Hours:16 

Instructor: Sgt. Pat Hiliker Pima County AZ Sheriff’s Office

Description:  This class is designed to discuss and perform the tactical principles needed to assist Incident Command in the resolve of barricaded suspects.   Topics include deployment strategies, manpower requirements, and the use of munitions and technology for tactical resolve.

Student  Requirements: SWAT Tactical Gear Handgun and long gun,

Hours:16 

Instructor: Sam Todd Metro SWAT

Description:  This course will focus on field craft exercises concerning marksman observer operations to include insertion and egress for surveillance operations, range estimation, target identification, and common tactical principles surround marksman observer operations

Student Requirements: Camo Uniform, Ghuillie Suit, long gun, binoculars or spotting scope and foul weather gear

Hours:16 

Instructor:  Jason Behun Cape Coral Florida PD SWAT

Description:  This training course is designed for SWAT trainers and operators responsible for conducting firearms training for their respective teams. The training will be centered on courses of fire that apply tactically sound principles in order to better prepare their SWAT operators for close quarter engagements. The purpose of the course is to provide information and ideas to design SWAT firearms training that tests the limits and exposes the capabilities of your SWAT operators and is relevant to your team’s tactical doctrine.

Student Requirements: 500 Rounds of Handgun Ammunition, eye and ear protection, tactical rig, vest and helmet

Hours:16 

Instructor:  Christian D’Alessandro Dallas SWAT

Description:  This course will concentrate on the principles surrounding hostage rescue operations, concepts of movement, coordination of multiple elements and strategies for effective tactical resolve.  Additionally this course will have a live fire component to it that with focus on the development of proficiency levels needed during Hostage Rescue Operations.

Student Requirements: N/A

Hours:8 

Instructor:  CTS Staff

Description:  This Instructor Certification Course will cover the principles surrounding ballistic breaching operations and At the conclusion of this block the student will be a certified instructor from the manufacturer.

Student Requirements: Tactical Gear, Eye and Ear Protection

Hours:8 

Instructor:  CTS Staff

Description:  This Instructor Certification Course will cover less lethal philosophy deployment and strategies and common accepted practices within the tactical community.  At the conclusion of this block the student will be a certified instructor from the manufacturer.

Student Requirements: Tactical Gear, Eye and Ear Protection

Hours:16 

Instructor:  Instructor Pat Fiorilli and Ted Morely, Lakewood PD Westshore Enforcement Bureau SWAT

Description:  This Course will focus on the principles and fundamentals of long gun deployment as it relates to high risk tactical situations.

Student Requirements: Tactical Gear, Eye and Ear Protection, Long Gun

Hours:16 

Instructor:  Sgt. Dan Murphy, Fort Collins Colorado

Description:  This training is designed for law enforcement personnel responsible for deploying as a SWAT team leader, or as a supervisor who is responsible for the training and deployment of tactical teams. The focus is on pre-incident training, planning, organizing and the tactical decision-making process used in the resolution of high-risk operations. Also included in the curriculum is an overview of SWAT training topics including selection and testing, training issues and liability, national SWAT Standards and critical incident reviews. Practical applications will consist of scouting and planning warrants, small team planning, tactics used in the resolution of critical incidents and reviewing tactical incidents and videos.

Student Requirements: None

Hours:16 

Instructor:  Cmdr. Thor Elles, Colorado Springs Colorado SWAT Team

Description:  This class will focus on Tactical Command Operations as they relate to strategy, planning, resource allocation, legal issues, concepts and span of control, command vs. control, Incident Command, NIMS, and tactical strategy as it relates to hostage and barricade situations.

Student Requirements: None

Hours:16 

Instructor:  Mr. Chris Mark Heben, Former Navy SEAL

Description:  Medical Security International delivers Integrative Tactical Emergency Medical training and gear for first responders of all types.  We focus on essentials for those on the front lines.  We deliver the best protective equipment, tourniquets, hemostatic dressings and training services in an efficient, cost effective single source solution.  Simply carrying tourniquets and bandages is no guarantee.  Learning how and when to apply them makes the difference.  Whether you are a law enforcement officer in harms way or a medical provider in the austere environment, MSI equips and empowers you to complete your mission.   Experience tells us that people perform to their lowest level of training when under severe stress. Every deadly force encounter differs in detail but not in principle.  Survivors all share one thing – their lowest level of training was better than their opponent’s highest.   MSI integrates our medical training into the tactical situations you face.  Our courses are taught by the survivors of deadly force encounters and experienced medical providers. We integrate the latest guidelines and research into the skills we teach and how we teach them.

Student Requirements: SWAT Tactical Gear Handgun and long gun, (if available)

Hours:8 

Instructor:  Kevan Dugan, PA State Police (Ret)

Description:  This class will focus on Tactical Command Operations as they relate to strategy, planning, resource allocation, legal issues, concepts and span of control, command vs. control, Incident Command, NIMS, and tactical strategy as it relates to hostage and barricade situations.

Student Requirements: None

Hours:8 

Instructor:  CTS Staff

Description:  Information provided, will include history of the product, nomenclature of the product, use of force considerations, different applications for the product, training examples, and legal implications.

Student Requirements: SWAT Tactical Gear Handgun and long gun

Hours:16 

Instructors:  Ted Morely West Shore Enforcement Bureau  SWAT
Cyril Cheng, Michigan Tactical Officer Association

Description:  This course will be an intense 2 day class concerning covert bypass of locking mechanisms commonly incurred by SWAT Teams in commercial and residential structures.  Students will be familiarized with common bypass and lock defeating methods used in the industry.

Student Requirements: None

Hours:8 

Instructors:   Dave Klinger

Description:  This course will examine the Police use of deadly force

David A. Klinger is an Associate Professor. He received a B.A. in History from Seattle Pacific University in 1980, a Masters in Justice from American University in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Washington in 1992. Prior to joining the Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty at UMSL, Professor Klinger was Assistant (1992-1998) and Associate (1998-1999) Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston. Prior to pursuing his graduate degrees, Professor Klinger worked as a patrol officer for the Los Angeles and Redmond (WA) Police Departments. In 1997 he was the recipient of the American Society of Criminology’s inaugural Ruth Caven Young Scholar Award for outstanding early career contributions to the discipline of criminology. Professor Klinger’s research interests include a broad array of issues in the field of crime and justice, with an emphasis on the organization and actions of the modern police. He has published scholarly manuscripts that address arrest practices, the use of force, how features of communities affect the actions of patrol officers, and terrorism. He has conducted two federally-funded research projects dealing with the use of force by police officers; one on officer-involved shootings and the other on police special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams.

Student Requirements: None