| 2023 Law Enforcement Operations Conference and Trade Show |
| 1400 1800 |  | Attendee Registration SPECIAL EVENT THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Student check-in will occur in the foyer of Aurora Hall 2-3 Saturday, August 26, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, August 27, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
| 0800 1800 | | Attendee Registration SPECIAL EVENT 1 DAYS THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 10 hours - Instructor: Student check-in will occur in the foyer of Aurora Hall 2-3 Saturday, August 26, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, August 27, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | 0900 1100 | | Incident Debrief: Safeway Active Shooter, Bend, OR INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Frickey, Jeff | Davis, Andrew On August 28th, 2022, Ethan Miller exited his apartment and entered a local Safeway with the intent to create chaos and a mass casualty event. Miller originally planned to target a local high school on the first day of classes but grew impatient and decided to move up his plans. Miller fired over 100 rounds from an AR-15 rifle and a shotgun, killing two people. Officers Davis and Frickey were the first to enter Safeway, one from the back and one from the front. Officers were on the scene approximately three minutes after the first 911 call. Video surveillance from the incident, lessons learned, challenges, training, and more will be discussed in this debrief. | 1100 1700 | | Trade Show SPECIAL EVENT THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 6 hours - Instructor: Manufacturers and providers of equipment, products, and services used by police, fire, EMS, and other first responders are on hand to demonstrate products, provide information, and answer questions. Products such as apparel, firearms, body armor, rescue vehicles, footwear, technology and robotics, and thousands of other items will be available for viewing and handling. | 1230 1430 | | Incident Debrief: Creekside Market Hostage Rescue with OIS FULL INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Strickland, Stephen On November 18th, 2021, Chucky Bowden was a suspect in an armed robbery. He had been released from custody five months earlier after serving a thirty-year sentence in prison. Shortly after he was encountered, a pursuit occurred. Bowden crashed his vehicle, pointed his gun at officers, fired shots, and fled on foot to a large wooded area. Gastonia Regional SWAT responded to assist with the search. During this SWAT call, Bowden attempted a home invasion, carjacked multiple individuals, and ultimately took eight hostages at gunpoint in a local establishment. After de-escalation attempts failed, Bowden ultimately forced officers to take his life, and the eight hostages were rescued without harm. Captain Strickland and Sergeant Stanley were involved in the shooting and will speak about lessons learned, training for reality, unconventional shooting, and mindset. Audio and video footage will be included in the presentation. | 1500 1700 | | Incident Debrief: Webster City, Iowa Hostage Rescue INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Williamson, Tyrel | Schaffer, Jeremy On March 16, 2020, members of the Iowa State Patrol Tactical Team responded to a hostage situation involving an adult female who was being held hostage inside a house with an armed suspect. The Iowa State Patrol's Tactical Team and Crisis Negotiation Team utilized different strategies and tactics during the nearly four-hour hostage situation. Ultimately the situation was resolved after a command-initiated hostage rescue, with the adult female being rescued unharmed. | 1900 2100 | | Incident Debrief: Bank Hostage Taking with Explosive Threat INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Houlieff, Matthew This presentation presents a unique circumstance in which 13 people were taken hostage in a bank. The hostage taker called 911 from within the bank and stated that he had a bomb and made demands. As the situation unfolded, several hostages escaped out a rear door, and in the process, uniform officers stepped in to escort them. As uniform officers stepped in, they inadvertently made visual contact with the suspect, who was approximately 25m behind the teller area, wearing a suicide vest. Tactical members and two snipers mobilized within the bank and took over uniform positions. The suspect indicated that he had a dead-man switch and for the officers to go ahead and shoot him. The suspect had zip-tied several patrons and he held one directly in front of him as a human shield. The suspect stated that he had planted six other explosives in a highly populated area set to go off in approximately 2 hours. As communication and observations of the suspect continued, it was noticed that the suspect had moved his finger briefly off of what was believed to be the dead-man switch. A deliberate hostage rescue ensued and two simultaneous sniper shots were followed by an entry. Learn how tactical and bomb personnel dealt with the suspect and explosives, hostages, and multiple crime scenes. Several lessons learned, challenges, and points of emphasis will be made during this debrief. |
| 0830 1000 | | Opening Ceremony SPECIAL EVENT Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Opening Ceremonies will be held in Adams Ballroom A. This event will include a presentation of colors, the NTOA annual awards ceremony, and Keynote Speaker. | 1000 1700 | | Trade Show SPECIAL EVENT THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 7 hours - Instructor: Manufacturers and providers of equipment, products, and services used by police, fire, EMS, and other first responders are on hand to demonstrate products, provide information, and answer questions. Products such as apparel, firearms, body armor, rescue vehicles, footwear, technology and robotics, and thousands of other items will be available for viewing and handling. | 1030 1200 | | Panel Discussion: Contemporary Issues & Concerns in the SWAT Community: Moderated by Jon Becker FULL SEMINAR Course Length: 1.5 hours - Instructor: Becker, Jon This event will take place in the classroom on the trade show floor. Jon Becker, owner of Aardvark Tactical, will moderate the discussion covering a variety of topics including no-knock warrants, dynamic entry, trends in tactical operations, legal ramifications in tactical operations, transparency in opposing false narratives, accreditation of SWAT Teams, the role of culture in teams, and much more. Panelists will include representatives from the Rocky Mountain Tactical Team Association (RMTTA), the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO), the Florida SWAT Association (FSA), the Texas Tactical Officers Association (TTPOA), and the NTOA. | 1100 1200 | | Business Meeting SPECIAL EVENT Course Length: 1 hour - Instructor: This presentation is conducted by the NTOA Board of Directors and provides an annual update on the status of the NTOA. Anyone is welcome to attend. | 1230 1430 | | Legal Update: Tactical Operations Liability, Current Trends, Legal & Policy Considerations FULL SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Daigle, Eric This session will review the applicable standards and case law applicable to the use of a tactical team and tactical related issues. The purpose is to identify the current legal challenges and successes directly related to tactical operations and tactical related equipment. These cases are reviewed for operators and commanders to understand the basis of force decisions and the method of meeting the constitutional requirements of the Fourth Amendment. | 1500 1630 | | Incident Debrief: Hostage Incident with Team Transition, Orlando, FL FULL INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 1.5 hours - Instructor: Eklund, Chris | Bigelow, Jonathan This debrief will discuss lessons learned and challenges faced during a hostage incident that occurred in Orlando, Florida in 2018. An officer was shot during the initial response, and the suspect then barricaded with four children held as hostage. Over 20 hours, the Orlando Police Department SWAT Team and Orange County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team attempted to resolve the incident. Tactical, operational and administrative considerations will be discussed, as will the transition of teams. In addition, expectations and realities of law enforcement during critical incidents will be a focal point of this presentation. | 1830 2130 | | Welcome Reception SPECIAL EVENT Course Length: 3 hours - Instructor: The Welcome Reception consisting of a live band, dinner, and drinks, will be Monday evening, August 28th, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the Front Range Lawn. All conference attendees, vendors, and instructors are invited for a night of relaxation and socializing. Point Blank Enterprises and Lenco Armored Vehicles are generously sponsoring this event with the NTOA. |
