Forged: Stress, Ethics, and Resilience for Correctional Officers

Correctional officers face one of the most demanding and under-supported roles in public safety. Daily exposure to danger, trauma, inmate manipulation, and cumulative stress takes a measurable toll on officer health, performance, family stability, and career longevity. Most agencies never formally address it.

Forged is a four-hour live online training course delivered in partnership with Daytona State College. It gives correctional professionals a direct, practical framework for surviving the job and leading others through it, without filler and without theory for its own sake.

Instructor Thomas Gillan draws on real-world correctional cases and proven frameworks to guide participants through stress and trauma recognition, ethical decision-making under pressure, inmate manipulation awareness, and the resilience strategies that support long-term professional effectiveness.

Training Force USA, in partnership with Daytona State College, is proud to offer a online training designed to address these challenges head-on and equip correctional officers at every level with the tools needed to survive and thrive.

What You Will Learn

• Recognition of stress, trauma, and PTSD indicators specific to correctional environments

• Correctional officer suicide risk factors and practical prevention strategies

• De-escalation communication skills: knowing when to talk and when to listen

• Ethical challenges, boundary issues, and inmate manipulation tactics in corrections

• Stress-management strategies to build resilience and career longevity

• Lessons learned from real-world correctional safety incidents and critical cases

Who Should Attend Correctional officers, supervisors, command staff, and criminal justice professionals who want practical tools to manage the cumulative demands of corrections work and build long-term personal and professional resilience.

Your Instructor Thomas Gillan is a Certified Law Enforcement Trainer and Criminal Justice/Public Safety Instructor with extensive experience developing and delivering educational programs nationwide. He has written and presented training curricula for Training Force USA, the Florida Sheriff's Association, the Florida Attorney General's Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Department of Corrections, the FBI National Academy, and numerous colleges, universities, hospitals, and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies across the country. Thomas has received multiple awards from law enforcement agencies throughout Florida and has been recognized by the FBI, United States Attorney's Office, U.S. Marshal Service, Federal Air Marshals, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Cost $199 per person

Payment Options Credit card online, purchase order, or check. Invoice will be generated prior to class but is not due before. Checks payable to Training Force USA, 7769 McClure Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

Cancellations and Substitutions Registrations are confirmed upon submission and participants are responsible for payment regardless of attendance. Substitutions are welcome at any time by phone, email, or online. If minimum enrollment is not met, the class will transition to an on-demand format and all registered participants will be notified. A full refund is also available.

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