Training

The State of Connecticut is offering ongoing courses:

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LOCKUP Police Combat TrainingL.O.C.K.U.P.® (Police Combat) programs

As an instructor of “SWAT” and police fighting tactics since 1988, Lieutenant Kevin 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. L.O.C.K.U.P.® fully integrates with all other weapon system training.

Lieutenant Dillon has created single and multiple day L.O.C.K.U.P.® (Police Combat) programs. His intensive Train the Trainer course has been adopted as the “Arrest and Control Instructor” credential for Connecticut’s Police Officers Standards and Training Council’s instructor certification. The course is the fundamental qualification for teaching in all basic training and Police Corps Academy programs. The techniques have been proven to be effective on the street.

Lieutenant Dillon has been a practicing martial artist for the past 35 years. He earned a 4th degree Black Belt in Kenpo karate, a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Jui Jitsu, and has studied other systems including Shodokan and Tae Kwon Do. L.O.C.K.U.P.® is a certified “Police Combat System” and Lieutenant Dillon was promoted to 6th degree black belt by the United States Martial Arts Association. Lieutenant Dillon was also inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2005.

Lieutenant 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.

Lieutenant Dillon has appeared on national radio talk shows as well as in numerous videos including Sequential Opportunity of Kenpo Karate series; Encyclopedia of Self Defense Video/DVD and has written and released his own video/DVD series called Police Combat Tactics Volumes 1 and 2 based on his L.O.C.K.U.P.® empty hand fighting principals. Police Combat Tactics is selling world wide.

Lieutenant Dillon is also founder and president of KFD Training & Consultation LLC and www.policecombat.com. His company has provided the highest level of professional police, security training and use of force consultation for the past eight years.

U.S.N.S.T.A. Tactical Training Seminar. has a new location

All law enforcement, corrections, security, and military personnel and administrators are invited to attend this training seminar that covers four days of physically intense, hands-on training. for more information about this course, please visit the U.S.N.S.T.A. website.

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The annual U.S.N.S.T.A. tactical training seminar provides responders, trainers, policy makers, and decision makers with a unique opportunity to evaluate innovative training practices and products for the modern first responder. Attendees participate in hands-on training throughout the four day event, which means the seminar facilitates unparalleled interaction between policy makers and front-line responders from across the country within a dynamic training environment.

USNSTA TRACK 1: INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT-Controlled F.O.R.C.E.© Level 1 & 2 Departmental Instructor Certification Enroll in TRACK 1 to:

  • Certify in Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 1 & 2 Departmental Instructor
  • Re-Certify in Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 1 & 2 Departmental Instructor

TRACK 2: OPERATOR DEVELOPMENT-F.O.R.C.E. Responder™ (First Official Response in a Critical Environment) Enroll in TRACK 2 to:

  • Complete F.O.R.C.E. Responder Operator Development Training
  • Re-Certify in Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 1 & 2 Departmental Instructor

CAWP Discount for members and affiliates for these classesOther Featured Training:

  • TACTICAL LIFESAVER
  • OFFICER DOWN CASUALTY CARE COURSE
  • EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANNING
  • CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT
  • IED RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE
  • CF METAL-TEC 1400 MIL COURSE
  • INTRO TO CONTROLLED F.O.R.C.E. PSD COURSE

TRACK 2 CERTIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 1 & 2 Departmental Instructor Re-Certification
  • Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 1 End User Certification
  • Metal-TEC 1400 Factory Training Course Certificate of Completion
  • Emergency Planning Certificate of Completion
  • Critical Incident Stress Management Certificate of Completion
  • IED Recognition, Awareness, and Response Certificate of Completion

CAWP members and Affiliates receive a 20% discount, Simply enter the code US-11-SD when you register on their website.