Upcoming Trainings
Leadership for Jailers
JMHO (TCOLE 5900)
Jail Mental Health Officer Master Trainer
The Basics of Minimum Jail Standards
Suicide Prevention for Jailers
Report Writing
Training Opportunities
Report Writing
This course will discuss what is required to prepare an accurate, detailed report involving critical incidents. It will cover the who, what, when, where, and why that is necessary in any incident report. This information will be beneficial for all incidents that occur in your facility.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: October 20, 2025
Time: 8:00am–12:00pm
Location:
Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Academy
801 Main Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
For Questions:
Tanisha Holmes
tholmes@lubbockcounty.gov
(806)775-1466
Leadership for Jailers
This course will increase understanding of servant leadership within the jail system. It will also define the value of honesty and the core principles of leadership. The student will gain knowledge in problem solving process in the jail setting. Jail staff are supervisors from the minute they start work since they supervise inmates.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: October 20, 2025
Time: 1:00pm–5:00pm
Location:
Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Academy
801 Main Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
For Questions:
Tanisha Holmes
tholmes@lubbockcounty.gov
(806)775-1466
Report Writing
This course will discuss what is required to prepare an accurate, detailed report involving critical incidents. It will cover the who, what, when, where, and why that is necessary in any incident report. This information will be beneficial for all incidents that occur in your facility.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: October 21, 2025
Time: 8:00am–12:00pm
Location:
Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Academy
801 Main Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
For Questions:
Tanisha Holmes
tholmes@lubbockcounty.gov
(806)775-1466
Leadership for Jailers
This course will increase understanding of servant leadership within the jail system. It will also define the value of honesty and the core principles of leadership. The student will gain knowledge in problem solving process in the jail setting. Jail staff are supervisors from the minute they start work since they supervise inmates.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: October 21, 2025
Time: 1:00pm–5:00pm
Location:
Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Academy
801 Main Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
For Questions:
Tanisha Holmes
tholmes@lubbockcounty.gov
(806)775-1466
The Basics of Minimum Jail Standards
Training Hours: 8
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: October 22, 2025
Time: 8:00am–5:00pm
Location:
Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Academy
801 Main Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
For Questions:
Tanisha Holmes
tholmes@lubbockcounty.gov
(806)775-1466
Jail Mental Health Officer Course (TCOLE 5900)
Hosted by Smith County Sheriff’s Office
This course is designed to certify the student (detention officer) as a Jail Mental Health Officer (Special Officer for Mental Health Assignment under 1701.404 of the Texas Occupations Code). In a jail setting, a Jail Mental Health Officer typically serves as a liaison between the jail and the court and medical/mental health providers. They are generally called upon to assist in de-escalating persons in mental crisis, coordinating care, and assisting with continuity of care as requested.
The course is delivered through a combination of classroom lecture, group discussion and activities, and one-on-one scenario role-play. It covers learning objectives such as understanding common mental disorders, de-escalating people with mental disorders, resources available to assist with the continuity of care, and individual self-care.
Limited spots available.
Training Hours: 40
Cost: Free
Date: November 10-14, 2025
Location:
Tyler Junior College, West Campus
1530 SSW Loop 323
Tyler, TX 75701
Class Presented by:
Lt. John Shoemaker, Smith County Sheriff's Office (JMHO Master Trainer)
Melvin G. Bowser, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (JMHO Master Trainer)
Assisted by other subject matter experts.
For registration questions, please contact Tina Hoffman:
Email: Tina.Hoffman@traviscountytx.gov
Cell Phone: 512-799-6931
Jail Mental Health Officer Course (TCOLE 5900)
Hosted by Travis County Sheriff’s Office
This course is designed to certify the student (detention officer) as a Jail Mental Health Officer (Special Officer for Mental Health Assignment under 1701.404 of the Texas Occupations Code). In a jail setting, a Jail Mental Health Officer typically serves as a liaison between the jail and the court and medical/mental health providers. They are generally called upon to assist in de-escalating persons in mental crisis, coordinating care, and assisting with continuity of care as requested.
