Self-Defense Seminar, November 29, 2010

Promoted to members as a free self-defense seminar for female officers, with the tagline: "Remember… As you train, so shall you fight!" CAWP sponsored this session at the Bushido Jiu-Jitsu Academy 642 Hilliard St., Manchester, CT with instructor West Hartford Detective Robert Magao. This session was a rousing success for all who attended.

In attendance were officers from Hartford, Manchester, Waterbury, the State Police, Milford, West Hartford, and Federal Probation. This seminar was conducted by retired Wethersfield officer Lieutenant Kevin Dillon who was assisted by Manchester Officer Claire Hearn. The class was held at the Bushido Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Manchester, CT. The Academy is owned and run by Detective Robert Magao of the West Hartford Police Department

As an instructor of “SWAT” and police fighting tactics since 1988, Lieutenant Dillon developed and teaches his L.O.C.K.U.P. ® Police Combat System. L.O.C.K.U.P.® an acronym for “Law Officers Combat Kinetics, Unarmed Panoply,’ is a comprehensive fighting approach, based on gross motor skill concepts, that actually reduces injuries to citizens and police officers. L.O.C.K.U.P. ® teaches empty-hand maneuvers (Defensive Tactics) that can be deployed effectively during violent physical encounters and adapts the fighting maneuvers to the officer's physical and physiological changes to maximize effectiveness. Lieutenant Dillon educates officers about the instinctual physiological and physical responses of the human nervous systems during combat. The system is consistent with and based upon the legal guidelines governing police use-of-force, appropriate as a system for officers regardless of physical attributes, and the system can be retained and deployed with minimal continuation training. lLieutenant Dillon is also a State of Connecticut “Certified Law Enforcement Instructor” of various firearms systems, impact weapons and less-lethal control devices. He is also a certified instructor in Leadership and Supervision. Lieutenant Dillon believes that combat fighting tactics must be customized to fit the police officer on the street.

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