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MI – Triple Instructor Certification – Handcuffing, OC Spray & Police Baton

Oakland Police Academy – Auburn Hills MI
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Triple Instructor Certification – Handcuffing, OC Spray & Police Baton
June 1 – 5, 2026

This one-of-a-kind intensive 5-day program certifies instructors in three critical disciplines: Handcuffing, Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray, and the Expandable Baton. Specifically designed for law enforcement, private security  and corrections professionals, the course emphasizes the integration and transitional skills of multiple less-lethal control options, giving agencies a unified, adaptable approach to subject control.

Participants will:

Gain instructor-level proficiency in each tool with a focus on legal, tactical, and safe applications.
Learn how to seamlessly transition between handcuffing, OC spray, and baton techniques in real-world encounters.
Develop teaching methods to deliver effective, standardized training within their own agencies.|
Enhance adaptive decision-making skills that improve officer performance and reduce risk.
By equipping agencies with instructors certified in all three disciplines, this program maximizes training investments, strengthens consistency across force options, and promotes both officer and subject safety.

  Handcuffing Instructor Training
  • Nomenclature of the hinged and chain link handcuffs.
  • Handcuffing passive and resistant suspects.
  • Practical exercises of handcuffing maneuvers.
  • Departmental policy sample discussion.
  • Demonstrate the ability to perform team
  • Takedown and handcuffing maneuvers.
  • Documentation and report writing.
  • Safe Removal of handcuffs from suspects.
  • Controlling handcuffed combatants.
  • L.O.C.K.U.P. ® tactics integrated.

Baton Instructor Training – Straight & Expandable

  • Legal aspects of police use of force.
  • Baton deployment and purpose.
  • Baton justification.
  • Basic baton strikes.
  • Body mechanics and footwork.
  • Documentation and tracking use of force.
  • Baton nomenclature.
  • Stances.
  • Baton blocking principals.
  • Baton body manipulations.
  • Trouble shooting student performance.

APPLICABLE FOR ALL BATONS!!!!

Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray Instructor Training

  • Identify the various ingredients and strengths of (OC) spray.
  • Identify current legal/policy issues in the use of (OC) spray.
  • Identify the physical, psychological and physiological effects
  • Management protocols re: medical, and de-contamination procedures.
  • Identify the most effective (OC) delivery methods.
  • Identify the flammable characteristics of (O.C.) spray.
  • Identify the placement of OC on the “Use of Force Spectrum”.
  • Identify pre-existing medical conditions that may be aggravated by OC.
  • Identify verbal commands/warnings that should accompany
  • Deployment of OC.
  • Properly documenting the use of OC.
  • Tactical considerations: various canisters, holsters, and retention.
  • Draw techniques.
  • Perform a tactical OC exposure and restraint of a simulated “active” resistive subject.
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Hosted by
Oakland Police Academy – MI
2900 Featherstone Rd.
Auburn Hills MI 
Contact – Mr. Nic Rainwater
nsrainwa@oaklandcc.edu

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