(LIVE Fire – Empty Hand Combatives – Scenario Based Training)
The Integrated Use of Force in Extreme Close Quarters for the Street Officer is a three day program delivered through lectures, drills, physical skills instruction, firearms, role play, and practical scenario applications. This custom designed program involves training in physical skills and firearms drills in tubular and extreme close quarters. The course is designed to instruct students in using the amount of reasonable force necessary to control a combative suspect by using less lethal immediate physical combative responses instead of deadly force using department issued handguns.
Students will learn the Integration of L.O.C.K.U.P. ® / Soulis Shooting System and
- the psychophysiological dynamics of combat and how it relates to their performance during close quarter engagements,
- the importance of “risk management for combat concept”,
- how to apply principles of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution that governs the use of force (deadly and non-deadly),
- will learn to demonstrate basic combat striking techniques to manipulate the skeleton in close quarter engagements,
- will learn basic fighting positions from standing, kneeling and grounded positions within tight physical surroundings,
- will understand the five principles of Tubular Engagements,
- will establish a base of knowledge for utilizing the environment to utilize advantages and positioning for tactical responses,
- will learn body fusion and skeletal pinning techniques from the standing, kneeling and grounded positions,
- will learn redirection options for confronting an attacking suspect, and
- will learn close quarters weapon disarming techniques.
Firearms Goals
Students will
- learn and demonstrate shooting platforms from seated, standing, kneeling and grounded positions within tight physical surroundings,
- learn and demonstrate one handed close quarters shooting tactics,
- learn and demonstrate two handed close quarters shooting tactics,
- learn and demonstrate and perform precision shooting skills within a tubular environment, and
- learn and demonstrate angles of fire with extreme close quarters or within a tubular environment.
Scenario Exercises
Students will be equipped with safety equipment for force-on-force options using training marking rounds or Airsoft type training weapons and will practice in a tubular setting (train, bus or airplane) with scripted scenarios to enhance the learning of covered content.