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TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES
Please check back regularly for new training opportunities.
FBI – Law Enforcement Officers
Killed or Assaulted (LEOKA) /
Officer Survival
Location: Gadsden
State Community
College (GSCC), Gadsden,
AL
Date: July 23, 2009
Course Length: 8hrs
Cost: Free
For more information, please use the link below to the FBI
Birmingham Field Office 2009 Training Schedule.
http://birmingham.fbi.gov/bhtrainingsched2009.htm
To register for this course, please use the Gadsden Police online
registration form by clicking here.
Defensive
Carbine
Shootrite
Firearms Academy,
Instructor Tiger McKee
Location: Gadsden, AL, Gadsden
P.D. Range
Date: November
3-4, 2009
Cost: $350 (Special Pricing)
Defensive Carbine is a 16-hour class covering use of
the carbine in defensive or combative applications. The new shooter will learn combative
marksmanship, both accurate and precision fire, manipulations, moving and
shooting, and the communication skills necessary combative
situations. For experienced
shooters this class will refine and improve your combative skills.
Topics Covered: (Depending on students’
abilities additional topics may be covered.)
Safety
Combative marksmanship, both
close distance and surgical shooting
Loading/Unloading techniques
Empty Reloads
Tactical Reloads
Non-diagnostic Malfunction
Clearances
The Threat Response
Moving and Shooting
Shooting/Fighting Positions
Communication Skills
Tactics
Environmental Awareness
Combative Mindset
Required Equipment:
Rifle
with sling - Duty gear is recommended
4
magazines
Mag
pouch
800
Rds ammo
Elbow
and Knee-pads
Eye/Ear
protection
Notepad
and pen
Clothing
appropriate for weather and cap with bill
Registration requires application,
available off Shootrite website,
plus credentials as stated on
application along with a 50% deposit.
For additional info contact
Shootrite, (256) 582-4777, www.shootrite.org
or tiger@shootrite.org
FREE FREE FREE
FREE FREE FREE
FBI
Firearms Instructor Recertification Course
November
17-18, 2009
The Gadsden Police Department, in cooperation with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, will present an FBI Firearms Instructor
Recertification Course. The course
will begin at 8:00 A.M. at the Gadsden Police Department’s Pierce
Range Training Facility. This
course is limited to twenty (20) students.
This course is only for current FBI Firearms Instructors to
recertify and not NRA or any other firearms instructors.
The APOSTC is requiring any instructor who instructs
or assists with the instruction at an academy to be recertified every
three (3) years.
The first day will have night firing. Twenty hours (20) of classroom and
range training will be conducted during these two days.
Equipment requirements are:
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Semi-auto handgun with leather gear, 4
magazines, and a minimum of 700 rounds of ammunition
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Shotgun (12 gauge) with 20 rounds of
rifled slugs, 20 rounds of buckshot, and 25 rounds of birdshot
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Patrol rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition
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Ballistic Vest
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Flashlight
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Eye and ear protection
We must have your registration form to guarantee your
seat in the course. Registration
deadline is 1 week prior to course date.
If
for some reason you are unable to attend the course and we are not
informed of your cancellation by fax, e-mail, or letter, you will not be
afforded the opportunity to attend training hosted by the Gadsden Police
Department for a period of 1 year.
For more information e-mail us or call (256) 549-4712
Please use the following link to register for training courses
online.
www.gadsdenpd.org/html/registration.html
*For Shootrite courses registration
requires an application which is available off the Shootrite website at www.shootrite.org.
For more information
please e-mail us or call (256) 549-4839.
Please
support our efforts to bring low and no-cost training to the area by
enrolling your personnel and telling other departments about these
opportunities. To secure a slot in any of the classes, call
Lieutenant Brent Sanders at 256-549-4839.
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