Training is performed by Christian instructors with law Enforcement experience who have been trained by private and government agencies in Active Shooter Response & Counter Terrorism.  This is not just a Power Point presentation with coffee and donuts.  We do hands-on realistic scenarios utilizing Force-on-Force and Force-on-Target training to ensure you know how to respond to active threats and provide medical care for victims.

Building a Church Security Team

This program focuses on the steps you need to take to begin building a more official safety or security team.  Which is best for you a Safety Team or a Security Team?  We will answer that question in this program and guide you on the steps needed to document, staff, train, and manage your team.

Civilian (Unarmed) Response to Active Shooter Events

This is a presentation that we do for church congregations on what to do during an active shooter event.  It is typically a 1.5 to 2 hour Power Point presentation.  It features moving testimonials from people involved in real Active Shooter events in churches and other houses of worship.  It goes beyond the commonly taught Run/Hide/Fight methods and builds confidence in your team’s abilities to defend the church from all threats.

Active Shooter Armed Response Level 1

This course builds on basic firearms skills and drills, combative mindset, engaging a threat safely in a crowded area, basic application of a Tourniquet, dealing with threats in the sanctuary, hallways, classrooms, etc., and introduces team members to a number of active shooter scenarios utilizing force-on-force training to reinforce the drills and methods taught.  It is typically 8 hours of training which can be done in one day (usually on a Saturday) or can be broken into two days of 4 hours each.  The focus is on learning techniques for a single responder.

Active Shooter Armed Response Level 2

This course builds upon the skills taught in Level 1 and begins to introduce team response.  Your team will learn to work together to neutralize the threat and treat any injured parties.  Students will learn to deal with threats who are utilizing both rifles and handguns.  Also, you learn basic response to explosive devices.  Like Level 1, it is an 8 hour block of training that utilizes several realistic scenarios.

Active Shooter Armed Response Level 3

This course brings together the skills from both Level 1 & 2.  The threats are more difficult and the scenarios are larger scale.  By this point, teams have received significant medical training in addition to tactics and thus the course integrates the two more closely than before.  The scenarios run full-length with simulated Law Enforcement response.  It too is an 8 hour block of training.

Basic Tactical Medicine

This course extends beyond the commonly taught Stop the Bleed Courses.  This course integrates the skills of bleeding control via Tourniquet applications (C-A-T Tourniquets, SWAT-T Tourniquets, SOFTT Tourniquets, and improvised tourniquets), Wound Packing (utilizing both hemostatic and non-hemostatic packing materials as well as improvised techniques), Airway Management (Basic methods and NPA application), Respiration Management via Chest Seals, Circulation & Shock Management, and Hypothermia Management.  We also cover rapid patient assessment, patient evacuation, and more.  This is an 8 hour block of instruction.

Defense Tactics for Church Security

For those situations when the use of force does not merit an armed response, we cover the skills necessary to go hands-on with minimal risk of injury.  You will learn to physically restrain and escort or control resistant subjects.  Team Members will learn techniques for defending attacks such as chokes, grabs, pushes, punches, weapons attacks, etc.  Training will involve skills for striking and grappling.  You will also learn to defend knife and gun attacks when there is no time to transition to a firearm as well as how best to transition to/from firearms as appropriate.  It is an intensive training program.

Threat Identification & De-escalation Skills

Learn to identify subjects who are carrying a weapon and how to deal with them.  Identify those who are exhibiting signs of Mental Illness and how to de-escalate threatening situations appropriately.  One of our instructors regularly does training for a Crisis Negotiation Team (Hostage Negotiators).  This block of training involves Power Point presentations and role playing.  This is typically a 2 to 4 hour program.

Security Risk Assessment

Our team will conduct a thorough security risk assessment for your facility.  We do a walk-through of your facility and look for areas where security could be improved, discuss your processes and procedures, and so on.  At the end of the assessment, we deliver a report on our findings and suggestions and then work with you to prioritize and implement those improvements which will make the biggest impact into securing your church.

Live Fire Handgun Training

We provide handgun training courses to ensure that team members are able to shoot with proficiency.  These course includes basic firearms skills testing and instruction.  At the end of the training, participants will need to shoot passing scores to receive a certificate of training.

Custom Training

As always, we are more than happy to develop custom training options and even customize the above courses to best meet your needs.  Our trainers have extensive experience and are more than happy to ensure you get REAL value from the training we deliver.