This group is the private forum of CAPTO members. The mission of the CAPTO Yahoo Group is to facilitate networking and the exchange of information between training managers. CAPTO is dedicated to:

•Providing its members with a forum that promotes the highest standards of professionalism, education, and service;
•Providing its members with a network for peer-to-peer support, mutual assistance, and the exchange of knowledge, information, ideas, techniques and other areas of mutual concern or interest in the police training community;
•Providing assistance to our junior members to help them succeed in their new assignment;
•Fostering a positive image, and better understanding of the training manager’s role;
•Providing coordination in development of police training programs which may qualify for state, federal or private financial support, sponsorship or other means of implementation; and
•Practice and encourage cooperation between law enforcement agencies, member associations, and other member entities which provide (or benefit from) effective law enforcement training.

CAPTO, a statewide organization, evolved from an informal group of training officers who began meeting in 1959 to share instructional ideas, knowledge and materials of common interest and concern.

The physical size of the State of California made a single group/single meeting place approach unworkable, so the state was divided into three primary CAPTO regions: Northern, Central and Southern. Each region annually elects a Board of Directors and holds meetings. In certain areas, geographical conditions dictate further subdivision as in Central (Coast) and Central (Valley) districts, with the possibility of more districts to follow. The three regions rotate responsibility for hosting the CAPTO Training Conference.

This group is designed to bring members even closer.