The Force Options OSC is designed is a two portion course. The primary focus is the evaluation and testing of those interested in potential employment with Force Options as contractors. The course is also open to individuals that want to experience the event and get the training, but feel they are not ready to take part in the actual selection.
The Kyusho International Tactical Application Courses (KTAC) are the most cutting edge training courses available today. These courses are designed as the pinnacle of personal and family protection skills training. It is an unfortunate fact that in the face of a direct threat to you or another unthinkable act such as Columbine or Virginia Tech - you may be the one on the scene. Law enforcement is forced into a role that brings them on scene usually after the fact and after the blood has been shed. History clearly demonstrates that the first line of defense is and armed and trained citizen.
This course is designed to create reflexive gun handling, improved marksmanship and tactical mindset. Students will learn to use a pistol in a very dynamic and combat based way in order to develop solid gun fighting skills. From hyper accuracy drill to close quarter shooting, this will be a diverse and exciting class.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment:
This course builds on our Tactical Handgun course and will teach the student how to deal with close quarter shooting. You will learn rapid deployment techniques including speed rock and tactical movement. The course will cover principles and drills designed to improve your skills in close quarter gun fighting.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
This course covers the tactical use of the shotgun. It covers the tactical skills necessary to successfully operate a shotgun in a hostile environment and combines it with a vast array of advanced shooting and manipulation techniques. Students will hone their skills to a razor’s edge in this challenging course. Students can expect to see dramatic increases in their speed, accuracy, and manipulation techniques during this course.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
By popular demand, Force Options will be presenting a Ladies Defensive Handgun course. This course is designed for beginner and intermediate students. This one day course is designed to familiarize the student with the fundamentals of handguns as well as the principles of defensive shooting. You will acquire all the essential self-defense skills with the handgun in a safe and supportive environment. You will learn gun safety, marksmanship, gun-handling and combat mindset during this fantastic course.
This course builds on our Tactical shotgun course and will teach the student how to deal with close quarter shooting. You will learn rapid deployment techniques including speed loads and tactical movement. The course will cover principles and drills designed to improve your skills in close quarter gunfighting.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
This course is designed to expose students to the next level in carbine training. While fundamentals will always be stressed, this course goes further and covers a great deal more. These topics include:
*Use of multiple firing positions
*Stong and weak side shooting
*Tactical movement with a carbine
*Tactical trasition to pistol
* Plus more
This course will teach effective techniques and principles for using a carbine as a close quarter fighting weapon. We will cover modified shooting positions, CQB weapon retention as well as fire and movement in close quarters.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
This is an Intermidiate level class for the bolt action or semi-auto rifle equipped with optics. The course includes improvised shooting positions, the use of cover and supports, shooter movement and drills stressing various tactics and techniques for field use of the rifle. Ranges are from 100 to 1000yds.
Duration: 3 Days
Equipment
This course builds on our Tactical Handgun course and will teach the student how to deal with advanced combat shooting and gunfighting skills. We will work an entire spectrum of shooting skills from extreme close quarters to long distance shooting. This class is designed to bring together shooters fundamental skills and help them evolve into a serious gunfighter. Some of the topics we will cover are:
*Speed rock close quarter shooting
* Support side shooting
This class is designed to help you become proficient at disassembly, reassembly, cleaning, lubrication, identification of worn or damaged parts, and parts replacement for your handgun. We will discuss diagnosing and fixing recurring malfunctions. After-market parts and modifications are discussed, with an emphasis on what products work and what products do not. We will not be modifying weapons however in this class. This course is essential for any gun owner.
NOTE: No ammunition of any kind will be allowed in class
Duration: 2 Hours
Equipment:
Safety
This 2-day firearms intensive training course is the ultimate in 3-gun training!
Students seeking to enhance their gun-handling skills with the semi-automatic pistol, carbine and shotgun will find that this firearms training course covers advanced drills integrating all three weapon systems.
This course will focus on development of advanced gun-handling skills and deployment techniques in all three disciplines.
This program is designed to meet the growing need for skilled defensive tactics instructors in both the law enforcement and military arenas. Upon completion of the course you will be awarded the title of Certified Defensive Tactics Instructor. There is a very real and growing need for skilled defensive tactics instructors in the law enforcement community. Most officers only see seven hours of training in the academy and then only six hours a year after that. Agencies are scrambling to provide their officers with effective, credible sources for DT training.
This class will explore a variety of subjects all based around the idea of improving an officer's ability to survive an attack while on patrol. This will be a hands on class in which each officer will be paired up and practice as well as be at the receiving end of technique. These are tried and tested techniques that are effective for officers of all sizes and abilities.
In this class you will learn a wide variety of simple and out of the box effective techniques to aid in controlling non-compliant subjects. Each technique is designed to be used by all officers regardless of size and strength. From simple finger locks to ground pins, you will be exposed to a variety of techniques.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
The objective of this course is to teach participants effective responses to an edged weapon attack in a close quarter environments. This course will cover realistic and effective countermeasures highlighting the body mechanics needed to effectively defend against an edged weapon attack.