| 0800 0945 | | Active Shooter Incident Management Trends and Best Practices SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Godfrey, William | Woody, Russ Law enforcement first responders, supervisors, and commanders, do you feel fully prepared and equipped to manage active shooter incidents? Or do you feel overwhelmed and uncertain about handling such an event? This two-hour presentation will help you become prepared for the unthinkable. Learn about current trends in active shooter management and discover best practices that can make all the difference in saving lives. Additionally, take away a validated checklist response process, receive policy guidance on effective incident management, and gain an understanding of the key factors required for successful active shooter incident management. Don't be caught off guard; unlock your potential to expertly manage Active Shooter Events with this briefing! Get knowledge from experts with firsthand experience developing and implementing a validated Active Shooter Incident Management process endorsed as the National Standard by the NTOA. Don't miss this presentation - prepare yourself now so you're ready for anything tomorrow! | 0800 0945 | | Incident Debrief: The Starlight Casino Hostage Taking & Oversight Investigation: The Time I Was Charged with Murder INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: MacWilliams, Jordan In 2012, Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded to a domestic hostage-taking incident in which the presenter shot and killed the armed suspect. Officer MacWilliams was charged with murder and went through criminal, civil, and administrative processes before finally being cleared of all wrongdoing in 2015. The presenter will speak about his experiences during this difficult time and provide his perspective on overcoming adversity, post-traumatic growth, and how agencies can support their officers. | 0800 1200 | | Body-Worn Cameras SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Robles, Luis Videos created by body-worn cameras (BWC) may create accurate evidence, but do these videos tell the truth? Despite the public outcry for body-worn cameras for all law enforcement agencies, there are limitations, drawbacks and a great many unknowns that accompany the benefits. To understand the value of BWC videos, you must learn about human psychology, the art and science of filmmaking, and human factors analysis. This class will address those topics and more. Using many examples from police BWC videos, the class will explain why sometimes BWC video is the best evidence, sometimes it is the worst, but usually it is somewhere in between. | 0800 1200 | | Developing Exercises to Validate Plans and Procedures SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Komondor, Gene In this presentation, students will first participate in an interactive session to become familiar with the process for designing and evaluating both discussion and operations-based exercises. Discussion begins with an analysis of learning objectives and the tasks to be evaluated. Using the results of the analysis, participants will identify the various core capabilities needed by personnel to respond effectively to an incident. Students will review excerpts from actual emergency operations plans and determine the type of training needed to perform according to those plans. Exercise objectives will be developed to create an exercise scenario. Students will then write exercise evaluation guides. | 0800 1200 | | Developing the Tactical Leaders' Brain: Optimizing Cognitive Decision-Making for Success SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Selleg, Jeff This seminar discusses maximizing the Warriors' cerebral processes critical to success in a team environment and preparing them for peak performance during the fight. Throughout history, influential tactical leaders have honed their bodies to peak performance by focused exercise and constantly challenging their bodies to improve. No one argues the need for sustained, disciplined and concentrated effort at functional fitness combined with repetitive skill training to drive the utmost performance for SWAT officers. This seminar interweaves two key cognitive elements that tactical officers must develop to perform at their topmost levels. The presenter will briefly overview Emotional Intelligence and its necessity in the tactical response realm. Then, discuss how the EQi2 instrument measures emotional intelligence and provide specific techniques to improve each subcomponent. | 0800 1200 | | Rescue Task Force: Public Safety's Current Jedi Mind Trick SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Etzin, James Since the 1999 tragedy at Columbine High School, law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Canada have been training on the "contact team and extraction team" approach to threat and casualty management during active violence incidents. This is mainly attributed to the historical reluctance of conventional fire service and/or emergency medical services personnel to enter the warm zones of such environments and Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) providers not always being readily available. However, given the growing acceptance and utilization of rescue task forces, many law enforcement agencies are now falling into a dangerous trap by deemphasizing the critical roles point of wounding care by law enforcement officers, extraction teams, protected corridors, and unconventional transportation will continue to play during future critical incidents. Given the 39 years the presenter has spent studying such events, visiting affected communities, and interviewing countless emergency responders and survivors involved, many past and recent examples of the aforementioned tactics contributing to casualty survival will be referenced. Information will also be provided that will arm command officers with reasonable expectations and help contact teams, perimeter personnel, extraction teams, conventional fire service/emergency medical services personnel, rescue task forces, SWAT officers, and hospital providers work together to simultaneously "stop the killing, dying, and crying." | 0800 1200 | | School Safety Best Practices SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Francis, Richard This presentation will provide attendees with best practices to help secure their schools. No greater challenge exists today than creating safe schools or restoring schools to tranquil and safe places of learning. The challenge requires a major strategic commitment and involves placing school safety at the top of the educational agenda. Topics include school safety package, school hardening, what products work, emergency operations plans/all-hazard approach, school resource officers, best practices, lessons learned from prior school shooting incidents, trends in school safety, understanding the threat, and threat assessments. | 0800 1445 | | Post-Traumatic Stress in the Special Operations Community SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 6 hours - Instructor: Gribble, Travis | Cooper, Jennifer This presentation will provide an overview of Sgt. Travis Gribble's real-world experience dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress while assigned to patrol and SWAT. His therapist, Jennifer Cooper, will describe her time treating Sgt. Gribble, including lessons learned and roadmaps for officers to achieve full-length healthy careers. | 0800 1700 | | Managing Specialty Teams SEMINAR Course Length: 8 hours - Instructor: Pergola, Mark This one-day presentation is designed for newer commanders, team leaders, and those with limited SWAT experience. It aims to provide insights into managing and leading specialty teams in your organization. A wide array of topics will be discussed, including team typing, critical skills list development, eight critical steps of incident management, safety priorities, risk mitigation for specialty teams, understanding the elements of hostage and non-hostage incidents, response to suicidal subjects, and relevant case law. | 0800 1700 | | Tactical Vision Program SEMINAR Course Length: 8 hours - Instructor: Bartlett, Derrick Most police officers do not realize they are essentially blind. They believe the myth of being trained observers, when the reality is they see only a small percentage of the world around them at any given time. They also see it slower and with much less accuracy than they would be comfortable knowing. All of this compromises their effectiveness and their safety as SWAT officers. | 1000 1200 | | Leadership Principles of Elite Units SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Becker, Jon This presentation will include interactive discussions on the foundational concepts of leading elite units. What drives people, self-interest, creating the right culture for your team and organization, effective leadership principles, and more will be discussed. A unique perspective from a presenter with a multitude of experiences outside of the law enforcement arena creates a dynamic learning experience during this presentation. | 1000 1200 | | The SWAT Drone: Tipping the Scales from Want to Need SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Lang, Mark This two-hour presentation will examine the rapid evolution of drone utilization at SWAT operations and provide areas of justification for drone procurement moving the needle from a want to a need. In today's environment, the progression of tactics at Surround and Callout operations should incorporate a drone or multiple drones. The NTOA's 2023 TROS recommendations for UAS deployment will also be discussed and Use Cases will be highlighted that