blue Shield Grant Program, the PSTC offers POST “Approved Provider” certified training to Blue Shield Counties and Cities.

The training center can customize training topics such as:

  • First-line leadership
  • Officer response to mental health crisis
  • Criminal interdiction
  • Patrol tactics
  • Officer safety
  • Investigations
  • Interview and interrogation
  • Constitutional law
  • Sovereign citizen/auditors
  • De-escalation tactics
  • Dispatch training
  • POST core requirements
  • Internal affairs
  • Civilian jailer training
  • Tactical first aid
  • And other courses, tailored to evolving operational needs

The PSTC is available to support agencies in developing eligible training proposals, aligning program selections with agency needs, and maximizing the impact of funding to enhance public safety concerns.

Let's Work Together

We’re here to help you meet your training goals. Set a meeting with Cody Brewington to figure out the best solutions for you and/or your agency.

Upcoming Public Safety Courses

September 2025
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ALERRT Active Shooter Level 1 End User – 2 Day Course – Doniphan, MO

This dynamic course of instruction is designed to prepare the first responder to isolate, distract, and neutralize an active shooter. This course will cover shooting and moving, threshold evaluation, concepts and principles of team movement, setting up for and room entry techniques, approach and breaching the crisis site, secondary responder tactics, improvised explosive devices, and […]
13 - 14 Sep
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Doniphan Career Center
302 East Spring Street Doniphan, Mo. 63935
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DWI-D Bootcamp

This is a 6-hour class that will focus on the investigation and prosecution of offenses involving drivers impaired by drugs other than alcohol. It will include a review of the drug categories and DRE protocols, a review of field sobriety tests that are frequently used in DWI-D cases, securing of appropriate samples for chemical testing, […]
25 Sep
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
MSU Public Safety Training Center
35 College St., Camdenton, MO 65020
Officer running down hall guns drawn with protective gear on

ALERRT Active Shooter Level 1 End User – 2 Day Course – Advance, MO

This dynamic course of instruction is designed to prepare the first responder to isolate, distract, and neutralize an active shooter. This course will cover shooting and moving, threshold evaluation, concepts and principles of team movement, setting up for and room entry techniques, approach and breaching the crisis site, secondary responder tactics, improvised explosive devices, and […]
26 - 27 Sep
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Advance Elementary School
33790 MO-91, Advance, MO, 63730
October 2025
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Reports & PC Statements: Writing for the Conviction

Improve your note-taking and report writing abilities. This is an active note-taking course with scenario-driven individual and group exercises and thought-driven quizzes. The ultimate goal of the course is to make the attendee better at documenting all of the items that make a report complete and ready for an investigator to “hit the ground running” […]
02 Oct
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
MSU Public Safety Training Center
35 College St., Camdenton, MO 65020
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POST Core Requirements – 2 LS, 4 TS, 2 IP-includes Implicit Bias & De-Escalation

The POST Core Requirements course will complete the legal studies, technical studies, and interpersonal perspectives categories for the 2026 POST requirement.   Racial Profiling, Implicit Bias, and De-escalation will also be covered.   This course will also look at emerging threats to public safety officers and how to respond to those threats.
16 Oct
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
MSU Public Safety Training Center
35 College St., Camdenton, MO 65020
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Protecting What We Value – Leadership in Public Safety – 5 TS, 2 IP, 1 LS

Protecting what we Value: Leadership in Public Safety is designed to equip you with the critical skills and knowledge needed to excel in today’s complex public safety environment. This intensive program will sharpen your expertise in all the keyareas you need to be a successful leader: Masterful Leadership: Develop a commanding presence, hone your communication […]
17 Oct
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
MSU Public Safety Training Center
35 College St., Camdenton, MO 65020
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Fulfill Your POST Certification Requirements

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At the Public Safety Training Center, take advantage of:

  • Flat-rate funding.
  • Online course scheduling.
  • Unlimited basic and advanced training hours to contract partners. 

ALERRT Active Shooter Training

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Preparation is key in high stakes situations. Simulation can be a life-saving tool.

Find out more about participating in Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training.

Agency Costs

The Public Safety Training Center offers both contract and non-contract rates for training.

Contract Rates

$250 per year, per officer.

This rate guarantees:

  • 24-hour POST continuing-education minimum.
  • Unlimited amount of training hours/courses.
  • Tracking in CLEE.

 

Some courses may require an additional equipment or service fee.

 

Non-Contract Rates

PSTC courses will be available at a per-course rate to all individuals/agencies not under a training contract.

The rate for a basic classroom course is:

  • $60 for a 4-hour course.
  • $120 for an 8-hour course.
  • $15 per hour, per attendee for courses longer than 8 hours.

Some courses may be priced above this basic rate if additional equipment or fees are accrued.

About the Public Safety Training Center

At the Public Safety Training Center, we offer innovative, advanced, specialty, supervisory and training courses to keep you prepared for any situation.  We also work with teams to design training on specifically requested topics.

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The PSTC is located in Camdenton, Missouri, at 35 College St.