Advanced Firearms for the Plain Clothes & Task Force Officer (16 Hours) May 12 - 13, 2021

Advanced Firearms for the Plain Clothes & Task Force Officer

May 12 - 13, 2021

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Range Facility

The OTOA is delighted to announce another exclusive training course for police professionals, military and armed security officers interested in improving handguns skills.

This firearms course is a comprehensive, two-day advanced pistol training day with practical applications through live-fire exercises.

This course is conducted by credentialed and experienced OTOA trainers. All OTOA training staff are tenured police professionals with specific expertise in mentoring and coaching shooters of all levels of experience with firearms.

This course does NOT involve any classroom, only range time

Course description: LEO’s assigned to plainclothes and task force units go from patrol units to specialized units and are expected to “conceal a firearm”.  

Carrying a firearm while off-duty provides similar challenges. Agencies require the annual firearms “qualification” and very often, no “training”.

The Advanced Firearms for the Plain Clothes and Task Force Officer training course will provide contemporary insights into equipment selection, advanced firearms training, Combatives, and the OTOA principles for winning an armed engagement.

Topics and disciplines covered

• Equipment selection and considerations
• Draws and presentations from concealment
• Target focused sighted live fire
• Movement
• Decision-making – Multiple Threats
• Reloads: Combat & Tactical
• Combatives
• Use of Edged Weapons
• Tradecraft and concealment methods when working plain clothes

Intended Audience - This is NOT a basic firearms course

• Officers that carry a firearm off-duty
• Firearms instructors
• Qualification Officers
• Task Force and Plain Clothes Officers
• Those interested in a challenge and improvement

Required Equipment – Student Supplied:

• 800 rounds of factory pistol ammunition – NO RELOADS - NO STEEL CORE
• Duty or Individual owned pistol with a minimum of 3 magazines
• Sturdy pants belt capable of holding a magazine pouch and concealment holster
• Concealed holster (*see criteria below)
  (SORRY - No Serpa, shoulder/ ankle holsters)
• Cover garment – button-down shirt, jacket, sweatshirt, etc.
• Wear the clothing you would wear while carrying off-duty or working in a plainclothes capacity
• Wrap around Eye Protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Baseball style hat / billed cap
• Food / Water - No meals provided
• Seasonal weather gear/rain gear - dress for the weather
• Note-taking material
• Cleaning kit and lubrication

*Concealment holster criteria

• Capable of holstering without the use of the support hand
• Concealment holsters that retain an open cavity AFTER the firearm is removed.
  (If you must hold the holster open to replace the firearm – time to throw it in the garbage.)

COST: $250

Course limited to 24 students.

Questions?

Contact OTOA Training Manager - Jim Hardman: jim.hardman@otoa.org or (937) 219-8784