justify drone procurement and deployment. | 1000 1200 | | Top 20 Tactical Concepts: 1-5 SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Pearson, David This course is broken up into four (4) separate presentations. Attendees may attend any number of the presentations. Different concepts included in the Top 20 will be covered in each session. | 1000 1200 | | Use of Force: Finding Our Way Forward Through Police Reform SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Daigle, Eric This Seminar will focus on identifying national issues and trends, providing statistical clarity, and evaluating the national scope of police reform specifically related to the use of force. This seminar will focus on a way forward together through legal protection, better policy, better training, and community involvement. The presenter will examine and identify common legal standards applicable to the Use of Force; specifically, the interpretation of words that are used every day in evaluating an officer’s use of force. Buzzwords include Necessity, De-escalation, Proportionality, and Incapacitation. Lastly, the presenter will assess and interpret the legal standard that officers should use regarding the amount of force necessary and reasonable to accomplish lawful objectives and to control a situation, effect an arrest, overcome resistance to arrest, or defend themselves or others from harm. | 1300 1445 | | Creating the Systems 3 Sensemaker; How to Use Frames, Models, and a Systems Thinking Approach for Inquiry and Understanding. SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Black, John This presentation is an introductory overview of how to evolve perspectives via sensemaking when analyzing outcomes of complex events and interrelated systems. Working from a proposed sensemaking-decision-making (SM-DM) framework that includes DSRP, Schema, our mental models and human factors, the workshop first explores the value of visualization and visually represented frameworks that focus on exploring distinctions, systems, relationships, and perspectives (DSRP). Multiple frameworks, including Cynefin and the four truths, allow a greater focus on sensemaking and understanding in contrast to an outcome-centric view. Next, practical techniques and tools building off the framework are used to show how one can shift to a richer understanding of sensemaking as it affects the actors of the event and a greater understanding of how it affects us as the reviewer. This also allows trainers to better refine instruction to focus on the SM aspect of the SM-DM paradigm. Alternative hypothesis, frames, DSRP, and the Question Focus Technique are used as some examples to facilitate the discussion. Participants will then try these ideas out in small groups using a recognizable use-of-force event stemming from a tactical response, which will be facilitated by the instructor. Handouts and class materials will include relevant websites and research so that all participants can continue learning independently. | 1300 1445 | | Tactical Strategies for Your Legal Defense SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Robles, Luis This unique presentation will be taught from the perspective of a police defense attorney who takes depositions of officers and claimants and the perspective of an officer who has been through depositions both as an officer and as an expert witness. The focus is on strategies that should be implemented with your team to help protect officers, teams, and agencies by placing them in the most defensible position possible. What individual and team practices should be instituted, and what ones should be eliminated? Common courtroom challenges and allegations that arise in lawsuits and strategies to avoid them and win when in court will be discussed. Best practices and courtroom trends will be discussed in-depth. | 1300 1445 | | Top 20 Tactical Concepts: 6-10 SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Pearson, David This course is broken up into four (4) separate presentations. Attendees may attend any number of the presentations. Different concepts included in the Top 20 will be covered in each session. | 1300 1700 | | Developing Exercises to Validate Plans and Procedures SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Komondor, Gene In this presentation, students will first participate in an interactive session to become familiar with the process for designing and evaluating both discussion and operations-based exercises. Discussion begins with an analysis of learning objectives and the tasks to be evaluated. Using the results of the analysis, participants will identify the various core capabilities needed by personnel to respond effectively to an incident. Students will review excerpts from actual emergency operations plans and determine the type of training needed to perform according to those plans. Exercise objectives will be developed to create an exercise scenario. Students will then write exercise evaluation guides. | 1300 1700 | | Emotional Intelligence for the Tactical Operator SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Owen Taylor, Parrish This session will educate participants on the skills, framework, and abilities of emotional intelligence, and how to apply these skill sets in personal and professional settings. Instruction and out-of-class exercises include brain-training techniques modeled by the US Department of Defense as well as proprietary learning-models to support a holistic approach to developing a healthy work/life balance. Direct benefits include improved decision-making and clarity of thought, specifically under pressure and amidst adversity. The indirect benefits of applying emotional intelligence skills are revealed as the ability to stay relaxed with flexible responses, adaptable to change, optimism, and engaged thinking skills during distressed emotional states like problem solving or conflict resolution. | 1300 1700 | | Incident Debriefs: Bardo Museum Attack (2015) & Ben Guerdane Attack (2016), Tunisia INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Arfaoui, Mohamed Sebti | Ayachi, Bechir | Yahya, Mustapha This presentation will consist of two incident debriefs that occurred in the country of Tunisia, both terrorist attacks. The presenters are members of the Tunisian National Police Intervention Units. | 1300 1700 | | Peak Performance and Recovery Training for the Tactical Operator FULL SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Ryan, George This workshop is designed to acquaint law enforcement personnel and tactical operators with the Peak Performance and Recovery Training skill-sets that are utilized in high performance arenas such as professional sports and elite military units. Additionally, the workshop also teaches the main tenets of achieving peak performance in the field and of optimizing recovery from the rigors faced by first responders and operators. In a lecture-based format, participants will be taught how to: | 1300 1700 | | The Seven Cs of Change Model - Leading High Performance Teams with Trust and Change SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Young, Bill Change is inevitable and reliance on the status quo in public service is shortsighted. Overwhelmingly, top performing public servants need to bring about impactful change for the agencies and communities they serve. However, the way to effect positive change is largely misunderstood, mismanaged, and routinely falters. Facilitating lasting and impactful change requires a proper mindset, a solid process to follow through to completion, and high levels of trust among all stakeholders. This four-hour course not only explains how to build high levels of trust, but also its relationship to positive change. It ultimately presents a simple but comprehensive system for bringing about lasting, impactful change in teams, agencies and communities. The learning objectives include: Identifying multiple methods of building trust through the practices of extreme accountability, transparency and legitimacy; Defining the foundations of trust and credibility in public service: Character and Competence; Understanding the core leadership behaviors that either enhance or derail trust in your role as a public servant; Describing the "Waves of Trust": How it relates to high performing teams, agencies and the communities they serve; Learning how Emotional Intelligence and Bias affect your decision-making; Learning how the speed of high-trust organizations can save lives, time and money; Identifying the intrinsic motivators that build trust and lead to efficient and progressive change; Applying the Seven Cs of Change technique to facilitate a change concept within your agency or team. The seven steps include: 1) Conceptualize, 2) Communicate, 3) Collaborate, 4) Create, 5) Coordinate, 6) Commit, 7) Celebrate. | 1500 1700 | | Equipping your Team: Lessons Learned SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Becker, Jon A unique presentation delving into the importance of having a plan for properly equipping a team, how equipment affects field capabilities, methods of leading the process to acquire equipment, and much more will be the focus of this presentation. Teams often lack a thorough understanding of the importance of researching and procuring the right equipment. This presentation will clarify and assist officers with an actionable plan when working through logistics methodologies. | 1500 1700 | | Instructor Development for Active Shooter Training SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Ellis, Eric | Embry, Alex This instructor development course will review current trends in active shooter incidents nationwide and discuss the lessons learned and how they should shape our training moving forward. A review of active shooter protocol will be conducted and adjustments for these policies based on the trends will be discussed. This includes TCCC and its integration into training, along with the Rescue Task Force model. Scenario development will be discussed in detail to allow instructors to better teach and challenge their officers. This course is designed for officers who have previously been involved with active shooter instruction at their departments. |
