NEMRT, The Illinois Tactical Officers Association, and the Zion & Lake Villa Police Departments are pleased to offer this dynamic instructor training & certification opportunity:
Patrol CQB, Building Search Train-the-Trainer/Instructor Course
Dates: December 16-17-18, 2024
Times: 9am-5pm
Location:
Zion Day 1 / Lake Villa Day 2 & 3
Note: Registration for this class is being conducted through the NEMRT website: NEMRT.com
PURPOSE OF COURSE: This three day, 24-hour course is designed to teach officers proper building search and room clearing tactics and how to teach it to other Officers. The focus of this program is to provide officers with the knowledge and specialized tactical skills they will need to perform and teach building searches and room clearing.
COURSE OVERVIEW: This course is designed to train officers in the fundamentals and tactical skill sets required during building searches and room clearing operations. The focus of this program will be to provide officers with the knowledge, specialized tactical skill sets, and strategic understanding to be able to manage, perform and teach three critical high-risk patrol functions: building searches, room clearing and arrest team tactics.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: The goals of this course are as follows:
- To provide students with an understanding of why building searching/room clearing tactics were developed and the need for them to be integrated into their daily patrol activities.
- To identify and discuss use-of-force and safety priority issues related to building searching/room clearing tactics including immediate defense of life, law, police, procedure, and established safety priorities.
- To provide students with an inventory of appropriate equipment to be used when conducting these types of operations, including issues related to weapon and ammunition selection and uniform/identification requirements.
- To assist participants in demonstrating practical knowledge and performance ability while conducting building searching/room clearing operations, as well as movement formations, verbal skills, firearms handling/deployment skills, and working as a team.
- To allow students the opportunity to participate in realistic scenario-based training and demonstrate their ability to perform building searching/room clearing operational skill sets.
- To provide students the opportunity to learn, practice and teach the tactical skill sets necessary to perform and teach: Building searches / Room clearing / Use of cover / Suspect custody.
COURSE PREREQUISITES: Students should be current and/or perspective department Patrol Tactics Instructors, FTO’s, Range Officers and other officers who are familiar with and proficient in basic Patrol Tactics, as well as Active Shooter Response techniques and tactics. Attendees to this class should have End User (preferably Instructor) Training in the following areas:
1. Use of Force
2. Pistol / Rifle
3. High Risk Traffic Stops
4. High Risk Patrol Tactics
5. Active Threat Response
COURSE INSTRUCTORS / MATERIAL: The course instructors are ITOA & Illinois Master Tactical Instructors, with decades of experience teaching and conducting Building Searches and CQB, as well as Realistic Scenario Based Training. They will be following nationally recognized best practices & tactics that are recent and relevant to Patrol Officers.
Instructors for this course may include:
Chief Edward F. Mohn (ret.) is the ITOA President and Director of Training for ITOA & the SWAT team he serves on. Ed has 35+ years (Military & Police) of experience performing & teaching CQB, as well as 25+ years conducting Realistic Scenario Based Training for Patrol & SWAT. Ed is a Medal of Valor Recipient and has been at the forefront of developing multiple training programs at the state and national level.
Officer Brian Yarc is an ITOA Master Tactical Instructor with 20+ years of experience conducting CQB & realistic, scenario-based training, is the ITOA’s lead ballistic shield instructor, is the training coordinator for numerous agencies and is a 20+ year SWAT veteran.
Deputy Chief Greg Poulos (ret.) is an ITOA Master Instructor with 20+ years of experience conducting CQB & Realistic Scenario Based Training for patrol & SWAT. A former SWAT Entry Team Leader, he is his Department's Training Coordinator. Greg is a Medal of Valor recipient and one of ITOA Lead Tactical Firearms Instructors.
CMDR. Jason Leavitt (ret.) is an ITOA Master Tactical Instructor with 20+ years of experience conducting CQB & Realistic Scenario Based Training for Patrol & SWAT. A former SWAT Shield Operator & SWAT Team Commander, Jason is the recipient of the Police Medal of Honor.
TO REGISTER: Go to NEMRT.com
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation notice with reporting instructions and equipment list.
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