Our Debriefs and trai ning's AVAILABLE FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT OR CONFERENCE
Thank you for visiting our course page. Below you will find the courses that we provide for law enforcement and public safety. Once you've reviewed the page if there is a course that you would like further information about, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] we would be happy to send you more information or discuss over the phone. All of our courses are Missouri POST Certified for continuing education along with several other states.
- Critical Mindset Debrief
- "Seventeen seconds in Hell"
- Sheriff Michael Neal, West Memphis Arkansas Shootout
- On May 20, 2010, four law enforcement officers were shot in West Memphis, Arkansas. Two of those officers, Officer Bill Evans and Sgt Brandon Paudert lost their lives on a traffic stop. Officer Evans and Sgt. Paudert were ambushed that morning by Sovereign Citizens. During the stop Officer Evans and Sgt. Paudert were shot multiple times with an AK-47. Chaos ensued after that moment as the communication barrier between the communication center and the road units went into disarray.
Sheriff Michael Neal who at the time was a game warden for the Arkansas Fish and Game responded to the West Memphis area to assist in the man hunt of the two cop killers. Sheriff Neal hadn’t been in West Memphis for no more than fifteen minutes when he found himself in a gun battle for his life. Sheriff Neal was driving past the Wal-Mart as dispatch was giving the call out of the suspects spotted in the parking lot in the van in row 12. Sheriff Neal immediately turned into the parking lot and observed Crittendon County Sheriff Dick Busby and Undersheriff W.A Wren being shot by the cop killers.
Neal knew he had to stop the threat ramming his Arkansas Fish and Game truck into the suspects white van at 55 mph. What happened next Neal never expected as he found himself in a 17 second gun battle. Sheriff Neal took 12 rounds of AK-47 through his windshield and delivered 30 rounds of .223.
Sheriff Michael Neal is the most decorated officer in the history of law enforcement in the state of Arkansas. Sheriff Neal was awarded the 2011 International Law Enforcement Officer of the year and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Valor. Sheriff Neal debriefs this incident and what went right and what went wrong for him that day. If you're following this debrief with the range? Then this debrief will get you ready for your next 2 days.
PTSD the Silent Sniper Debrief
"There's a war behind the closed door"
Ret. Chief Jason Fitzwater
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was something never heard of years ago in law enforcement or public safety. If it was known about, it sure wasn't discussed in fear of officers losing their jobs or being branded as unfit for duty.
Not only does law enforcement have a silent war waged on them in the streets of America currently. We have an even bigger battle at home after work is over and the days off, or post retirement. For yours the stigma in law enforcement was “suck it up and have a beer” or “nothing bothers you, you’re fine.” Law enforcement officers for the longest have been afraid to speak out for help. The past several years has exactly proven just that with suicides surpassing the in-line of duty deaths.
For the last three years we've been carrying the flag and leading the march to break this stigma in the law enforcement profession. Jason's message is he want's public safety to know that “it’s ok, not to be ok.” Since 2018 Jason has been sharing his story of how early in his career PTSD led him to drinking to deal with his demons. Fitzwater shares about living a double life at work, and at home. In August of 2007 Fitzwater left a bar in his unmarked patrol vehicle after a night of drinking and crashed his work car leading him to be arrested by his own department. The arrest led to Fitzwater’s life spiraling out of control even more becoming divorced, losing his home, vehicle, and daughter. The spiral eventually led to becoming homeless sleeping in a vehicle his mother gave him. Through Fitzwater’s story he took one hit right after another battling every day to make it to the next. Fitzwater explains how Christmas of 2008 was the darkest day in his life and how he was going to end his life that evening.
Fitzwater’s story has a happy ending as he made it out of the darkness and was able to overcome his addiction. and battle back to have a purpose in life again. Jason's debrief has been called “life changing training."
The Club Pulse Terrorist Attack
"It was like being in a war zone, but it was home"
Ret. Detective Raul Rivas, Club Pulse Incident
The deadliest Terrorist Attack on United States soil since September 11, 2001, occurred June 12, 2016, at 2:02a.m. This incident today is known as the Pulse night club attack located in downtown Orlando, Florida.