| 0800 0945 | | Building a Patrol CQB Program SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Ellis, Eric This presentation is designed to familiarize instructors who are interested in building a Patrol CQB program at their organization. Instruction will include how to present the need for this type of training to the administration for approval, and how to structure a progressive training program for officers. It will break down selection of CQB protocol and discuss phasing it into various learning stages via a stair-stepped progression. This will ensure safer patrol personnel and better SWAT candidates for organizations. | 0800 0945 | | Positional Shooting Aids SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Beckstrand, Tom This presentation will focus on the many shooting aids that are available and used primarily by police snipers, but can be used by other law enforcement personnel. Items such as bipods, tripods, bags, and much more will be discussed. Pros and cons of each, as well as ideas for the use of each will be presented. | 0800 0945 | | Top 20 Tactical Concepts: 11-15 SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Pearson, David This course is broken up into four (4) separate presentations. Attendees may attend any number of the presentations. Different concepts included in the Top 20 will be covered in each session. | 0800 1200 | | Barricaded Suspects and Hostage Rescue Analysis SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Ng, Howard | Williams, Matt | Ng, Howard This presentation will discuss tactical concepts used in barricaded suspects and hostage rescue operations. LAPD SWAT personnel will discuss tactical concepts and challenges, risk analysis, command and control, and more, using incident debriefs involving the Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team to facilitate discussion. | 0800 1200 | | Peak Performance and Recovery Training for the Tactical Operator FULL SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Ryan, George This workshop is designed to acquaint law enforcement personnel and tactical operators with the Peak Performance and Recovery Training skill-sets that are utilized in high performance arenas such as professional sports and elite military units. Additionally, the workshop also teaches the main tenets of achieving peak performance in the field and of optimizing recovery from the rigors faced by first responders and operators. In a lecture-based format, participants will be taught how to: | 0800 1200 | | Snipers at Work: The ASA Sniper Utilization Survey Results and Lessons Learned SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Bartlett, Derrick Many people, both inside and outside the tactical community, have a limited understanding of what police snipers really do, or when and where they do it. A sniper's true mission is surrounded in mystery and mythology. This is to the detriment of the dedicated individuals filling the sniper role on tactical teams around the country. This presentation will look closely at the real world of police sniper operations. Through various historical case studies, we will learn about training, equipment and tactics unique to the most challenging and important job in the tactical world | 0800 1200 | | Team Leader Tactical Considerations and Leadership Part 1 SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Murphy, Dan | Meyer, Fred | DeAndrea, A J This presentation will focus on the role and responsibilities of a Team Leader in today's environment. Topics including leadership, current trends and concerns, decision-making, and operational philosophy will be discussed in depth. | 0800 1700 | | Enhancing and Sustaining Physical, Physiological and Cognitive Performance for the Tactical Operator SEMINAR Course Length: 8 hours - Instructor: Mulugeta, Lealem Medalist Performance developed the Advanced Tactical Athlete Strength & Conditioning (A-TASC) curriculum to help tactical professionals achieve exceptional physical, physiological and mental performance to successfully meet the extreme demands of their duties. Each participant's peak performance development program was designed with a keen consideration to the participant's needs in physiologic performance development, anatomical and body composition attributes, biomechanical optimization, nutrition coaching, injury recovery and prevention, and mental performance coaching. | 0800 1700 | | Excellence in Training SEMINAR Course Length: 8 hours - Instructor: Willis, Brian Excellence in Training is a comprehensive program of advanced tactical mental preparation strategies, tactics, techniques and philosophies proven to enhance law enforcement training. The seminar will inspire trainers to think differently about the way they design and deliver training. The goal is to help good trainers become great trainers, and great trainers to deliver awesome training. The strategies covered in this program have been researched, utilized and refined over the past 26 years by Brian Willis, a veteran law enforcement officer and trainer. This program is specifically designed for law enforcement trainers. Key strategies covered in this seminar include: | 0800 1700 | | Managing Critical Incidents FULL SEMINAR Course Length: 8 hours - Instructor: Pergola, Mark This one-day course is designed to provide law enforcement supervisors and command personnel with the information and tools needed to manage a large-scale critical incident. This course will include a NIMS review, but the focus of the course is providing the tools for supervisors and command personnel to succeed when responding to active threats. The roles and responsibilities of the Incident Commander will be discussed and applied through practical group exercises. Command decision-making through a proven system that streamlines the flow of direction and information will be a central focus of this course. | 0800 1700 | | Tactical Mission Planning and Briefing FULL SEMINAR 2 DAYS Course Length: 16 hours - Instructor: Jahnke, Jason | Clement, Jeffrey | Miner, Eric This course is designed to expose police personnel (supervisors, tactical and task force team leaders, detectives, etc.) to procedures used for tactical mission planning and briefing of involved personnel. Topics include mission planning; documentation; operational planning for high-risk search warrants; scouting procedures for mission planning; primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency planning; suggestions on how to modify high-risk search warrant planning to other types of tactical missions (open area operations, barricaded subjects, arrest warrant/fugitive apprehension, and hostage barricade situations); and much more. Ensuring that a comprehensive but efficient briefing system is in place will be a course outcome. | 1000 1200 | | Behavior-Based CQB: Immediate Entry vs. Limited Penetration SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Thrasher, Trevor Behavior-Based CQB: Immediate Entry vs. Limited Penetration is an advanced 1.5-hour course designed to delve deeper into the realm of Close Quarters Battle (CQB) by exploring the influence of human factors on CQB operations. This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the contrasting approaches to CQB tactics, specifically immediate entry and limited penetration. | 1000 1200 | | Creating the Systems 3 Sensemaker; How to Use Frames, Models, and a Systems Thinking Approach for Inquiry and Understanding. SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Black, John This presentation is an introductory overview of how to evolve perspectives via sensemaking when analyzing outcomes of complex events and interrelated systems. Working from a proposed sensemaking-decision-making (SM-DM) framework that includes DSRP, Schema, our mental models and human factors, the workshop first explores the value of visualization and visually represented frameworks that focus on exploring distinctions, systems, relationships, and perspectives (DSRP). Multiple frameworks, including Cynefin and the four truths, allow a greater focus on sensemaking and understanding in contrast to an outcome-centric view. Next, practical techniques and tools building off the framework are used to show how one can shift to a richer understanding of sensemaking as it affects the actors of the event and a greater understanding of how it affects us as the reviewer. This also allows trainers to better refine instruction to focus on the SM aspect of the SM-DM