The course is delivered through a combination of classroom lecture, group discussion and activities, and one-on-one scenario role-play. It covers learning objectives such as understanding common mental disorders, de-escalating people with mental disorders, resources available to assist with the continuity of care, and individual self-care.
Limited spots available.
Training Hours: 40
Cost: Free
Date: December 1-5, 2025
Location:
Travis County Sheriff's Office Training Academy
Bldg. 503614
Bill Price Rd.
Del Valle, TX 78617
Class Presented by:
Brook Bonnema (Behavioral Health & Programs Asst Director)
Assisted by other subject matter experts.
For registration questions, please contact Tina Hoffman:
Email: Tina.Hoffman@traviscountytx.gov
Cell Phone: 512-854-4194
Leadership for Jailers
This course will increase understanding of servant leadership within the jail system. It will also define the value of honesty and the core principles of leadership. The student will gain knowledge in problem solving process in the jail setting. Jail staff are supervisors from the minute they start work since they supervise inmates.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: December 9, 2025
Time: 8:00am–12:00pm
Location:
Waller County Sheriff's Office
100 Sheriff R. Glenn Smith Pkwy
Hempstead, Texas 77445
For Questions:
Gregory Brandon
979-826-8282, ext. 4085
g.brandon@wallercounty.us
Suicide Prevention for Jailers
Suicide Prevention for Jailers is a discussion of important factors in suicide prevention in jails, including intake screening, defining deliberate indifference, and monitoring.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: December 9, 2025
Time: 1:00pm–5:00pm
Location:
Waller County Sheriff's Office
100 Sheriff R. Glenn Smith Pkwy
Hempstead, Texas 77445
For Questions:
Gregory Brandon
979-826-8282, ext. 4085
g.brandon@wallercounty.us
Leadership for Jailers
This course will increase understanding of servant leadership within the jail system. It will also define the value of honesty and the core principles of leadership. The student will gain knowledge in problem solving process in the jail setting. Jail staff are supervisors from the minute they start work since they supervise inmates.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: December 10, 2025
Time: 8:00am–12:00pm
Location:
Waller County Sheriff's Office
100 Sheriff R. Glenn Smith Pkwy
Hempstead, Texas 77445
For Questions:
Gregory Brandon
979-826-8282, ext. 4085
g.brandon@wallercounty.us
Suicide Prevention for Jailers
Suicide Prevention for Jailers is a discussion of important factors in suicide prevention in jails, including intake screening, defining deliberate indifference, and monitoring.
Training Hours: 4
Cost: This training is free to TJA members. Non-members will pay a $30 registration fee. Once paid, he/she will receive a complimentary TJA membership. No refunds will be granted for Regional Training.
Date: December 10, 2025
Time: 1:00pm–5:00pm
Location:
Waller County Sheriff's Office
100 Sheriff R. Glenn Smith Pkwy
Hempstead, Texas 77445
For Questions:
Gregory Brandon
979-826-8282, ext. 4085
g.brandon@wallercounty.us
Jail Mental Health Officer Master Trainer VI
This Master Trainer course of the Jail Mental Health Officer Certification Program will equip trainers with the ability to effectively facilitate the program and develop community partners who will collaboratively deliver the curriculum to county jail staff. Additionally, it is the goal of providing this course to make trainers available across the state, where agencies may not have the resources to deliver this training. Agencies who attend are committed to delivering this curriculum and opening their JMHO courses to outside participants and to supporting delivery of the training in areas where it is not accessible.
This training is designed for licensed county jailers in the State of Texas who have completed the 5900 Jail Mental Health Officer (JMHO) training and obtained their JMHO certification through TCOLE. The nominee must also be a certified TCOLE instructor. The JMHO training is not a program where by everyone and anyone that applies will attend. This program is limited to 24 participants. Staff must be nominated by their Sheriff and nomination forms and letters of support must be submitted by the deadline.
Training Hours: 36
Cost: CMIT will cover cost of training material, snack breaks, all meals, parking and hotel nights. Agencies are responsible for travel expenses.
Date: February 23-27, 2026
Location:
George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77340
Phone: 936-294-3073
For Questions:
Kelli Fraley, CMIT Program Specialist
(936) 294-1640
ksf028@shsu.edu
