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ESF Introduces Its Competency-Based Training Process

From the very beginning of its origin in 1969, ESF offered its ProTrainer Processes to to a wide variety of Corrections & Law Enforcement.

ESF has completed a variety of Workshops and Training Projects in the Corrections & Law Enforcement industries throughout the country including those listed below.


Correctional Adjustment Center
Baltimore, MD
Copyright, Roberto Borea

The following Projects are on this page and will open below:

• Police Training
• • United States Capitol Police
  • Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD)

• Corrections Training
• • American Correctional Association (ACA)
  • Illinois State Department of Corrections
  • Maryland Adult Corrections Pre-Release

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• Police Training
• • D.C. Metropolitan Police Academy Training
  • D.C. Metropolitan Police Staff Training
  • D.C. Police: Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
  • Maryland Police Training Commission (MPTC)
  • Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Juvenile Services: Victor Cullen Center

ESF & IDLS Take
a Ride on the Metrorail

On June 4, 1976, President Ford signed into law a bill passed by Congress authorizing the establishment of the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD).

MTPD police officers have tri-state jurisdiction with responsibility for a variety of law enforcement and public safety functions in transit facilities and on the Metrorail and Metrobus systems throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Metrorail construction began in 1968 under President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and officially opened March 27, 1976 at the Rhode Island Avenue Station.

In 1975, using its IDLS-ProTrainer 1 instructional design process, ESF developed a training program for the Metro Transit Police Department officers.

When the new Metrorail opened in Washington, D.C., the Transit Police, trained through the interactive modules, used the new skills to prevent crime on Washington's new underground rail system,

Metro Transit Police Officer with Canine Partner
Ride the Metrorail Under the Streets of Washington, D.C.

Staff Certification: IDLS-ProTrainer 1

The American Correctional Association (ACA), formerly known as the American Prison Association, is the oldest and largest international correctional association in the world. Approximately 80 percent of all state departments of corrections and youth services are active participants.

Also included are programs and facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the private sector.


ACA Corrections Officers

In the 1970s, ESF conducted a series of regional workshops in the IDLS techniques and procedures nationally for the American Correctional Association.

The workshops involved training for correctional training officers from adult correctional institutions throughout the United States. .

The ACA trainers used the IDLS-ProTrainer 1 process to certify its trainers and develop instructional materials for the corrections industry.

Detention Ministry Meeting

IDLS for Corrections Academy In-house Training Development Staff

ESF conducted its IDLS-ProTrainer 1 Workshops to train the in-house training development staff of the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The Staff trainers designed, developed, and validated the entire correctional officers training program for the new Training Academy in Springfield.

ESF was responsible for the design and supervision of the development of the first systematically developed and individualized statewide correctional officers training program.

The Illinois Correctional Academy has improved the security of the jail facilities and also brought greater professionalism to the corrections field and the officers serving in that capacity.

The Correctional Basic Training Course is 200 hours of full-time study over five consecutive weeks of training, averaging 40 hours of study per week. One week of the Correctional Basic Training Course is conducted at a Board-certified jail for on-the-job training.
Illinois Corrections Academy Fingerprinting Training



The curriculum includes courses in the following:

Correctional Facility, Southwestern IL