Course Description: This dynamic course of instruction is designed to prepare the first responder to isolate, distract, and neutralize an "active shooter". Course will cover shooting and moving, threshold evaluation, concepts and principles of team movement, setting up for and room entry techniques, approach and breaching the crisis site, rescue team tactics, improvised explosive devices, and post engagement priorities of work. The course will culminate with dynamic "force on force" scenarios.

Recommended Equipment: Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper, duty gear, body armor, water, and appropriate clothing for "force on force" training on day 2 (i.e. long sleeve shirt, pants, groin protection). Head, eye, and throat protection will be provided by ALERRT.

Course Description: "The fate of the wounded rests with the one who applies the first dressing." (Nicholas Senn, M.D. 1898 )First responders are being trained to quickly enter into harm's way to neutralize the shooter and save the lives of innocent victims. In many circumstances, formally trained medical personnel will not or cannot be on the scene immediately to provide casualty care. First responders must be educated and trained in immediate casualty care techniques to save lives. Day 1 will consist of Self-Aid, Buddy-Aid techniques and Day 2 will consist of "force on force" mass casualty scenarios where the student will not only have to neutralize the gunman but also treat the wounded.

Recommended Equipment: Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper, duty gear, body armor, clothing for force on force training day two, groin protection, water and or hydration system.

Prerequisite: Level I: Rapid Response to Active Shooter

Course Description: The FORT course was primarily designed to assist rural law enforcement officers working along the volatile southern U.S./Mexican border. This "hands-on" course will cover equipment selection, vehicle ambushes, medical emergencies, mounted and dismounted officer/citizen down rescue, dismounted individual movement techniques, dismounted team movement techniques, and hasty vehicle assaults. Some students attending this course have found it to be physically challenging and students attending should be able to walk moderate distances, jog, kneel, crawl and lift moderate weight.

Recommended Equipment: Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper, duty gear, clothing conducive for crawling around on the ground, water and or hydration system, body armor, long gun (if issued), and inclement weather gear (majority of course is outside regardless of weather conditions).

Course Description: This hands-on, dynamic course is designed to aid the first responder in approaching and breaching into a crisis site using traditional and non-traditional methods. The course covers the use of both manual and ballistic breaching tools to gain entry into a structure under extreme exigent circumstances that demand immediate entry to save and protect innocent lives.

Recommended Equipment: Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper, duty gear, appropriate clothing (long pants and long sleeve shirt, shoes or boots, etc.) hearing and eye protection, 12 ga. Shotgun, 5 rounds buckshot, 25 rounds birdshot, body armor, gloves, water and or hydration system. **Note: shotguns can be shared between students.

Course Description: The focus of this two day course is to provide the student with training concepts, techniques, and equipment considerations to increase their effectiveness and confidence while operating in low or no light conditions. The course incorporates the use of "force on force" drills to validate the tactics and techniques covered. Topics will center on approaching a target area, low light searching techniques, low light entry methods, armed confrontations and unarmed suspect handling.

Recommended Equipment: Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper, duty gear, flashlight used on duty, extra batteries, personal groin protection, clothing for "force on force" drills, water and or hydration system.

Course Description: This course is designed to allow the first responder to experience training under live fire conditions for close quarter battle (CQB). The techniques and tactics taught during the Rapid Response to Active Shooter course will be conducted live-fire in a state-of-the-art shoot house located at the ALERRT Range Facility. The training will stair step first responders through the process of improving safety and accuracy with weapon systems, conducting room entries, hallway movement, and other tactics associated with responding to an active shooter.

Required Equipment: Duty Gear, Handgun with 50 rounds ball/50 rounds frangible ammunition, Patrol Rifle 60 rounds ball/40 rounds frangible ammunition, body armor, eye protection, hearing protection, clothing appropriate for training, water and or hydration system.

This course will train a select group of 25 law enforcement officers who are experienced in police training, firearms training, and/or tactical methods and is taught by four senior instructors from the ALERRT training team and includes the following:

Student Packing List for Train the Trainer Class:

• Participants may bring the following items:
  • Duty belt
  • Soft body armor (if available)
  • Flashlight
  • Long-sleeved shirt
  • Groin protection
  • Writing Instrument
  • Drinking water
  • Bring snacks or lunches. Most breaks and lunches will be short.
• NOTE: The following equipment is prohibited and should NOT be transported to the training site:
  • Weapons of any kind
  • Defense aerosols
  • Ammunition/magazines
  • Batons
  • Diversionary devices (flashbangs, etc.)

Course Description: 
This course is designed to provide officers with the knowledge, physical skills and mindset on how to respond to violent encounters, including active shooter situations, when armed but not in uniform.  Not only must plain clothes officers be prepared to engage a deadly force threat against themselves or third parties, a secondary threat to the plain clothes officers, that of responding uniformed officers to the scene, must be properly and safely addressed.  A key learning objective for this course is to address the increase of “blue-on-blue” shootings where uniformed law enforcement officers shoot off-duty police officers who have intervened in a situation.  Concepts and principals of off-duty/plain clothes response options are discussed to mitigate this tragedy from occurring.

This fast-paced course also includes instruction on various concealment techniques, weapon and holster selection as well as additional equipment considerations.  A variety of concealable Safariland holsters will be available for students to use and test during the course. Dynamic courses of fire are conducted engaging threats in a variety of real world drills including force on contact exercises.

