Training Description:

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The OTOA does not teach one specific “Tactic.” The OTOA instructors teach “Principles.”

• The OTOA response protocols are built around basic principles.
• Violation of basic principles develops into poor tactics.
• The applications of fundamental principles lead to safer tactics.

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The Tactical Team Leader course exposes current and future SWAT team commanders, team leaders, crisis negotiators, patrol and detective supervisors, administrators, and road patrol officers to contemporary critical incident response issues, tactics, and procedures.

Also included in the curriculum are relevant critical incident reviews.

Practical applications will include scouting and planning warrants, small team planning, tactics to resolve critical incidents, and reviewing tactical incidents and videos.

Attendees will participate in group discussions, write operations orders, develop training plans, and critique and evaluate tactics and decisions based on a principal-based SWAT and patrol response decision-making process. 

Target Audience

• SWAT/SRT Leadership
• Future Team Leaders
• Crisis Negotiators
• Current Supervisors
• New Supervisors
• ALL that respond to critical incidents

Topics Include

• Legal Update
• Risk Mitigation
• Record Keeping
• Operations Manual
• Policy & Procedures
• Threat Assessments
• Leadership Principals
• Training & Equipment
• Standards & Selection
• Suicidal & EDP Response
• Debriefs & After Actions
• Civil Disturbances & Rioting
• Critical Incident Decision-Making
• Contemporary Response Planning
• Barricades - High-Risk Warrants - Hostage Rescue

Also Covered

• Justifying specialized teams or "SWAT" teams
• The use of specialized teams
• SWAT standards and professionalism
• Contemporary SWAT issues and concerns
• SWAT and the media
• Discipline and removal of SWAT team members
• Crisis negotiations teams
• Tactical operation centers
• Operations planning
• Weapons and equipment selection

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COURSE SCHEDULE

Class starts at 8:00 AM, and the training days are eight hours long.

DAY 1:

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Registration/Check-in and Introduction
8:30 AM –11:00 PM: Leading Collateral Duty Teams
11:00 PM –12:00 PM: Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Testing and Selection
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: SWAT Training
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Tactical Team Leadership

DAY 2:

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Team Leader Planning and Decision Making/Scenario
12:00 AM –1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Warrant Service
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Barricade Operations

DAY 3:

8:00 AM –10:00 AM: Continuation of Barricade Operations/Suicidal Subjects
10:00 AM –12:00 PM: Incident Debriefs/Scenario Responses
12:00 PM –1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: After Action Reviews and Record Keeping/Documentation
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Course Review/OTOA Resources/Question and Answer

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TO WEAR - WHAT TO BRING

• Business casual
• Laptop computer
• Note-taking materials
• Policy Manual, Operations Manual, etc.

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MEDICAL

If you are allergic to bees, outdoor plants, or animals, please bring your epinephrine pen or other medication.

Life-threatening allergies and pre-existing injuries or conditions must be reported to the OTOA training staff on day one of training.

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LODGING, TRAVEL & MEALS:

The course cost does not include ammunition, lodging, transportation, and food.

• Attendees are responsible for their ammunition, lodging, transportation, and food.

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Any tactic, technique, or technology covered at any OTOA advanced training or annual training conference MUST be applied in compliance with the United States Constitution, the Ohio Revised Code, and the rules and regulations of an attendee’s employing law enforcement agency.

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