Course Title: Law Enforcement Field Training Officer (FTO) Course Instructors: This course will be instructed by the training staff of the Great Oaks Police Academy. All instructors are OPOTA Certified Law Enforcement Instructors with significant training and experience in Field Training Officer Program Development, FTO Supervision and FTO Training. A section of the course dealing … Continue reading "Law Enforcement Field Training Officer (FTO) Course"

Instructor/Armorer Certification COURSE DESCRIPTION PepperBall products can help reduce officer and suspect injuries, save lives, decrease the risk of litigation, and improve public perception of law enforcement agencies. The PepperBall System is an affordable, nonlethal tool designed for patrol, corrections, and tactical officers in a wide variety of situations. The PepperBall Instructor/Armorer Certification course involves … Continue reading "Pepperball Instructor/Armorer Certification"

This 5-day, highly dynamic course is like no other because it provides useful defensive and countermeasure skills in all three zones of defense, especially for close quarter battles (CQB) and effecting the arrest. It relies heavily on practical, hands-on applications and is intended for those who want instruction in the proper uses of both soft … Continue reading "Defensive Tactics Instructor"

Recurring in both mainstream media outlets, as well as social media platforms, is the topic of police use-of-force. The Safariland Use-of-Force Instructor Course is the most comprehensive method for understanding and teaching use-of-force. This training will familiarize attendees with the pertinent Use-of-Force case law and demonstrates how it relates to policy, training and actual “street” … Continue reading "Use Of Force Instructor"

Using a comprehensive learning and dynamic hands-on curriculum, first responders will learn how to utilize a straight baton, which is one of the most useful less lethal technologies on the duty belt, in direct and/or transitional ways for overcoming subject resistance through strikes, jabs or blocks and establish practical anatomical control over a subject for … Continue reading "Monadnock Expandable Baton (MEB) Instructor Course"

Gain detailed information involved in the use of all types and forms of Oleoresin Capsicum aerosol projectors. This 8-hour course covers all aspects involved in the selection, preparation, deployment, storage, and legal ramifications regarding the use of all OC products. The student will also acquire specific information in Defense Technology® OC products, including all formulations, … Continue reading "OC Aerosol Instructor"