paradigm. Alternative hypothesis, frames, DSRP, and the Question Focus Technique are used as some examples to facilitate the discussion. Participants will then try these ideas out in small groups using a recognizable use-of-force event stemming from a tactical response, which will be facilitated by the instructor. Handouts and class materials will include relevant websites and research so that all participants can continue learning independently. | 1000 1200 | | Optics Insight and Evaluation SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Beckstrand, Tom This seminar teaches the law enforcement sniper how to evaluate and select optics for duty use. The details covered will also help the sniper articulate to his command the reasons why premium optics are essential. The evaluation and selection steps covered include scopes features necessary for duty use, reticle selection, mounting considerations, tracking and reticle cant tests, and scope set-up tricks that eliminate common problems for the precision rifleman. | 1300 1445 | | Incident Debrief: Hostage Rescue with Sniper Resolution: Farmington, Utah INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Smith, Andrew | Sheldon, Michael This debrief will cover a 2021 hostage rescue incident in Clearfield, Utah. The suspect was involved in a vehicle pursuit and crashed on the freeway in Farmington, Utah. He then fled on foot across I-15 into a neighborhood. Patrol responded and contained the area. While searching the neighborhood, a single gunshot was heard. South Davis Metropolitan and North Davis Metro SWAT Teams were activated to conduct a house-to-house search. During the search, operators found a bullet hole in a window of a residence. Down the street from where the hole was found, a male exited a residence in a vehicle and was stopped by operators. The male told operators that his family was being held hostage in a nearby residence and that the suspect had sent the male out of the residence to look for police in the area. Operators moved up to the residence and shortly after, a juvenile female exited the residence out of a window. After debriefing the father and daughter, it was verified that three additional individuals (two female/one male) were in the living room of the residence with a suspect who was armed with a handgun. A total of three tactical teams and two armored vehicles were deployed during this incident. Hours of negotiation took place, and a marksman team initiated a hostage rescue. The presenter will recount the unnerving details of the events that unfolded during this incident and the tactics that led to its ultimate resolution. | 1300 1445 | | Large Venue Protection Planning SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Fishel, Chris After 09/11/2001, large-scale event planning and tactical overwatch procedures were developed for Penn State University football games and concerts. One of the largest stadiums of its kind, with a 110,000-person capacity, this venue provides unique challenges and learning opportunities for other agencies with large venues. Various items will be discussed, including creating thorough written assessments, tactics, techniques, procedures, and practices implemented at other venues. The presentation will include introducing the venue, conducting a venue site assessment, developing quick reference overlays, operations planning, contingency planning, and training. | 1300 1445 | | Top 20 Tactical Concepts: 16-20 SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Pearson, David This course is broken up into four (4) separate presentations. Attendees may attend any number of the presentations. Different concepts included in the Top 20 will be covered in each session. | 1300 1700 | | Active Shooter Incident Management Basic (ASIM B) FULL SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Godfrey, William Class size is limited to the first 30 students to insure participation in the exercises. | 1300 1700 | | Defensive Tactics for Operators Deploying a Shoulder Weapon FULL SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Ryan, George This hands-on, low-impact workshop teaches a system of carefully selected defensive tactics skills that are easily learned, readily recalled and highly effective in a real-life struggle where an operator has a shoulder weapon deployed. Rather than asking operators to learn complicated techniques that would be difficult to recall and apply in a real-life dynamic and fluid scenario, this defensive tactics system teaches operators techniques that are based on gross motor skills. Specifically, operators are taught techniques for either controlling an aggressive and/or combative suspect or creating distance between themselves and the suspect. Operators also are instructed in the skills needed to prudently control subjects who are passive resistant, confused or unable to follow directions. | 1300 1700 | | Mental Health Wellness Best Practices: For The Agency & The Team SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Gribble, Travis | Cooper, Jennifer | Dubois, Wayne First responder agencies and teams should have a robust mental health wellness program. This includes a change in culture, critical incident response policies, PEER, established relationships with culturally competent clinicians, crisis plans in place, and bi-annual assessments of program data. Examples of implementation challenges and successes will be discussed in depth. These programs can be implemented by both the agency and/or your teams. This presentation focuses on SWAT implementation as well as agency implementation. | 1300 1700 | | School Threat Assessment SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Francis, Richard One of the most important strategies schools can use for violence prevention is an internal threat assessment system that can intervene in the early stages of the pathway to violence. Considering the amount of time students spend in school, and the numerous opportunities available to school employees for personal interaction with students, an internal threat assessment team made up of school employees and other key stakeholders is a viable strategy to preventing targeted violent attacks at school. The successful prevention of an active threat frequently depends on the collective and collaborative engagement of varied community members: law enforcement officials, teachers, mental health care professionals, family members, threat assessment professionals, friends, social workers, school resource officers, and many others. | 1300 1700 | | Team Leader Tactical Considerations and Leadership Part 2 SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Murphy, Dan | Meyer, Fred | DeAndrea, A J This presentation will continue from the mornings session, but will focus on a review of tactical considerations related to barricade operations, high-risk warrant service, and hostage situations. Multiple incidents will be discussed and utilized in emphasizing the learning points. | 1500 1700 | | Incident Debrief: Barricaded Suspect Firing AR-10 INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Meyer, Fred This presentation will outline the details of a barricaded suspect incident in Northern Colorado. A suspect armed with an AR-10 fired many rounds at the SWAT Team and the drone used by the team. Learn how the incident was resolved, the challenges faced, and the lessons learned from this unique incident. | 1500 1700 | | Incident Debriefing as a Path to Professionalism SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Ellis, Eric | Embry, Alex This course will familiarize attendees with a structured debrief protocol as demonstrated by the overview of an officer-involved shooting and manhunt. On Oct. 14, 2014, McHenry County Sheriff's deputies were called to a residence in Holiday Hills for a check for well-being call in regards to a suicidal subject. On arrival, deputies were ambushed by the subject with rifle fire. Follow-up on the shortcomings noted in this response and implementation of those lessons learned will be reviewed so that other agencies can use a similar pattern of learning to guide the development of their teams. This presentation will also demonstrate a structured path to take a SWAT team from a "Tactical Team" to a "Tier 1" team, as designated by the NTOA's Tactical Response and Operations Standard. |
