This course is restricted to sworn officers of a United States governmental agency.
OTOA membership is required to attend this class.
Register today ✓ All invoices will be deferred until the student is checked into class on day one.
The OTOA Active Threat Response - User Course equips officers with principles and tactics to respond effectively as a single officer in an active threat event.
This course was developed explicitly for front-line officers, enabling them to accomplish their primary mission of saving lives. It is one of the only training programs combining classroom evidence-based principles with practical skill-based tactics. The Active Threat Response - User training course concludes with safe, reality-based scenarios incorporating de-escalation tactics.
The principles and tactics taught in the course are based on how human beings respond to stress. Additional topics covered include constitutional use of force, de-escalation tactics, and linking up with other officers in uniforms and plain clothes.
Students will demonstrate proficiency through reality-based scenarios.
Goals
- Understand current trends in active threat incidents.
- Understand principles when responding to active threats.
- How priority of life during active threat response plays a vital role in the outcomes.
- Understand constitutional use of deadly force requirements and appropriate de-escalation outcomes.
- Understand Linking Up with uniformed, plain-clothes officers to avoid “blue on blue” engagements.
- Understand how to work with uniformed security professionals and civilian CCW/open-carry citizens during active threat incidents.
- Understand two mission-driven tactics for active threat response.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the two mission-driven tactics.
Class Schedule
Day 1
Active Threat Response Powerpoint: 0800-1000 hrs.
Safety Check: 1000 hrs.
Weapons Flow/Pivots & Turns: 1000-1100 hrs.
Lunch: 1100-1200 hrs.
Safety Check: 1200 hrs.
Single Officer Tactics: 1200-1400 hrs.
- Teach Single Officer Tactics and Principles
- Micro Drill Single Officer Tactics
- Single Officer Alternating Threshold Drill (Snap, then Bound)
- Teach Single Officer Door Procedures
- Micro Drill Single Officer Door Procedures
Dealing with Non-Hostiles, Hostiles to De-escalation, Hostiles: 1400-1500 hrs.
- Clean Wall/Dirty Wall Concept
- Hostile to De-escalation (Checking for Compliance)
- Hostile Engagements (Bounding and Vectoring)
Racetrack Micro-Drills: 1500-1630 hrs.
- Single Officer Racetrack (Dry Practice, Open, and Closed Doors)
Debrief Day 1: 1630-1700 hrs.
Day 2
Safety Check: 0800
Warm Up: Weapons Flow Slalom Drill: 0800-0830 hrs.
Two Officer Tactics: 0830--1000 hrs.
- Teach Two Officer Tactics and Principles
- Micro Drill Two Officer Tactics
- Two Officer Alternating Threshold Drill (Bound and Snap)
- Teach Two Officer Door Procedures
- Micro Drill Two Officer Door Procedures
Vectoring Drills: 1000-1100 hrs.
- Teach Vectoring Tactics and Principles
- Micro Drills: Breaking on Contact
- Breaking on Our Call
- Separation of Non-Hostile and Hostile
Lunch: 1100-1200 hrs.
Safety Check: 1200 hrs.
Open Space Tactics: 1200 – 1230 hrs.
Retake Initiative Tactics: 1230 – 1330 hrs.
- Run to First Base
- Lead with Shield Initiative (Discussion and Demo)
- Breaching (Discussion)
Racetrack/Micro-Drill Daisy/Force on Paper w/Live Occupants: 1330-1630 hrs
- Two Officer Racetrack (Dry Practice, Open and Closed Doors)
- One and Two Officer Racetrack (Open and Closed Doors) Force on Paper w/Live Occupants
- Micro-Drill Daisy
Debrief Day 2: 1630-1700 hrs.