NEMRT - Class Info PPCT Weapon Retention and Disarming

PPCT Weapon Retention and Disarming - 08PHY019

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**Cancellations for this class must be received by NEMRT 7 days prior to the start of the program in order to avoid being billed!**

Location:

Lisle Police Department

Start Date:

5/18/2023

End Date:

5/18/2023

Start Time:

08:00 AM

End Time:

04:00 PM

Member Fee:

$0.00

NonMember Fee:

$105.00

Speaker(s):

James C Pozen

Department Max:

THIS COURSE MEETS THE FOLLOWING ILLINOIS STATE MANDATE(S)

Mandate	Mandate Hours	Scenario-Based Hours
Constitutional Use of LE Authority	0.5
De-escalation Techniques	0.5
Officer Safety Techniques	6.5	4

Over 10% of police officers killed in the line of duty in the United States are killed with their own firearms.  Consequently, weapon retention skills are crucial for any armed law enforcement officer, whether in uniform or plain clothes.  This one day course will prepare officers for close-quarter weapon retention encounters with holstered and drawn weapons as well as disarming encounters when offenders are pointing firearms at officers.  Officers who pass this course will be certified in Pressure Point Control Tactics Weapon Retention.    

Topics to be addressed include:    
- Weapon retention strategies that are used to enhance an officer's survival and response 
   time to a spontaneous threat  
- The four principles of weapon retention  
- The four issues that will help mentally prepare an officer for a disarming encounter  
- The three steps used in the disarming procedure        

**Participants must wear workout clothes and bring their duty belts and holsters to class.  Red training guns provided by NEMRT will also be utilized in class.

PPCT Weapon Retention and Disarming - 08PHY019

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