| 0800 0945 | | Incident Debrief: 31-Hour Criminal Barricade and Murder/Suicide INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Hubbs, Kenneth This presentation will discuss a 31-hour criminal barricade that took place in September 2020. On a multi-day drug binge, the emotionally disturbed subject pointed a firearm at his neighbor and fired several rounds in the air, then retreated into his two-story residence and began to barricade the doors and windows. Austin SWAT team arrived and worked through their barricade resolution plan. | 0800 0945 | | National Law Enforcement Memorial Programs for Officers SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Dilibert, John The National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) program is not just about raising funds for a memorial. It encompasses three pillars to honor and support law enforcement through a Memorial, Museum, and growing Officer Safety and Well-Being program. This presentation will demonstrate what the organization can do for police, sheriff and correctional agencies through various studies of line-of-duty deaths: How to reduce the risk of LEO's name being placed on the memorial wall? How does a fallen officer qualify to be listed? How can the NLEOMF assist an agency and survivor family with a line-of-duty death or educate a community on the sacrifices made by LEOs in today's world? The presentation will also cover a method where the attendee could assist the NLEMOF as an ambassador and provide the tactical and CNT operator an opportunity to provide input on how the NLEMOF can better support their discipline. | 0800 0945 | | Public Venue Operations: Supervisor Edition SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Lang, Mark This 2-hour presentation will touch on Best Practices & Recommendations when deploying SWAT resources at Public Venues & Large-Scale Events. Tailored for First & Second Line Supervisors and Special Events personnel who are tasked with the decision-making process of determining what events and number of resources are utilized. | 0800 1200 | | Active Shooter Incident Management Basic (ASIM B) FULL SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Godfrey, William Class size is limited to the first 30 students to insure participation in the exercises. | 0800 1200 | | Team Leader Tactical Considerations and Leadership Part 1 SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Murphy, Dan | Meyer, Fred | DeAndrea, A J This presentation will focus on the role and responsibilities of a Team Leader in today's environment. Topics including leadership, current trends and concerns, decision-making, and operational philosophy will be discussed in depth. | 0800 1200 | | Train Like a Professional: How Human Performance Impacts CQB SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Labhart, Jake This course will cover professionalism and specificity of training for how human performance should be customized for the LE special operations community. It will cover the benefits of how human performance can enhance operations success while minimizing the risk of injury. The human performance material will cover techniques for both the gym and the range. The course will highlight a commonly missed piece in the tactical community, how to directly apply human performance functionality to the shooting range, to better enhance operational success. Data and objective information will be provided, showing statistically how a team can implement dynamic shooting into their range work to perform at a higher level. In addition, videos of OIS and live operations will show the direct application of dynamic shooting application. This course was built off of research from special operations units from military, federal, and local units. Correlations were found between how teams train on the range and their speed and accuracy during CQB fundamentals. In addition, the correlation between how an operator trains in the gym, and how he/she applies these fitness components to their shooting. We will break down this data, and teach how to apply these tactics to an individual, team, and unit level. | 0800 1445 | | Post-Traumatic Stress in the Special Operations Community SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 6 hours - Instructor: Gribble, Travis | Cooper, Jennifer This presentation will provide an overview of Sgt. Travis Gribble's real-world experience dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress while assigned to patrol and SWAT. His therapist, Jennifer Cooper, will describe her time treating Sgt. Gribble, including lessons learned and roadmaps for officers to achieve full-length healthy careers. | 0800 1700 | | High-Risk Unified Command SEMINAR Course Length: 8 hours - Instructor: Etzin, James Given the increasing amount of mass violence currently plaguing society, numerous individuals and organizations well-versed in the National Incident Management System (NIMS) are advocating for the application of traditional command theories within unconventional environments, including the critical yet dynamic first 30 minutes. However, as many of our peers have already discovered the hard way, "corralling guests and filling vests," running formal checklists, and relying on conventional communication is not only challenging...but, at times... may hinder operations. | 0800 1700 | | Tactical Scouting FULL SEMINAR Course Length: 8 hours - Instructor: Thomas, Andrew Tactical diagramming is a technique used to determine floor plans by using outside architectural features such as doors, windows, vents, ducts and even the shape of the building itself. Using simple concepts like working from large to small and confidence to ambiguity, students gain knowledge, skills and abilities on how to identify architectural features that provide reliable clues to the locations of interior walls, the types and sizes of rooms and even the location of appliances and wall switches. The course begins with a broad overview on terrain analysis with a focus on urban terrain and the contribution of a reliable floor plan for planning and decision-making. It continues with an explanation of building principles, which heavily influence how residences are constructed. The course will also identify how to diagram houses that have additions or been remodeled, have upper-stories and even structures with multiple-dwellings. The course completes the formal instruction with methods for obtaining reliable intelligence, especially photographs, to enhance the detection of subtle architectural features. The final period is focused on a practical application where students work with each other and instructors on either a class project or using their own photographs, of an actual target location. | 1000 1200 | | Building Resilience: A Tactical Guide for Developing a Firm Foundation for Mind, Body, and Spirit SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Dietzman, Brenda Our chosen profession makes us proud because of the purposeful work we do. But it can also be mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausting. It's rewarding and tough all at the same time. We came into this profession wanting to make our little corner of the world better. But while doing that, we also experienced unbelievable trauma and adversity. Repeated blows without the necessary resources to deal with trauma can lead to alcoholism, bitterness, drug abuse, depression, financial ruin, divorce, and suicide. In this presentation, you will be given numerous tools and concepts to strengthen and grow your resilience, how to use those tools in adversity, and the strategies to help you grow through trauma. These tools and ideas will help you build resilience and strengthen your mind, body, and spirit for a happier and healthier life. | 1000 1200 | | Incident Debrief: LAPD Hostage Rescue SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Ng, Howard This presentation will detail a hostage event involving an officer-involved shooting during the rescue. The suspect held his father and his two children hostage. Officers were conducting operations outside the home when a shooting occurred in the residence. As the team made an emergency entry, the suspect advanced on the officers while pointing a handgun at them. The presenters were involved in the entry and will discuss challenges faced, lessons learned, and positive outcomes. | 1000 1200 | | Protecting Those Who Protect SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Wistocki, Richard | Mogul, Adam In the advent of first responder mental health including PTSS, gambling, alcoholism and drug abuse, we are losing more first responders than ever before. This is mostly due to the trauma they experience while in performance of their duties. The "Recovery in Our Ranks" training is a hands-on experience for all persons connected to the first responder community. This training focuses on what to look for when an employee is struggling with these issues and how to get them help at the exact moment they say "OK, I need help now." The attendee will learn how to get their employee the help they need instead of ostracizing them from their organization. This training program will give an insider look at treatment modules a first responder will go through when struggling with their trauma and/or addictions. The attendee will examine all of the modules of the Haven for Our Heroes Program. This experience will go from arrival, to detox, PHP, aftercare, FMLA standards, Adventure Therapy, EMDR treatment, first responder family involvement and alumni follow ups after treatment. These brave men and women are subject to a level of physical, emotional and mental stress unlike anyone else. As their jobs have become even more demanding, stress levels have increased to the point where they experience some of the country's highest rates of substance abuse, depression and suicide. The Recover in Our Ranks Program has successfully treated hundreds of emergency personnel nationwide setting them on the path to success. | 1000 1200 | | Supporting & Improving Law Enforcement Leadership, Culture & Mental Health Outcomes: Lessons Learned from Veteran Suicide Prevention SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Kalvels, Stacie Law enforcement faces many challenges when responding to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Improving responses