I am graduating from my police academy in less than 4 weeks. I'm pretty nervous for the Illinois State Exam and for my FTO program that literally starts one day after my state exam. Just asking for some advice for the state exam, but more importantly FTO.

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I was a FTO with I.S.P. What sets most recruits back is not knowing or working on geography at the start of the FTO program. Most new officers become frustrated when unable to state where they are at or where they need to go to. Until the recruit becomes somewhat confident in this, their frustration will carry over to actual police activities. A good FTO will understand your limits on police activities at first, but expect you to gain confidence after the first few weeks. If you work to learn, listen and try you will be fine.

I know that studying for the state exam will be key, so I've been focusing on that. One of my friends who graduated from the academy said that the FTO program is a great learning experience and he actually enjoyed it. He suggested taking it one step at a time and to talk to my FTO if I ever need help or have questions.

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