Detective Raul Rivas who was a fifteen-year member of the Orlando SWAT team at the time of the Pulse incident had just arrived back home around 2:00am. Rivas and the Orlando SWAT team had just dealt with back-to-back hostage situation call outs that weekend. Detective Rivas had just crawled into bed and closed his eyes when the call out for the Pulse Incident went out. Detective Rivas does a complete breakdown of the Pulse Incident from the time the suspect was looking for a target to the aftermath of the Pulse incident.
Raul who was assistant team leader for the Orlando SWAT team immediately responded to the incident that was unfolding at Club Pulse. Detective Rivas jumped into action with other SWAT team members as he explains how the dynamics of the incident changed very abruptly for all law enforcement on the scene.
Raul talks about the importance of unified command between public safety entities in a critical incident. Detective Rivas speaks about the unthinkable and quick decisions that the command staff of the Orlando Police Department made that morning. Raul describes first-hand the shootout between the OPD Swat team and suspect at the backside of the club. What Detective Rivas talks about isn’t a book report or something that was told to him. Detective Rivas exchanged gunfire with the suspect that morning ending the terrorist attack and the killing. Detective Rivas discusses the PTSD effect that the incident not only for him, but also the OPD Swat team and surrounding agencies.
That horrific morning in Orlando one-hundred and two people were injured in the Pulse incident. Unfortunately, forty-nine innocent people lost their lives from the Pulse event. Detective Rivas received multiple awards from the Club Pulse incident because of heroics including the award of Valor and State of Florida Special award. Into today's environment Raul's debrief is one to hear, listen, and study.
RANGE CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT OR CONFERENCE
Counter Ambush for Law Enforcement.
Students are placed in real world scenarios as we induce chaos, and stress, of being caught in an actual Ambush Situation. We begin by putting the student in the vehicle as that's where law enforcement spends most of their shift normally. Students learn how to shoot, reload, fix malfunctions under stress inside the vehicle. Students are then taught the vehicle bail out and using their vehicle as cover and concealment. Students are built up from the ground level, and through training they will learn and gain confidence of engaging, reloading, and weapon malfunctions during all ambush situations. Students will go through multiple evolutions of ambushes on traffic stops, during foot pursuits, while during vehicle pursuits. Students will conclude training with the "bounding drill" to a downed officer under an ambush. Students will be introduced into scenarios with multiple real-world distractions. This course will prepare students for when the unthinkable happens and they have to survive the unknown.
Gear and Material requirement for this course per student.
Students are placed in real world scenarios as we induce chaos, and stress, of being caught in an actual Ambush Situation. We begin by putting the student in the vehicle as that's where law enforcement spends most of their shift normally. Students learn how to shoot, reload, fix malfunctions under stress inside the vehicle. Students are then taught the vehicle bail out and using their vehicle as cover and concealment. Students are built up from the ground level, and through training they will learn and gain confidence of engaging, reloading, and weapon malfunctions during all ambush situations. Students will go through multiple evolutions of ambushes on traffic stops, during foot pursuits, while during vehicle pursuits. Students will conclude training with the "bounding drill" to a downed officer under an ambush. Students will be introduced into scenarios with multiple real-world distractions. This course will prepare students for when the unthinkable happens and they have to survive the unknown.
Gear and Material requirement for this course per student.
- Working, functional handgun, with minimum three magazines.
- Working, functional rifle, with minimum three magazines.
- Long tactical pants, long sleeve shirt, boots or tactical shoes and a hat. (Old clothes recommended)
- Eye and ear protection.
- Duty holster, belt, and equipment you would wear at work or missions. (NO SERPA Holsters)
- Light body armor, or outer carrier used for work, and ballistic helmet if they have one.
- A total of 250 rounds of handgun and 200 rounds of rifle ammunition.
- A good attitude and open mind to learning some new things.
"Engage the Shooter" the N&F Active Killer Course.
