Tactical Research

Knowledge that works for Real-World Problems. Tactical research supports our use of force framework by recognizing the needs of officers to select appropriate subject control tactics under demanding conditions.

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Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification

Defensive Tactics Course Description

Our defensive tactics course, a feature-rich management system of subject control tactics, addresses the most complex workforce challenges in the most demanding use of force situations, resulting in improved overall officer performance. Our defensive tactics solution is designed to deliver positive cognitive, physical, affective, and behavioral changes. The defensive tactics solution provides valuable and reliable training that keeps officers’ workforce behaviors efficient and streamlined.

Instructors can use our defensive tactics management system to easily plan recruit, in-service, and roll-call training. The management system integrates a variety of lesson plans, record keeping and reporting. We will work with you to create a training solution that fits your agency’s needs.

The defensive tactics management system is research driven and provides comprehensive training with an online training network to help make it easy to keep officers informed about new training practices, research, and the state of law.

The defensive tactics certification course provides 45 hours of physical and academic training. Officers who successfully complete the course are certified to instruct and certify officers in use of force tactics. The defensive tactics course is competency based. Certification requires officers to successfully complete both a written and practical exam. Certification topics include:

Performance	Person Searches
Resistance	Escorts
Mental Training	Baton
Control	Low-Level Resistance
Relative Positioning	Handgun Retention
Empty Hand Tactics	Edged Weapon Disarming
Striking Tactics	Handgun Disarming
Handcuffing	OC Tactics
Falling and Ground Tactics	Instructor Considerations

Benefits of the Defensive Tactics Solution

Because our comprehensive defensive tactics solution is powerful, unique, and uses tactical, medical, legal, and psychological research to streamline its use of force tactics to manage real-world resistance, officers can:

• Offset the negative effects of stress on decision-making, vision, memory, and performance
• Increase accuracy and speed of decision-making skills
• Reduce the number of forceful responses per decision
• Apply flexible subject control tactics to manage a wide range of resistance
• Improve report-writing skills
• Train the mind and body to perform their best
• Use decision-models that accurately illustrate forceful response choices
• Control active resistance more easily despite officer strength and size
• Do much more…

Contact us to see how our defensive tactics solution will help you.