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➤ Develop fi rearm skills and profi ciency needed
when encountering an active shooter event.
➤ Build tactical profi ciency by using stress inoculation
in scenario-based training.

Methodologies
This course will employ lecture, conference and practical
exercises. This course comprises traditional classroom
delivery and extensive practical exercises. This training is
challenging based on practical exercises designed to induce
stress and allow the offi cer to successfully learn methods to
neutralize an active shooter. This course does include one
day of live-fi re range exercises, and one day of force-on-
force scenarios.

Course Requirements
Students must successfully pass all written and practical
Solo Active Shooter exercises. Seventy-fi ve percent is the passing score on the
written exam. All practical exercises are pass or fail with the
Response Conditioning opportunity for remediation for failures.

for Law Enforcement Special Concerns
Students must provide the following equipment:
➤ Assigned duty gear including handgun, soft body armor
Officers/School protective vest, duty belt, three (3) handgun magazines,
fl ashlight, and handcuffs with key.
Resource Officers ➤ Four hundred (400) rounds of handgun ammunition.
➤ Hat, ear protection, and eye protection.
➤ Gloves and long sleeve shirt for scenario practicals.
fl ashlight, and handcuffs with key.
Who Should Attend ➤ Four hundred (400) rounds of handgun ammunition.
Any offi cer who may be tasked with responding to an active ➤ Hat, ear protection, and eye protection.
shooter situation, particularly offi cers who are assigned as ➤ Gloves and long sleeve shirt for scenario practicals.
School Resource Offi cers. SROs are usually already present
at a school and capable to defend innocent lives. Rural Range exercises may be outdoors in unpredictable weather,
offi cers may not have backup available in a reasonable time so offi cers must prepare as they would when working their
to form an Active Shooter contact team, so they may have to duty shift. Bring inclement weather gear; rain clothing, cold
go alone. Active Shooter events are dynamic and usually over weather gear, gloves, and head protection. Simunitions FX
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quickly; therefore, solo response may be the best option to based training will require special protective gear which will
stop the rapid mass murder of innocent parties. be provided by the Academy. Groin protector for both male
and female offi cers is mandatory. Standard (baseball/softball)
Course Goal protector may be used if provided by offi cer. Bring civilian
To introduce the School Resource Offi cer (SRO) or line clothes for scenarios.
offi cer to characteristics of mental and tactical preparation
helpful to successfully mitigate an Active Shooter situation as Course Coordinator
a solo unit. Floyd Yoder

Course Objectives Length of Course
The student will be able to: Three days (24 hours)
➤ Identify and demonstrate the concepts of tactical
thinking and performance as it pertains to School LIMIT 2 STUDENTS
Resource Offi cers or fi rst-responders to active shooter PER DEPARTMENT.
situations.

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