There are people that actually practice techniques to take your weapon. You must counter this by training yourself in methods of retaining your weapon. All techniques taught in this class are simple and very effective. They are based on movement of your center of balance and are equally effective for smaller people as well as large ones. We will work on both holstered weapon retention as well as drawn weapon retention. This class is open to anyone that carries a gun. From CCW to law enforcement - we will cover it all!
This course will cover fundamental handcuffing techniques as well as unique and effective modifications to age old techniques. From compliant subjects to combative subjects, we will teach techniques to cover them all.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
In this class we will explore and practice a wide variety of techniques that will help you learn to maintain your ability to control a subject even if on the ground. These techniques are based on using your entire body as a tool which allows officers of all sizes and abilities to have equal success. We will work in the following areas: Maintaining /gaining control of subject, Joint immobilizations, Countering joint locks, Chokes, Body locks, Defending against a standing attacker while on the ground.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
Prerequisites: None
This course will focus on managing physical conflict in close quarter situations. The class will cover both open hand work as well as CQB tactical handgun. The first day of the class will cover open hand work and force on force scenarios with the use of training weapons. This will cover close quarter gunfighting situations as well as scenarios designed to force the use of open hand work. Day two will be on the range and will cover close quarter shooting skills. You will learn the principles of close range shooting as well as solid tactics for navigat
The ASP style baton has uses far beyond what most officers are aware. In this class we will explore and practice a variety of simple and extremely effective techniques that can be used by ANY officer. These techniques are designed to give officers an alternative to using the baton as a striking weapon.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
This course involves lecture, demonstrations, hands-on skill development and certification testing. Participants will learn: key definitions, baton nomenclature, maintenance procedures, target areas as denoted on the Monadnock Baton Chart, as well as demonstrate minimum competency in stance, patterns of movement, grip positions, methods of carry, two draws from a holder, two-handed blocks for various plains of attack, one and two-handed counter-strikes, and baton retention skills.
This course will cover the fundamental tools an officer needs in order to effectively defend themselves from a gun and knife. From principles of motions to angles of attack, this class will equip the officer with essential survival skills. This course is a must for all law-enforcement professionals and could mean the difference between life and death.
Duration: 2 Days
Equipment
The course will educate and supply information regarding the preliminary field identification of illegal and diverted legal drugs, as well as associated paraphernalia to law enforcement personnel. The course should serve as a tool and aid in the identification drugs, aimed at the reduction of usage an illicit sales. The course provides for definitions of basic drug terminology and the scheduling of drugs based on Controlled Substance ACT (CSA). Information will be provided on the chemical make up controlled substances as well as the manner in which they are produced for human consumption.
To provide selected military officers, law-enforcement personnel, noncommissioned officers, and civilians, an analyst course focused on intelligence cycle in a counter narco-terrorism capacity, understanding, and creating link analysis, correlating information, conducting intelligence preparation of the area of operations and creating target intelligence products in support of counter narco-terrorist operations.
Duration: 1 Day
Prerequisites: None
This course is designed for those working Drug Interdiction in Airports, Bus Stations, Amtrak Stations, Package and Freight squads and for K-9 Handlers. After attending this seminar, an individual Agent/Detective will be totally prepared to begin work at any interdiction assignment. Covered in this course are the basics of setting up an office, selecting personnel and organizing a task force. Heavy emphasis is placed on Case Law and the legalities of both Consensual Searches and Detentions.
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Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisites: None
This course is designed to meet the immediate training needs of law enforcement personnel who have been recently assigned to drug law enforcement units, divisions, or task forces. The basics of drug investigations are emphasized, beginning with the four essentials e.g., developing and handling informants, undercover investigations, physical surveillance, and writing search warrants.
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Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisites: None
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Duration: 1 Days
Prerequisites: None
This course is open to agencies wishing to retrain a handler with an existing dog that was trained by another vendor (pending an evaluation prior to the course). This course provides basic handling techniques, and a series of lectures on Patrol, narcotics or explosives detection deployment, tracking/trailing, apprehension training, maintenance training, case law, record keeping.
Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisites: None
This course is designed for the advanced training of Drug Detector Dog and Handler Teams, which will improve the teams’ search ability and help them to become both more effective and efficient.
This course will include both classroom and practical exercise instruction. Classroom topics will include the selection and training of dogs, search strategies and patterns, theory of odor dispersion, setting up training aid containers, training records, canine drives and communication, and case law. Practical exercises will include a variety of buildings and vehicles.
Upon successful completion of this course the student will: understand SAR theory, understand essential skills and equipment for emergency survival, have the basis knowledge of wilderness travel, understand and recognize stress problems in SAR, know the basic techniques to conduct a search, know how to handle evidence, understand the importance of clues and the importance of lost person behavior/histories, be aware of considerations for managing external influences and the importance of planning a rescue operation.
Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisites: None
One of the most dangerous tasks law enforcement agencies are called upon to perform is the apprehension of armed and fleeing fugitives in rural environments. Often these fugitives have killed police officers or others and will kill again upon contact. Immediate daytime or nighttime deployments are often needed to prevent the escape or additional harm to others. Each year across the US, law enforcement officers are killed in these dangerous deployments.
Safety, job performance, and efficiency are at the root of this training program. LE personnel on bikes can frequently respond more quickly than those in motor vehicles, especially in congested urban areas and in crowds. They are also effective in search-and-rescue operations, such as those resulting from natural disasters. Students learn basic and emergency bike-handling skills, riding single and in pairs under various traffic conditions, ways to effectively and safely pack equipment, techniques designed to safely handle LE scenes, and personal safety techniques.
This class will cover 2 major subjects: Weapon retention and use of the firearm as a tool to physically control an aggressive subject. A grabbed weapon presents a major danger to operators in many realms; your immediate danger of being disarmed and shot, your teammates coming under fire from the weapon just taken from you, interrupting the flow of the stack during the struggle, inability to fire your weapon because of unsafe field of fire, it goes on.
This course will cover the fundamental tools an officer needs in order to effectively defend themselves from a gun and knife. From principles of motions to angles of attack, this class will equip the officer with essential survival skills. This course is a must for all law-enforcement professionals and could mean the difference between life and death.
Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisites: None
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Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisites: None
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Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisites: None
This 3-Day highly dynamic course is like none other. With minimum classroom time, this course is for those SWAT or Narcotics operators who have the task of executing hazardous warrants. With a format that relies heavily on practical exercises, topics covered include Training, Planning, Briefing, Approach, Staging and the Execution of a dynamic hazardous warrant. Taught by leading experts who have "real-world" experience and are presently performing these tasks.
Duration: 3 Days
An investigations level course intended to equip members of the law enforcement community with skills required to identify and deter potential terrorist activity, and when necessary, respond to a potential terrorist attack. Two (2) days of classroom instruction focused on the tactics employed by terrorist organizations to better equip law enforcement personnel with the tools required to proactively and safely address terrorism.
Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisites: None
An introductory level course intended to equip the investigative law enforcement officer rudimentary skills required to detect and investigate potential terrorist activity, and when necessary, interview and interrogate a potential terrorist or group.
Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisites: None
In this class you will learn a wide variety of simple and out of the box effective techniques to aid in controlling non-compliant subjects. Each technique is designed to be used by all people regardless of size and strength. From simple finger locks to ground pins, you will be exposed to a variety of techniques.
Duration: 5 Days
Prerequisites: None
This course is a natural evolution from Control Techniques for the Personal Protection Specialist. This course will expand on control techniques and move into stun strikes as well as use of impact weapons as a tool of defense. Participants will be exposed to multiple scenarios and will be expected to effectively execute quick and decisive countermeasures by the end of the class.
Duration: 5 Days
Prerequisites: None
The use of firearms in executive protection is by all accounts a last resort. When events have escalated to the point that shots are being fired, it is essential that protective teams posses the skills to protect the principal as well as themselves. We will cover fire and movement drills as well as weapon transition and use of cover. Handgun, carbine and shot gun will all be covered. This is an advanced course and will require an expanded application.
Duration: 5 Days
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Duration: 5 Days
Prerequisites: None
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Duration: 5 Days
Prerequisites: None
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Duration: 5 Days
Prerequisites: None
Are you safe at home?... once you get home and lock the door? In an open and sometimes volatile society, your home should be a sanctuary for you and your family. Home invasion is a growing crime in which criminals force their way into homes, while the residents are there, in order to commit crimes, like burglary or rape. Because the home is supposed to be a safe place for those who live there, home invasion is frightening and emotionally scarring. Fortunately, there are ways in which you can protect yourself from home invasion.
Force Options will be offering a Tactical Medicine Course. This course provides initial instruction in Tactical Operational Medical Support, tactical operations, and those skills utilized in austere conditions and high-risk situations. This program is considered to be the entry level program for any person responsible for providing Operational Medical Support in a tactical environment. Class participants receive training focused on the unique area of operating in a high risk environments and remote areas of operation.
More than 960,000 domestic violence cases are reported each year according to a release by the U.S. Department of Justice while countless other cases go unreported. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program estimates 62 of every 100,000 females in the United States were victims of rape last year.
This is a monthly close quarter combat, open hand combatives class. It is open to anyone interested in learning effective and simple tools of close quarter defense. This is not a traditional martial arts type class and is taught in a relaxed setting. This program is designed to teach students the fundamentals of combatives. This program is based very heavily on Mr. Mastison's military and law-enforcement training programs. The core principle of this course is Close Quarters Combatives. We do not teach point sparring or any other sport applications.
Force Options offers a professional firearm instructor certification course for individuals and agencies.
