Law Enforcement Training Archives

Shooting from your Back

by Luke | Mar 31, 2017 | Compromised Shooting Positions, Defensive Tactic, SIRT Training Pistol, Professional Carry, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Training, Tactical, Open Hand to Gun

Have you ever practiced shooting from your back? How about falling onto your back and then shooting? If you haven’t, it’s understandable, but it’s worth practicing because there is a definite chance that someone could get the drop on you. We highly recommend...

Stance Directed Fire

by Luke | Mar 2, 2017 | Defensive Tactic, SIRT Training Pistol, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Training, Draw

In this video training, Gary Drake goes over Stance Directed Fire, also known as Compressed CQB Fire. This method has been refined over the years through testing many different techniques. It is used for close quarters combat where you need to place rounds on an...

Close Quarters Weapon Retention

by Luke | Feb 15, 2017 | Defensive Tactic, SIRT Training Pistol, Law Enforcement Training

Close Quarters Weapon Retention Simulating a close quarters situation for practice can be difficult. There are many factors that aren’t present in traditional shooting when engaging a threat up close. Shooting accurately can be challenging enough on a range; when you...

Seated Draw to Address a Threat

by Luke | Feb 10, 2017 | Defensive Tactic, SIRT Training Pistol, Law Enforcement Training

Shooting from a Seated Position In this video, Don Gulla will walk you through how to engage threats from a seated position. Most of us spend a significant amount of time sitting so knowing how to draw and aim is a critical skill to practice. While the fundamentals...

3D Targets with Don Gulla

by Luke | Feb 3, 2017 | SIRT Training Pistol, Law Enforcement Training

Shooting/Creating 3D Targets In this training by Don Gulla, you will learn the benefits of shooting a 3D target and how it is a better way to train than with 2D targets. In addition, you will learn how you can quickly and cheaply make a custom 3D target for yourself....

Shooting Head Shots with Upward Angle to Mitigate Liability

by Mike Hughes | Oct 4, 2016 | Defensive Tactic, Draw, SIRT Training Pistol, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Training, Tactical Training

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Gulla Single Hand Defensive ShootingShooting upward to the head on an imminent lethal threat not only gets your head out of the line of fire and delivers a immediately incapacitating counter strike, but further, you can limit...

Getting Head Out of Kill Zone and Returning Fire to Head of Threat with Single Hand Shooting

by Mike Hughes | Sep 29, 2016 | Draw, SIRT Training Pistol, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Training, Tactical Training

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Gulla Single Hand Defensive ShootingOne handed shooting can have an advantage when moving to your left (for right handed shooters). There are situations where you can get shots off quicker and get your head off line when...

Law Enforcement Force Options

by Mike Hughes | Jun 27, 2016 | Law Enforcement Training

There is an impending merger of skills in Law Enforcement training. The merger of open hand to firearms is a practical extension of practical training. Force options training is an integration of defensive tactics and firearms for practical techniques for...

Tony Blauer Final Installment

by Mike Hughes | May 28, 2012 | Open Hand to Gun, Law Enforcement Training, Tactical, Tactical Training

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Blauer on Flinch ResponseThis is the fourth video of MIke Hughes interviewing Tony Blauer. Tony suggests training fine motor skills at elevated heart rate so they are available for us when our heart rate is elevated. One drill...

Tony Blauer on Flinch Training

by Mike Hughes | May 3, 2012 | Law Enforcement Training, Tactical, Tactical Training, Open Hand to Gun

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Blauer on Flinch ResponseI grabbed Tony Blauer at ILEETA for a 5 minute interview that went for 45 minutes. Tony is passionate about training and this first video (of four) has some fantastic content related to getting higher...

Tony Blauer on ASAP: Awareness, Suddenness, Aggression and Proximity of Threats

by Mike Hughes | Apr 28, 2012 | Open Hand to Gun, Law Enforcement Training, Tactical, Tactical Training

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Blauer on Flinch ResponseThis is the 3rd video of 4 of Mike Hughes interviewing Tony Blauer. Blauer recommends to make training opportunities throughout the day (e.g. when brushing teeth). Tony discusses placing many targets and...

Seated Shooting

by Mike Hughes | Mar 11, 2012 | Compromised Shooting Positions, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Training

Shooting from a Seated Position This is definitely not standard pistolcraft we train on the range, but yet this is very very practical training. In Lakewood Washington, four officers were shot while seated at a coffee shop. This is a subject that really hits home for...