In today's environment you can never be too prepared for an active killer situation. Even though this is the type of situation that we in law enforcement don't want to think about. Unfortunalty, now we don't have a choice especially administration. That's why we have come up with this course that can be taught in one-day all the way up to a weeklong course if that's the need that you have for your department or region. This class is open for all law enforcement levels, tactical medics or tactical firefighter and we HIGHLY suggest that fire and Ems personnel take this course. We are a mobile company without a homebase so we will come to you to conduct this training. Somethings that we will require to teach this course is a host range, some sort of training building we can use for our “DRY RUN” exercises. If your department has a shoot house, then we would request permission to use the shoot house. Plus, we will need a training building or classroom of some sort. This intensive
and thorough program covers a variety of subjects for responding officers to include: Single Officer Response Tactics,
Limited Penetration Tactics, Medical Training, Multiple Officer Response and Link-Up Procedures, and Post Shooting
Considerations. Of course, what we can provide for you depends on the length of the course your needs require.
Gear and Material requirement for this course per student.
- Working, functional handgun, with minimum three magazines.
- Working, functional rifle, with minimum three magazines.
- Long tactical pants, long sleeve shirt, boots or tactical shoes,
- Eye and ear protection.
- Tourniquet.
- Duty holster, belt, and equipment you would wear at work or missions.
- Light body armor, or outer carrier used for work, and ballistic helmet if they have one.
- A total of 350 rounds of handgun and 350 rounds of rifle ammunition.
- Student will need to bring water, Gatorade, something to hydrate with.
- A good attitude and open mind to learning some new things.
Patrol Pistol 1.0 (8-hour course)
This course is the foundation builder for law enforcement officers wanting to become more consistent with their duty weapon. PP 1.0 is ground level training that focuses on the fundamentals and the small things that become really important in a big situation. This course will involve familiarization and utilization of the handgun. This
course is designed to teach and also challenge the officer to improve and develop their skills and tactics. We guarantee that this one 8-hour course will make the officer a significantly better shooter.
Gear and Material requirement for this course per student.
This course is the foundation builder for law enforcement officers wanting to become more consistent with their duty weapon. PP 1.0 is ground level training that focuses on the fundamentals and the small things that become really important in a big situation. This course will involve familiarization and utilization of the handgun. This
course is designed to teach and also challenge the officer to improve and develop their skills and tactics. We guarantee that this one 8-hour course will make the officer a significantly better shooter.
Gear and Material requirement for this course per student.
- Working, functional handgun, with minimum three magazines.
- Duty holster and belt, and equipment you would wear at work. (NO SERPA Holsters)
- Light body armor or plate carrier. (Must have some sort of body protection)
- Normal Training attire for clothing. (No blue jeans)
- Eye and Ear protection.
- Three-hundred rounds of ammunition with minimum three magazines.
- Student will need to bring water, Gatorade, something to hydrate with.
- A good attitude and open mind to learning some new things.
- As part of the course the student will receive a gun cleaning kit.
Patrol Carbine 1.0 (8-hour course)
This course is the foundation builder for law enforcement officers wanting to become more consistent with their duty weapon. PP 1.0 is ground level training that focuses on the fundamentals and the small things that become really important in a big situation. This course will involve familiarization and utilization of the handgun. This
course is designed to teach and also challenge the officer to improve and develop their skills and tactics. We guarantee that this one 8-hour course will make the officer a significantly better shooter.
Gear and Material required for this course.
This course is the foundation builder for law enforcement officers wanting to become more consistent with their duty weapon. PP 1.0 is ground level training that focuses on the fundamentals and the small things that become really important in a big situation. This course will involve familiarization and utilization of the handgun. This
course is designed to teach and also challenge the officer to improve and develop their skills and tactics. We guarantee that this one 8-hour course will make the officer a significantly better shooter.
Gear and Material required for this course.
- Working, functional rifle, with minimum three magazines.
- Working functional handgun, with minimum three magazines.
- Duty holster and belt, and equipment you would wear at work. (NO SERPA Holsters).
- Light body armor or plate carrier. (Must have some sort of body protection)
- Normal Training attire. (No blue jeans)
- Eye and Ear protection.
- Three-hundred rounds of rifle ammunition and fifty-rounds of handgun ammunition.
- Student will need to bring water, Gatorade, something to hydrate with.
- A good attitude and open mind to learning some new things.
- As part of the course the student will receive a gun cleaning kit.