Recommended Equipment:

• Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper, eye and ear protection, hydration system, and appropriate clothing for range work.  Some students have found this course to be physically challenging and students attending should be able walk moderate distances, jog, kneel, and lift moderate weight.
• Handgun with at least 3 magazines or speed loaders chambered in .380, .38, .357, .40, .45 or .9mm.  If your primary off-duty or concealed weapon is a small-frame handgun, students are encouraged to bring a mid to large frame handgun and concealment holster to evaluate and compare.
• A strong side concealment holster made for the student’s handgun configured so that the weapon can be re-holstered (does not collapse when the weapon is drawn) with one hand.
• At least two shirts to cover and conceal handgun.  One should be a button-down type shirt or jacket and one should be a t-shirt or polo-style shirt.  
• 400 rounds of ammunition for weapon

Description: This live-fire pistol course will take first-responding officers through drills conducive to active shooter responses.  Officers will start with basic fundamentals to assess individual and overall class skill levels.  Officers will work though hallway drills/shooting on the move in team setting (540 degrees); barricade drills for threshold evaluations (deliberate & dynamic); simulated room entry (shoot/don't shoot); and shooting out to 25 yards to begin replicating distances seen on approaches to a crisis point or encountered in hallways.

Requirements: 

• 300 Rounds
• Personal protective equipment: eye pro, ear pro, body armor, gloves (optional),
• Other:  comfortable clothing, “go bag”, hydration system, snacks, note-taking material

This course establishes sound fundamentals for a shooting plan to safely and efficiently operate a rifle from various configurations and distances. Students will shoot from 7 to 200 yards (standing, kneeling, prone, moving). Speed and accuracy drills will be conducted. The duration of the course can be modified to fit requests.

Warrior Training Tasks Covered

• 071-100-0001 Zero an M43 or M4A1 Carbine
• 071-100-0003 Engage Targets with an M4 or M4A1 Carbine
• 071-100-0008 Correct Malfunctions of an M4 or M4A1
• 071-311-2007 Engage Targets with an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2027 Load an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2028 Unload and M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2029 Correct Malfunctions of an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2030 Zero an M16A2 Rifle

This course establishes sound fundamentals for a shooting plan to safely and efficiently operate a pistol. Speed, accuracy, and transition drills will be conducted. The duration of the course can be modified to fit requests.

Warrior Training Tasks Covered

• 071-004-0003 Load an M9 Pistol
• 071-004-0004 Unload an M9 Pistol
• 071-004-0005 Correct Malfunctions of M9 Pistol
• 071-004-0006 Engage Targets with an M9 Pistol

This course focuses on establishing sound fundamentals for safe and highly-effective operation within an urban environment.  Approaches, entry process, target scanning process, and follow-through procedures are shown. Teams of 2, 3, 4, and 5 are used as multiple room entry and clearing methods are rehearsed. Hallway drills as well as rooms within rooms are discussed and rehearsed.  Students are taking on a crawl, walk, and jog process through each portion. Blocks of instruction will mostly be conducted with cleared/safe weapons with options to utilize marking cartridges for force-on-force and even move up to live-fire.

Warrior Training Tasks Covered

• 0071-326-0541 Perform Movement Techniques During an Urban Operation
• 0071-326-5610 Conduct Movement Techniques by a Squad
• 0714-440-0028 Engage Targets During an Urban Operation
• Assess and Respond to Threats

Students will learn intermediate range shooting fundamentals out to 500 meters utilizing the M4/M16 weapon platform in conjunction with iron sights, CCO’s, and/or ACOGs. They will learn to maintain and utilize the TA31RCO M-150CP ACOG, and how to determine the ranges to targets utilizing eyes, and weapon optic. The student will accurately engage multiple targets using a variety of alternate firing positions out to 500m. Accuracy and range estimation are emphasized. 

Warrior Training Tasks Covered

• 071-100-0001 Zero an M43 or M4A1 Carbine
• 071-100-0003 Engage Targets with an M4 or M4A1 Carbine
• 071-100-0008 Correct Malfunctions of an M4 or M4A1
• 071-311-2030 Zero an M16A2 Rifle
• 071-311-2027 Load an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2028 Unload and M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2029 Correct Malfunctions of an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2007 Engage Targets with an M16-Series Rifle

This course is designed to provide an overview of and training for soldiers selected to personal security details. The course begins with Tactical Rifle, Pistol, and TOUT which leads into the PSD tactical portion of the course. Principles of Driving, Convoy/Motorcade Procedures, Foot formations, Immediate Action Drills (vehicle and foot), Surveillance/Detection methods as well as other blocks of instruction are included. Multiple drills and practical exercises will be conducted to accentuate the techniques taught utilizing marking cartridge force-on-force and various training aid simulators.

Warrior Training Tasks Covered

• 071-100-0001 Zero an M43 or M4A1 Carbine
• 071-100-0003 Engage Targets with an M4 or M4A1 Carbine
• 071-100-0008 Correct Malfunctions of an M4 or M4A1
• 071-311-2007 Engage Targets with an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2027 Load an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2028 Unload and M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2029 Correct Malfunctions of an M16-Series Rifle
• 071-311-2030 Zero an M16A2 Rifle
• 071-326-0541 Perform Movement Techniques During an Urban Operation
• 071-326-5610 Conduct Movement Techniques by a Squad
• 071-326-0510 React to Direct Fire While Dismounted
• 071-410-0002 React to Direct Fire While Mounted
• 113-571-1022 Perform Voice Communications; SITREP/SPOTREP/ 9-Line Medevac
• 551-721-1359 Operate a Vehicle in a Convoy
• 714-440-0028 Engage Targets During an Urban Operation
• Assess and Respond to Threats

Battle Drills Trained

• 07-3-D3991 React to Contact (Visual, IET, Direct Fire, [Includes RPG])
• 07-3-D3992 React to Ambush (Near)
• 07-3-D3993 React to Ambush (Far)
• 07-3-D3996 Break Contact
• 07-3-D3997 Dismount a Vehicle
• 07-3-D3999 Establish Security at a Halt