Schools
Topics Covered
*Tactical Medicine
*Gear Setup
*Use of Force (always revert back to agency policy)
*Safe Weapons Handling
*Priorities of Threats
*Cover VS. Concealment
*On and Off Cover
*Vehicle Dismounts and Engagements
*Exterior Approaches
*Moving/Move Drills
*Breaching
*Threshold Assessment
*Scanning VS. Clearing
*Hallway Movement and Stairs
*Indicator VS. Stimulus based movement
*Room Entry Techniques 1 Officer/Agent and 2 Officers/Agents
*Dead Space
*Low Light Techniques
*Link-Up procedures mitigating blue-on-blue engagements
*Post Engagement Procedures
Minimum Gear Requirements
*Duty Carry Belt (holster, magazine pouches, handcuff pouches, tourniquet touches
etc.) for uniform patrol officers
*Concealable holster, magazine pouches, handcuff pouches, tourniquet pouches etc.
for off duty/civilian attire
*Civilian attire
*Appropriate footwear
*Eye protection
*Hearing protection (preferably electronic)
*Flashlight and weapons mounted light
Optional Gear
*Body Armor
*Plate Carrier
*Helmet
*Chest Rig
Courses begin at $400 per student, but please contact us directly for information
regarding course cost
Single Officer Response Tactics Course- S.O.R.T.
S.O.R.T. is a 20 hour/2.5 day course designed to give law enforcement officers (uniform and civilian attire) and agents the tactical and medical knowledge needed to perform
enforcement operations at the highest level. What makes the Specter Defense Group
S.O.R.T. course unique is that it goes beyond just active threat training and covers a variety of other skills that officers and agents can utilize in their day-to-day operations. Through dynamic, interactive drills and realistic scenario-based training, the S.O.R.T. course teaches appropriate responses and tactics for vehicle stops, building searching and clearing, active threat events, the knowledge and confidence to make the appropriate use of force decision, and a variety of other common scenarios that officers and agents will encounter. Beyond the tactics training, the S.O.R.T. course covers tactical medicine, focusing on the three main areas of preventable death: extremity hemorrhages, tension pneumothorax, and airway obstruction. The S.O.R.T. course utilizes the best practices from Special Operations Medical Association, the Committee on Tactical Combat Causality Care, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Tactical Emergency Causality Care, and from the Prehospital Trauma Life Support committee. Students will be issued an individual first aid kit on day one that they will train with throughout the course and take home with them at the conclusion of the course.