and outcomes starts at the leadership level and involves organizational culture changes. Additionally, making these changes will help address a growing problem that many law enforcement agencies face - officer mental health and wellness. This presentation will help conference attendees understand what the VA is doing to improve responses to Veterans in crisis and reduce Veteran suicide, including data, initiatives, and goals. It will discuss how police responses are improved through partnerships with VA Police Service and providers. It will also address creating a safe and healthy space to improve officer safety, mental health, and wellness. | 1300 1445 | | Behavior-Based CQB: Immediate Entry vs. Limited Penetration SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Thrasher, Trevor Behavior-Based CQB: Immediate Entry vs. Limited Penetration is an advanced 1.5-hour course designed to delve deeper into the realm of Close Quarters Battle (CQB) by exploring the influence of human factors on CQB operations. This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the contrasting approaches to CQB tactics, specifically immediate entry and limited penetration. | 1300 1445 | | Incident Debrief: Hastings, MN - Three-Team Deliberate Hostage Rescue INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Tschida, Adam | Hanson, Jeff | Salmey, Daniel On July 2, 2020, members of the Hastings Police Department responded to a dispute at a mobile home park. Upon their arrival, officers were directed to a nearby trailer where an adult female and two children met them. Those three parties exited the home, and the door slammed shut. A male inside threatened to shoot the officers, and the racking of a firearm could be heard. It was also determined two additional children remained inside the home. The male refused to allow the juveniles to leave the residence. A 15-hour hostage situation ensued. The incident was ultimately resolved after a command-initiated deliberate hostage rescue. The rescue involved South Metro SWAT, Washington County SWAT, and Ramsey County SWAT members. | 1300 1445 | | The NTOA Public Order Standards SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Davidov, Peter | Raganella, Anthony This seminar will introduce attendees to the NTOA National Standards for Public Order teams and events (released June 2023). Topics will include the reason and history and background for creating the standards, and the foundation concepts that the standards are based on. Additionally, the presentation will cover issues related to policing violent political protests, challenges faced, tactics utilized by protestors, and lessons learned by law enforcement. | 1300 1700 | | Best Practices: The American Sniper Associations Police Sniper Training & Operations Manual 2nd Edition (4-hour) SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Lang, Mark This 4-hour presentation will highlight Best Practices & Recommendations from the 2nd Edition Manual released in 2021. Also presented will be the newly released ROSE (Recommended Operations Standards and Equipment) that augment the sniper sections of the 2023 NTOA TROS (Tactical Response Operations Standards). | 1300 1700 | | Dare to be Great: Leadership Strategies for Tactical Officers SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Willis, Brian It is easy to get caught up in the negativity of today's media and the rhetoric from the small, but very vocal special interest groups who would like people to believe the lie that all cops are thugs, racists and murderers. You have a choice however, you can: | 1300 1700 | | Generations: Working Better, Together SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Dietzman, Brenda Gen Zers are starting their careers, and Millennials are taking on leadership positions within our organizations. In a refreshing way, we will explore the numerous positive characteristics they bring to our organizations and how to utilize their unique skill sets. We will study how different generations were raised and how it has molded them into the employees they are today. Building on that information, we will examine research-based studies to explore how to recruit, retain, motivate, and grow them into the leaders we need now and in the future. Actionable ideas will be given that will help you better recruit, hire, train, and retain your workforce. | 1300 1700 | | Team Leader Tactical Considerations and Leadership Part 2 SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Murphy, Dan | Meyer, Fred | DeAndrea, A J This presentation will continue from the mornings session, but will focus on a review of tactical considerations related to barricade operations, high-risk warrant service, and hostage situations. Multiple incidents will be discussed and utilized in emphasizing the learning points. | 1500 1700 | | Communicating During Critical Incidents SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Schwartz, Anne Public communications associated with officer-involved shootings/deaths & ensuing protests, deaths in custody, and mass casualty incidents have changed dramatically in the past several years. Using real-world examples, including the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, WI, a high-profile OIS that made national news, learn the dos and don'ts of sharing information publicly. The presentation will also cover the police media response to the Waukesha, WI Christmas Parade Massacre, which includes the Presenter crafting the media strategy during the deadly incident and the continued messaging as the media turned their focus to law enforcement and "Who's to blame?" | 1500 1700 | | Incident Debrief: Hostage Rescue, Shots Fired INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Siebenborn, Andrew | Garden, Jeff On Sept. 14, 2022, Sioux Falls Police Department patrol officers responded to what originally was dispatched as a 911 hang-up call. Upon arrival, a 5-year-old male answered the door and immediately told officers that his father had killed his mother. Officers spotted the male in the apartment and made entry to investigate the incident. Upon rounding a hallway corner, the officers witnessed the male holding a female hostage with a handgun in a very tactically advantageous for him. Officers retreated to a point of cover and immediately executed a rescue of the 5-year-old male who was in the living room with them. The male suspect then began firing multiple rounds, which pushed the officers out of the apartment with the child. Poor radio issues and a misunderstanding from the 911 center caused an initial delay in what was actually happening inside the apartment getting dispatched to other officers. | 1500 1700 | | Public Order Use of Force SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Fomby, Spencer When members of the public engage in civil unrest, the focus is often on any force used by police. In this session the instructor will discuss historical trends and current best practices for use of force in public order policing. This session will cover law, policy, training, supervision, tactical options, chemical agents, less lethal impact munitions and distraction devices. |
| 0800 0945 | | Behavior-Based CQB: Immediate Entry vs. Limited Penetration SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Thrasher, Trevor Behavior-Based CQB: Immediate Entry vs. Limited Penetration is an advanced 1.5-hour course designed to delve deeper into the realm of Close Quarters Battle (CQB) by exploring the influence of human factors on CQB operations. This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the contrasting approaches to CQB tactics, specifically immediate entry and limited penetration. | 0800 0945 | | National Law Enforcement Memorial Programs for Officers SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Dilibert, John The National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) program is not just about raising funds for a memorial. It encompasses three pillars to honor and support law enforcement through a Memorial, Museum, and growing Officer Safety and Well-Being program. This presentation will demonstrate what the organization can do for police, sheriff and correctional agencies through various studies of line-of-duty deaths: How to reduce the risk of LEO's name being placed on the memorial wall? How does a fallen officer qualify to be listed? How can the NLEOMF assist an agency and survivor family with a line-of-duty death or educate a community on the sacrifices made by LEOs in today's world? The presentation will also cover a method where the attendee could assist the NLEMOF as an ambassador and provide the tactical and CNT operator an opportunity to provide input on how the NLEMOF can better support their discipline. | 0800 0945 | | Public Order Use of Force SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Fomby, Spencer When members of the public engage in civil unrest, the focus is often on any force used by police. In this session the instructor will discuss historical trends and current best practices for use of force in public order policing. This session will cover law, policy, training, supervision, tactical options, chemical agents, less lethal impact munitions and distraction devices. | 0800 1200 | | A Holistic Approach to Police Weapons SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Wyant, Rick