GovSource Academy provides professional education, certification, workforce development, leadership development and exam preparation for law enforcement and public safety professionals.
Certification courses · 4 days · In person · $695 · CLER and CBI · Counts toward certification
Three progressive, in-person certification courses for the people responsible for staffing law enforcement agencies, from first contact with a candidate to leading the recruiting operation.
Foundation-level recruiter certification focused on attracting, engaging and converting qualified law enforcement candidates.
Dates coming soonLearn moreAdvanced recruiter development focused on recruiting strategy, candidate pipelines, digital recruiting, partnerships, technology, analytics, candidate experience and recruiter effectiveness.
Dates coming soonLearn moreSenior-level professional development focused on leading recruiting operations, developing sustainable recruiting programs, measuring organizational performance, retention strategy, resource planning and communicating recruiting performance to command staff.
Dates coming soonLearn moreRECRUIT → DEVELOP → LEAD
Each level builds on the previous level. Certification courses are instructor-led and must be completed in person. Two-day live-online versions are professional development and do not count toward certification.
Three progressive, in-person certification courses for public safety pre-employment background investigators: find the information, verify it, document it and report the facts.
Foundations of conducting thorough, ethical, organized, objective and defensible public safety pre-employment background investigations.
Dates coming soonLearn moreAdvanced investigative techniques involving verification, corroboration, records research, interviewing, identifying inconsistencies, source evaluation and applicant information validation.
Dates coming soonLearn moreAdvanced investigative documentation, case organization, investigative report writing, factual presentation, defensible documentation and communicating completed investigative findings to the hiring authority.
Dates coming soonLearn moreINVESTIGATE → VERIFY → REPORT
Each level builds on the previous level. Certification courses are instructor-led and must be completed in person. Two-day live-online versions are professional development and do not count toward certification.
GovSource teaches that the background investigator's responsibility is to:
The hiring authority or authorized decision-maker determines suitability and makes the hiring decision.
Professional courses · 4 days · In person · $695
Each is a full four-day Academy course, the same length and standard as a certification course. CLER and CBI differ only in that they are structured certification pathways: the distinction applies to the credential, not the length or seriousness of the course.
How to build a professional new-hire orientation and organizational onboarding program that brings new employees, and their families, successfully into the organization.
How public safety professionals and leaders understand, implement, govern and responsibly use artificial intelligence.
A full professional development course on using artificial intelligence responsibly across law enforcement recruiting, from sourcing and campaigns to pipeline management and analytics.
For the same tuition, a full course is four days in person or two days live online.
The structured CLER and CBI certification pathways.
Full four-day Academy courses, the same length and standard as a certification course.
Condensed delivery for professional development and education.
Agency, conference, association, team and specialized training.
Preparation for the Florida SOCE.
Workshops · Condensed agency and conference training · Free
Condensed workshops built on the Academy's primary professional curriculum, for law enforcement agencies, sheriff's offices, police departments, public safety agencies, associations, conferences, training events, leadership retreats and professional development events. Workshop attendance does not constitute certification.
A condensed, hands-on recruiting workshop for agencies, associations and conferences: what candidates want today, events that convert, and follow-up that fills academy classes.
Exam preparation is its own product line, with its own format and pricing.
Florida State Officer Certification Examination Preparation
Florida State Officer Certification Examination preparation: diagnostics, practice exams, subject-specific scoring and a personalized study plan.
Timed practice exams, a diagnostic and study mode for law enforcement and corrections candidates, with scores by topic.
In-person diagnostic exams for Equivalency of Training (EOT) and State Officer Certification Exam (SOCE) candidates, held four to six times a year at Lake Technical College.
Send recruiters, background investigators and command staff to an Academy course, host a free workshop for your region or conference, or prepare your candidates for the SOCE. Pay by card when you register, or have the Academy invoice your agency; invoices can be paid online by card or by check.
