This course is designed to provide proven deployment methods of the armored tactical rescue vehicle in hostile environments. The different roles of the armored tactical rescue vehicle, to include victim rescue, utilization as a weapons shooting platform, delivery of team elements, negotiation phones, chemical agents and other utilization will be discussed.

This course is designed for law enforcement and correctional personnel who may be called upon to lead or participate in the cell extraction of a prisoner. Topics covered in this course include an overview of cell extraction situations, including the Gentles incident overview, risk assessment, planning and CET tactics.

This training is designed to give students the knowledge, skills and ability to recognize pre-attack indicators from a terrorist point of view as well as from a law enforcement perspective. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to provide their agency with constructive resources for developing a strategy of threat detection.

This course is designed for law enforcement personnel who may need to use reasonable and necessary physical force to defend themselves and/or control an aggressive combative subject(s). The focus of this training will be learning the appropriate physical techniques to apply in a use-of-force situation with an unarmed combatant. This course will not cover the use of chemical sprays, baton techniques or other less-lethal devices. Practical applications will consist of learning and demonstrating the physical techniques with control and proper form, performing techniques and combinations with a partner and defending against a live attack from a padded assailant.

This course will give law enforcement officers a good foundation and working knowledge of techniques that will help them prevail in an altercation that ends up on the ground. The ground fighting techniques taught in the two days of instruction cover reversals, escapes, weapon retention, takedowns, preventing takedowns, ground defense and the neck restraint. Furthermore, all the techniques will flow into a handcuffing position. Practical application training will consist of learning and demonstrating the physical techniques with control and proper form, performing proper ground fighting techniques with a partner and defending against a live attack from a padded assailant.

This course is an intense three days of classroom lecture and practical application. Students will participate in mock high-risk prisoner transports to various locations. The course will address the considerations involved in transporting high-risk prisoners to and from court appearances, hospital/doctor visits and transfers to other correctional facilities or jurisdictions. Topics covered in this course include operational planning, route selection, surveillance and counter surveillance measures, court building security and contingency planning, medical and hospital considerations and prevention versus reaction.

This course is designed to provide intermediate skills needed by personnel who are assigned as members of SWAT. Topics include hostage rescue concepts, rapid deployment and emergency entry tactics, hostage rescue force options including long rifle operations, aircraft interventions and bus interventions.

This course is designed to train the trainers for SWAT and HazMat team leaders and members, EOD team leaders and members, patrol supervisors, communications center staff, and federal tactical teams mandated to use NIMS under HSPD 5. The course focuses on how to plan for, respond to and conduct tactical law enforcement operations during all hazards, Hazardous Material (HazMat), and WMD events using NIMS and Unified Command.

Students will receive an overview of the mobile field force concept to be implemented to provide a rapid response by on-duty uniform personnel to a critical incident. Topics to be covered included the basic elements, organization and responsibilities of the field force; formations and movement; use-of-force; support personnel (including K-9 personnel); dealing with arrests and injuries; and departure from scene. Students will participate in hands-on scenarios and role-playing.

This course is designed to provide a thorough overview in protective service liaison, posting, command post procedures, advance survey procedures, close proximity security procedures, contemporary methods of operation of potential threat groups and individuals, defensive and counter ambush techniques and scenario-based exercises.

This course is designed for individuals who have recently been assigned to SWAT. Topics include extremist/domestic terrorism overview, jurisdictional issues relating to terrorism incidents, response to barricade situations involving extremists and contemporary counterterrorism team organization and structure. Specific tactics covered include covert/stealth individual and team movement, chemical agent deployment, tactical firearms and multiple field-training exercises. It is a hands-on school where students practice tactics and techniques in the field

This course is designed for officers, supervisors and tactical unit leaders or general patrol leaders who have basic crowd management training and/or experience. Students will be introduced to the following subjects: history, crowd control formations, mobile tactics, less-lethal weapons, leadership and planning as well as mass arrest procedures.

The alarming and disturbing trend of terrorists using suicide/homicide bombers as mass casualty weapons continues to escalate throughout the world. The current global trend analysis indicates the potential threat of suicide/homicide bombers operating within the United States is high. This course will help prepare responders to deal with the mindset of the suicide bomber(s). Attention will be given to culture, religion, and tactics of the suicide bomber groups. Discussion will address active and proactive means of possibly preventing suicide bomber attacks.

This course will familiarize tactical personnel with the planning, preparation, training and utilization of police K-9s during tactical operations. This three-day class will be separated into two tracks — one specifically for tactical canines, the other for explosives detection canines.

This course is designed to provide a familiarization and certification in using self-contained breathing apparatus during tactical operations in a hazardous environment. Topics to be covered include the SCBA equipment nomenclature; tactical considerations when using SCBA; system failure drills; low light scenarios; clan lab recognition and procedures; lab entry scenarios; WMD overview with WMD scenarios; and implementing an SCBA program and other SCBA systems.

This is a basic lead climber course designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to rappel safely, become a rappel master and begin the certification to become a lead climber. This five-day school will place emphasis on knots, anchor systems and beginning climbing skills. Students will also be introduced to equipment to aid in both ascension and descension as well as alternate methods of rappelling. As a prerequisite for this course, students must be in excellent physical condition. Students must also supply a minimum of safety equipment (climbing harness, rappel gloves, steel locking carabineer, rescue-8 and safety helmet). All other climbing gear and ropes will be supplied.

This course is designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to rappel safely and become a rappel master during static rappels and helicopter insertions. This five-day school will place emphasis on knots, anchor systems and safety. Students will also be introduced to equipment to aid in descending as well as alternate methods of rappelling.

As a prerequisite for this course, students must be in excellent physical condition. Students must also supply a minimum of safety equipment (rappel harness, rappel gloves, steel locking carabineer, rescue-8 and safety helmet). All other climbing gear and ropes will be supplied.

NTOA’s new Tactical Rescue Technician (TRT) course is a comprehensive 4-day tactical rescue and medicine curriculum. This course will empower the rescuer to become adaptable and successful in the high-threat arena. Innovative and revolutionary high-threat immediate extraction techniques, tactics and a solid foundation in operational and emergent treatment modalities will guide a more rapid and effective treatment of casualties.

This course of instruction is designed to expose law enforcement tactical personnel to effective deployment techniques and procedures for conducting a law enforcement search for an armed suspect(s) in a wooded terrain environment. Topics to be covered include situations requiring a wooded terrain operation, individual member movement, team movement, movement formations, search strategy, counterambush techniques, Binary Search Theory, nighttime searches, weapon and equipment considerations and command and control issues.

This two-day course will give the law enforcement investigator the ability to recognize terrorist activity, understand the terrorist mindset and investigate incidents of possible terrorist involvement. Knowing the planning techniques, surveillance capabilities and intelligence tradecraft of terrorist groups will give the investigator the tactical edge to successfully conduct reported suspicious activity of terrorist incidents. Students will also participate in a terrorist surveillance exercise.

This three-day seminar and hands-on course is designed for those individuals assigned the responsibility of making threat assessments for specific events and the development of the operational and/or security plans for those events. This course will provide an in-depth examination of terrorism tactics and the countermeasures used to maintain homeland security by both patrol and SWAT personnel. Topics include an overview of terrorist homicide bombings (international and domestic), explosive devices, blast dynamics, legal review, use-of-force policies, tactical intervention and interdiction team concepts, long rifle/observer concepts, threat assessment, operations and security planning.