Animal Control Officer Resources

Maine ACO Preapproved Training Courses.

The courses are all approved to fulfill CE requirements. Some courses are also approved to fill CORE requirements and are marked at the bottom of the detailed page once you click on the individual course of interest.

For example: This webinar has been pre-approved by the Maine Animal Welfare Program for 1 Continuing Education Unit in Core Area 4 (Officer Wellness & Mental Health) for the State of Maine's ACO annual training. You can find more information about Certification, required annual training or submitting materials for credit at Maines Animal Control Officer Resource Page.

Need an account? If you do not have an active Justice Clearinghouse account, please email animal.welfare@maine.gov to request an account.

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Date:  May 6, 2024- May 7, 2024

Organization: Maine Municipal Association

Location: Maine Municipal Association, 60 Community Drive, Augusta ME 04330

Instructor: Curtis Smith, Vice President of Training, Verbal Judo Institute

Fee: Non-Member Price: $570; Member Price: $285

Credit: 8 CEUs; CORE 1 (ACO Safety ) and CORE 4 (Officer Wellness)

VERBAL JUDO is the only tactical communication course in America. The principles and tactics taught enable graduates to use "Presence and Words" to calm difficult people who may be under severe emotional or other influences, redirect the behavior of hostile people, defuse potentially dangerous situations, perform professionally under all conditions and achieve the desired outcome of the encounter.

This two-day course builds upon the information delivered in the typical one-day course and provides the opportunity for students to practice learned skills in an open and safe setting. It allows the instructor to devote more time to practical scenarios and group excercies and to focus on the needs of individual students. The tools and techniques work for a wide range of resistance from simple disagreement or being questioned to the extreme.

NOTE: This course uses real and/or realistic examples of extreme customer situations and may contain profanity. Participant discretion is advised.

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Date:  June 7, 2024

Organization: Animal Welfare Program

Location: MidCoast Humane Society, 5 Industrial Parkway, Brunswick, Maine

Instructor: Sydni Biette, MidCoast Humane Training and Behavior Coordinator

Fee: FREE, bring a bagged lunch

Credit: 8 CEUs, CORE 1 (ACO Safety )

Class was originally scheduled to be on May 17 and is now taking place on June 7.

This is an in-person, daylong, 8-hour training opportunity in ACO basics. It's appropriate training for new or less-experienced ACOs but also a great refresher for those more experienced who haven't recently had basic body language or equipment training.

Registration is required.

Each class will be capped at 25.

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