Field Training Officer Program
After Academy graduation, Officers are assigned to a Patrol shift and enter the fifteen (15) week Field Training Officer Program. Officers ride with training officers and are extensively evaluated on their ability to apply Academy training to on-duty service. After successfully completing this program, officers are assigned to any of four Patrol shifts.
Patrol shifts for the Lubbock Police Department include three 8 hour shifts and one 10 hour shift and are as follows:
| Day Shift |
7:00 am to 3:00 pm |
(8 hour shift) |
| Evening Shift |
3:00 pm to 11:00 pm |
(8 hour shift) |
| Flex Shift |
6:00 pm to 2:00 am |
(8 hour shift) |
| Night Shift |
11:00 pm to 7:00 am |
(8 hour shift) |