RESPONDING TO RESISTANCE AND AGGRESSION
L.O.C.K.U.P. ® Police Combat
2 Day - Training

 A two-day introductory course for the street officer that is hands-on and mentally challenging. The course is presented in both lecture and physical training format. This program is also offered in a three day format for a more in-depth training experience. Officers learn:

• L.O.C.K.U.P.® Police Training System and Principals 
• Risk Assessment and Threat Indicators
• Understanding the Dynamics of Police Engagements
• Fear Management and Control
• Police Combat vs. Defensive Tactics
• Fighting Techniques and Fatigue
• Circle of Police Combat Training
• Effective Striking Techniques for Law Enforcement
• Countermeasures from the Standing, Kneeling and Grounded Position
• Team and Individual Offensive Tactics for Immediate Control
• How to Prepare Accurate Reports Documenting Incidents
• Officer Fitness for Survival
• Verbal Judo and Communications Skills
• Team Approach and Strategies
• Understanding Mass / Power and Kinetic Energy

CONTROLLING VIOLENT COMBATANTS
"Overcoming Size Differences"
Female / Smaller Stature Officers

This two-day course is designed for female and smaller stature officers because size and strength differentials necessitate combat strategies less reliant on pure upper body strength. The concepts and techniques can be utilized by any officer addressing a larger suspect. The same L.O.C.K.U.P.® orientation  provides the core of the instruction.  The days are hands-on and mentally challenging.  Officers train and drill in full gear because anything else makes no sense.

An intensive 3-day course that provides in-depth ground fighting training for the street officer. This program develops a solid foundation of physical manipulation techniques for ground fighting situations. These fighting concepts and maneuvers are based upon the L.O.C.K.U.P.® principals designed for the police officer with full gear in a ground fighting situations. The course is a physically demanding program designed to train and drill officers tactics needed to survive aggression or resistance.

The 5-day Train the Trainer course is a comprehensive and highly challenging physical arrest & control program. It is the basic L.O.C.K.U.P.® system instructor program that prepares officers to become certified L.O.C.K.U.P.® Arrest and Control instructors. The course is instructed through a combination of classroom, hands on instruction and training drills to facilitate retention among attending students.

Instructor candidates learn:

• Risk Management for Confrontations
• Legal Aspects of Use of Force
• Report Writing, Documentation and Tracking
• Instructional Methods and Techniques
• Understanding Factors for Victory or Defeat
• Controlling and Managing Fear
• Physiological and Physical Changes During Combat
• Fighting Maneuvers that Match the Physiological Changes
• Instructional Techniques That Work For the Individual
• Proper Striking Systems for Law Enforcement
• How to Trouble-Shoot Fighting Maneuvers
• Fighting Techniques and Fatigue
• Fighting from Standing, Kneeling and Grounded Platforms
• Team Communications and Takedowns
• Ground Fighting
• Weapon Retention and Takeaways
• Edged Weapon Defenses and Countermeasures
• Training for Multiple Assailants
• Managing and Documenting Training
• Environmental Training

<sub>“The agency has an excellent self defense training program which contributed greatly to their success in low usage of less lethal weapons during this accreditation period.” 2003 - 2006

Captain Howard Niemeier
New Port Kentucky PD · CALEA® Assessment Team</sub>