This presentation will cover how bullets and less-lethal projectiles interact with various materials commonly encountered during an incident, and what happens to those projectiles as a result of impact. With the use of doppler radar, high-speed videography, ballistic gelatin, and other techniques, attendees will be acquainted with terms like critical angle, fragmentation threshold, and departure angle. High profile incidents will be discussed where the interpretation of projectile behavior was critical to the outcome of the case. | 0800 1200 | | Developing the Tactical Leaders Brain: Optimizing Cognitive Decision-Making for Success SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Selleg, Jeff This seminar discusses maximizing the Warriors' cerebral processes critical to success in a team environment and preparing them for peak performance during the fight. Throughout history, influential tactical leaders have honed their bodies to peak performance by focused exercise and constantly challenging their bodies to improve. No one argues the need for sustained, disciplined and concentrated effort at functional fitness combined with repetitive skill training to drive the utmost performance for SWAT officers. This seminar interweaves two key cognitive elements that tactical officers must develop to perform at their topmost levels. The presenter will briefly overview Emotional Intelligence and its necessity in the tactical response realm. Then, discuss how the EQi2 instrument measures emotional intelligence and provide specific techniques to improve each subcomponent. | 0800 1200 | | Incident Debrief: Multi-day Barricade, OIS and Unique Challenges: St. Michael, MN INCIDENT DEBRIEF Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Hinton, Josh | Sayre, Martin On June 20, 2022, the Wright County Emergency Response Team responded to a call for service that later turned into a contain and call-out search warrant at a residence in the City of St. Michael. Due to the previous history and nature of the call, the ERT Team called on the assistance of the St. Cloud SWAT team to execute this search warrant together. This search warrant soon after turned into a barricaded subject. A chemical agent plan was put into action and shortly after, the intended male target started shooting rounds into the air and also striking several of the armored vehicles that were staffed with both Wright County and St. Cloud SWAT members. As this incident continued, the male suspect once again fired rounds at Emergency Response Team members. Tactical damage was initiated, which made the integrity of the residence very unsafe. Members of the Wright County Emergency Response team later conducted a slow search on the west side of the residence in an attempt to locate this male. These members entered this unsafe structure and, in doing so witnessed the suspect male jump up from some hidden debris and run deeper into the residence with a firearm. This suspect was shot by St. Cloud SWAT officers. Members of the Wright County Emergency Response Team arranged a plan and entered the residence to remove the subject. Deputies searched the area where he had been hiding and located over 12,000 rounds of ammunition, 12 firearms including AK-47s, AR-15 style weapons, handguns and shotguns, and body armor. | 0800 1200 | | Law Enforcement Response to Suicidal Subjects: Legal Realities and Options SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Pearson, David This presentation is designed to educate police personnel on the legalities and challenges faced when responding to suicidal subjects. Unique perspectives are provided in order to provoke discussion within agencies to have a true understanding of the relevant Constitutional requirements. Case law examples are provided as talking points to assist in guiding policy and response decision-making. In addition, model programs from throughout the United States are presented as potential options for agencies to consider. | 0800 1200 | | Man Tracking Operations Workshop FULL SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Winslow, Charles THIS COURSE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 40 STUDENTS. | 0800 1200 | | Retirement: How to Do It Right SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Dietzman, Brenda Retiring is an exciting time. We look forward to the time and freedom to do what we want. But it is also an unknown. After a 20, 30, or even 40-year career, we leave a job, co-workers, and our routine. After retirement, an incredible silence ensues. For our entire life, someone or something requires us to attend school, get a job, or go to work to pay the bills. Now our schedule and purpose can become a series of daunting choices. Together, we will examine finances, relationships, adjusting to retirement, our health (physical, emotional, social, and spiritual), and how to continue to fulfill our purpose. Finally, we will lay out a blueprint for before, during, and after retirement so you can enjoy your well-earned retirement in a fun and purposeful way. | 0800 1200 | | The Science of Developing Training for SWAT SEMINAR Course Length: 4 hours - Instructor: Jacobs, Rick "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" is a sound training practice for creating consistency in tactical performance, but also applies to how tactical training should be developed. In most instructor certification courses, only a few days, if not a few hours, are dedicated to how to develop the training we depend on for sound action and liability protection. In this seminar, you will be introduced to the science of training development called "instructional systems design" and will be given insight into a better way of developing your training. We will cover a brief overview of a specific process for developing training, but we will focus on the steps to create Instructor guides that will provide consistency in training, continuity between iterations of training, and real accountability for your personnel, instructors and agency. As part of describing the process, you will be given documents and templates used in the presenter's instructional design process. | 1000 1200 | | Protecting Those Who Protect SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Wistocki, Richard | Mogul, Adam In the advent of first responder mental health including PTSS, gambling, alcoholism and drug abuse, we are losing more first responders than ever before. This is mostly due to the trauma they experience while in performance of their duties. The "Recovery in Our Ranks" training is a hands-on experience for all persons connected to the first responder community. This training focuses on what to look for when an employee is struggling with these issues and how to get them help at the exact moment they say "OK, I need help now." The attendee will learn how to get their employee the help they need instead of ostracizing them from their organization. This training program will give an insider look at treatment modules a first responder will go through when struggling with their trauma and/or addictions. The attendee will examine all of the modules of the Haven for Our Heroes Program. This experience will go from arrival, to detox, PHP, aftercare, FMLA standards, Adventure Therapy, EMDR treatment, first responder family involvement and alumni follow ups after treatment. These brave men and women are subject to a level of physical, emotional and mental stress unlike anyone else. As their jobs have become even more demanding, stress levels have increased to the point where they experience some of the country's highest rates of substance abuse, depression and suicide. The Recover in Our Ranks Program has successfully treated hundreds of emergency personnel nationwide setting them on the path to success. | 1000 1200 | | The NTOA Public Order Standards SEMINAR THIS COURSE IS OFFERED ON MULTIPLE DAYS Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Davidov, Peter This seminar will introduce attendees to the NTOA National Standards for Public Order teams and events (released June 2023). Topics will include the reason and history and background for creating the standards, and the foundation concepts that the standards are based on. Additionally, the presentation will cover issues related to policing violent political protests, challenges faced, tactics utilized by protestors, and lessons learned by law enforcement. | 1000 1200 | | The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders SEMINAR Course Length: 2 hours - Instructor: Schwartz, Anne In 1991, as a reporter for the former Milwaukee Journal newspaper, Anne E. Schwartz broke the story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to the world. She wrote a book on the case in 1992 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. An updated edition of the book was released in October 2021 as Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders with a new, final chapter in both audio and digital editions, providing a 30-year retrospective on the case. She has been featured in dozens of documentaries on the Dahmer story, including a recently released Netflix documentary on the case. She shares her experiences covering the story with audiences, including meeting Dahmer himself. Anne will be available to sign copies of her book before and after the presentation. |