Bring Us to Your Agency
All CPSDS.org courses—both restricted and unrestricted—are instructor-led and provided at no cost to public safety agency employees when hosted by an official public safety agency.
Restricted courses are available exclusively to public safety agencies. They are not offered to private institutions or non-public safety organizations.
Unrestricted courses may be available to private institutions or non-public safety organizations; however, these are typically not offered free of charge. Please contact us for more information.
Hosting Requirements
If you're interested in hosting a course, please ensure the following conditions can be met:
- Decide which course(s) you'd like to host and offer.
- Have a range of available dates (at least 90 days in advance).
- Ensure
https://www.CPSDS.org
is whitelisted through your agency’s IT department. - Provide the training room’s occupancy capacity in your initial request.
- If the course is not fully filled by your agency, you must be willing to open seats to regional public safety personnel as applicable.
- A minimum of 50% of seats must be filled at least 72 hours before the course start date, or the instructor may cancel at their discretion.
- Ensure the venue includes adequate parking, one power outlet per seat, and reliable internet access via Wi-Fi or hotspot.
- The host agency is responsible for creating, publishing, and distributing the training announcement or flyer.
- Student registration will be managed through CPSDS.org’s official portal.
- Some courses require textbooks. Costs for required books are the responsibility of either the host or individual students.
- If the location is more than 100 air miles from Washington, D.C., the host agency may need to cover instructor travel and/or lodging.
Once you're ready, please contact us to begin the scheduling process.
Important Disclaimer
For accreditation and records retention purposes, CPSDS.org is the official training system of record for all accredited courses offered through the Center for Public Safety Data Science. CPSDS complies with all applicable Federal and Maryland State training and record custodian regulations under the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR).
Please note that CPSDS.org reserves the right to decline training requests at its sole discretion.