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07-09-2011, 08:24 PM
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Active Shooter Training
Their is a class going today and tomorrow and I am signed up for next month. Talked to one of the officers today and he said that this is some extreme training with lots of physical activity.
Tomorrow they get to shoot and put today's training to practical use using teamwork.
For those who have had this training what can you tell me about it? I have been told to bring a sanitized duty belt with any holster that will hold a Glock 17 long sleeve shirt. vest, gloves and groin protection.
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07-09-2011, 08:37 PM
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Okay, what is "a sanitized duty belt" and presuming you're a LEO, why would you not be rocking your every day duty carry? Am I missing something?
FTR, I've undergone "active shooter" training.
Be safe.
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Their is a class going today and tomorrow and I am signed up for next month. Talked to one of the officers today and he said that this is some extreme training with lots of physical activity.
Tomorrow they get to shoot and put today's training to practical use using teamwork.
For those who have had this training what can you tell me about it? I have been told to bring a sanitized duty belt with any holster that will hold a Glock 17 long sleeve shirt. vest, gloves and groin protection.
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07-09-2011, 08:51 PM
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These days everything is "active shooter training". Gone are the days of every shot being "center mass", now they're emphasizing advancing on and taking out the guy with the gun.
I'm with The Big D, what's a "sanited duty belt" and what's with the Glock 17 BS? I carry a 1911 on duty and the only Glock I've ever owned is a 36, why would I want to attend a class that only caters to those who carry a G17?
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07-09-2011, 08:51 PM
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We have been instructed not to have anything on a duty belt except a holster. I think that is their way to have absolute safety with no ammo magazines, knives or what that could cause injury. They provide everything.
We will be shooting the bad guys with some kind of ammo. The exercise is being held in a High School.
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07-09-2011, 08:56 PM
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Great. Go and train with nothing you usually carry - no baton, no OC, no knife, no nothing. That'll serve you well. Do you even carry a G17 for work?
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07-09-2011, 09:01 PM
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That's what I like to know what you did in the active shooter course that you attended? Did you guys clear schools and offices shooting your duty weapon? I don't think so.
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07-09-2011, 09:04 PM
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Understand the safety precautions but in my "active shooter" training it was an "all hands on deck" scenario with every day carry. e.g. plainclothes, admin, on-duty uniformed personnel showed up/trained as they carried. Training was: "beat unit assigned" then "any unit in the vicinity" thus the every day carry training.
Be safe.
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Big D
We have been instructed not to have anything on a duty belt except a holster. I think that is their way to have absolute safety with no ammo magazines, knives or what that could cause injury. They provide everything.
We will be shooting the bad guys with some kind of ammo. The exercise is being held in a High School.
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07-09-2011, 09:07 PM
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If you're asking me, "YES!"
Be safe.
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That's what I like to know what you did in the active shooter course that you attended? Did you guys clear schools and offices shooting your duty weapon? I don't think so.
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07-09-2011, 09:10 PM
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With SRT,
Had a full week of it....every month....Lots of runnin' (back before I busted my knee)
A full dose of officer down rescue drills.
Simunitions / Glock frame type training pistols
Large Abandoned School/Office type structures and CQ clearing drills
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07-09-2011, 10:14 PM
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We use Glock airsoft guns, and a sanitized duty belt means just what is sounds like...no guns, ammo, taser, pepper spray, asps, etc.....handcuffs, at least in our agency, should be carried....
We have conducted active shooter training in abandoned homes (given to us by the owner for the specific use) schools, the Civic Center....the big one we did we lift flighted "victims" as well as triage and treating on scene....we also brought in UGA's Bomb Disposal Unit and their SRT team so our guys could train with theirs....
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07-11-2011, 01:24 PM
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I have been to two different schools in the last year for Active shooters. Both were very hands on. In the first we had several days of classes and dry drills, then went at each other with Air Soft pistols. The second was much more structured and well taught. We used Simunitions for that one. For both we had very thorough safety checks before any hands on portions to make sure we didn't have any live weapons or knives.
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My experience was as the team medic so I was usually involved in teammember extraction while the rest of the team continued pursuit. My suggestion: use gear you don't mind getting chewed up. We also trained in a vacant school and being dragged on concrete really thrashes holsters, wrist watches and leather boots.
Also be prepared for sensory deprivation/overload: audio and visual. This to simulate working in an atmosphere with school and fire alarm bells ringing, sprinklers flowing, smoke, lights out, alarm strobes flashing, etc...
Good luck.
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