Less Lethal Recertification

Chemical Agents, Flash Sound Diversionary Device, Less Lethal Impact Projectiles Recertification

Until recently, the NTOA’s Chemical Agents, Flash Sound Diversionary Device, Less Lethal Impact Projectiles Instructor Certification course came with a lifelong instructor certification that had no expiration. After consultation with subject matter experts and our organization’s staff attorneys, it was agreed that with the changes in munition technology, case law, and developing national events, the NTOA must ensure that any instructor who bases their expertise and qualifications on a certification from the NTOA is equipped with the most contemporary information possible. As a result, effective Jan. 1, 2017, the NTOA stopped offering the lifelong certification.

Effective Jan. 1, 2017, all Chemical Agents, Flash Sound Diversionary Device, Less Lethal Impact Projectiles Instructor Certifications expire four years from the date of the instructor certification course completion. As a result of this change, the NTOA launched recertification courses. These courses will be conducted online and will also have a four-year expiration. It will be available to all students who were certified prior to Jan 1, 2017. For those certified after Jan. 1, 2017, you will be notified prior to your certification expiring and invited to attend the recertification online.

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