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The OTOA is delighted to announce another exclusive training course for police professionals, military and armed security officers interested in improving skills with the rifle/carbine.
This firearms course is a comprehensive, one-day advanced rifle-training day with practical applications through live-fire exercises.
This course is conducted by credentialed and experienced OTOA trainers. All OTOA training staff are tenured police professionals with specific expertise in mentoring and coaching shooters of all levels of experience with firearms.
This course does NOT involve any classroom, only range time
Topics and disciplines covered
Intended Audience - This is NOT a basic firearms course
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
This firearms course is a comprehensive, one-day advanced pistol training day with practical applications through live-fire exercises.
This course is conducted by credentialed and experienced OTOA trainers. All OTOA training staff are tenured police professionals with specific expertise in mentoring and coaching shooters of all levels of experience with firearms.
This course does NOT involve any classroom, only range time
Topics and disciplines covered
Intended Audience - This is NOT a basic firearms course
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
This comprehensive three-day Instructor Development class is for current patrol rifle/carbine instructors.
The hands-on course will focus on developing the patrol rifle/carbine instructor’s ability to diagnose, demonstrate, and instruct.
Requalification Range Officers score targets.
Firearms Instructors make a difference and impact students by constructively challenging them to excel.
All OTOA courses are instructed by credentialed and experienced OTOA trainers.
All OTOA training staff are tenured police professionals with specific expertise in mentoring and coaching shooters of all levels of experience with firearms.
This course does NOT involve any classroom, only range time
Topics and disciplines covered
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
This comprehensive three-day Instructor Development class is for current semi-automatic pistol instructors or those preparing to take the state-approved firearms instructor programs.
The hands-on course will focus on developing the semi-auto pistol instructor’s ability to diagnose, demonstrate, and instruct.
Requalification Range Officers score targets.
Firearms Instructors make a difference and impact students by constructively challenging them to excel.
All OTOA courses are instructed by credentialed and experienced OTOA trainers.
All OTOA training staff are tenured police professionals with specific expertise in mentoring and coaching shooters of all levels of experience with firearms.
This course does NOT involve any classroom, only range time
Topics and disciplines covered
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
The OTOA is delighted to announce an exclusive training course for Red Dot Sights equipped handguns.
The OTOA RDS Handgun course offers an individual officer looking to gain hands-on knowledge with the RDS system from credentialed and experienced OTOA trainers currently carrying and using Red Dot Sights daily and on duty.
From the novice to the skilled shooter, this course offers an unprecedented opportunity to acquire more information on the RDS handgun prior to making a purchase.
No handgun with Red Dot Sights? - No problem!
The OTOA and GLOCK, Inc. will provide twenty-four (24) Glock G5 9mm pistols, all equipped with the latest Red Dot Sights for students to use and evaluate.
Red Dot Sights sponsored and provided by Trijicon, Vortex, and Holosun.
The OTOA in cooperation with our generous sponsors will also offer holsters from Safariland, Alien Gear, Zero 9 Solutions, and Raven Concealment Systems for students to use and evaluate.
Every Glock RDS pistol will be equipped with a flashlight from Nighstick or Surefire.
Zero 9 Solutions triple magazine pouches will also be available to use and evaluate.
The OTOA will supply the RDS pistol, holster, light, and mag pouches - Students will be required to bring their own 9mm ammo.
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
Equipment supplied by OTOA
Students are welcome to bring their own RDS equipped pistol.
If you bring your own - an approved RDS system MUST be installed BEFORE day one of the class, you register for.
The OTOA is delighted to announce an exclusive training course for police professionals, military and armed security officers interested in improving handguns skills.
This exclusive offering to OTOA members will provide all the basics needed to recognize and self-diagnose issues encountered with the handgun and how to fix those deficiencies through a better understanding of the fundamentals of marksmanship.
This firearms course will break down each of the fundamentals in terms that make sense to shooters of all levels of experience and expertise with the practical applications through live-fire exercises.
This course is conducted by credentialed and experienced OTOA trainers. All OTOA training staff are tenured police professionals with specific expertise in mentoring and coaching shooters of all levels of experience with firearms.
Intended audience
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
The OTOA is delighted to announce another exclusive training course for police professionals, military and armed security officers interested in improving their ability to safely and effectively carry and use firearms in a dynamic environment.
This comprehensive two-day class will cover the safe and efficient deployment of pistols and rifles in and around officers, suspects, and uninvolved bystanders.
This course does NOT involve any classroom, only range time
Topics and disciplines covered
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
The OTOA is delighted to announce another exclusive training course for police professionals, military and armed security officers interested in improving their ability to safely and effectively carry and use firearms in a dynamic environment.
This comprehensive two-day class will cover the safe and efficient deployment of pistols and rifles in and around officers, suspects and uninvolved bystanders while in a close quarters environment.
This course involves the use of marking cartridges - NO LIVE FIRE
Topics and disciplines covered
Required Equipment – Student Supplied:
The Ohio Tactical Officers Association Tactical Team Leader course is designed to expose current and future SWAT Team Commanders, Team Leaders, supervisors, police administrators, and ALL responding officers to contemporary critical incident response issues, tactics, and procedures.
This course is NOT just for the SWAT/SRT Officer
ALL first responders will benefit
"Tactical" leadership deals with a leader's ability to make good, timely decisions with imperfect or incomplete information in moments of stress, and it's essential to the successful resolution of a critical incident.
Target Audience
Topics Include
Also Covered
The focuses of this training will be on pre-incident training, planning, organizing, and the tactical decision-making process used in the resolution of high-risk operations. Also included in the curriculum is an overview of National SWAT Standards and critical incident reviews.
Practical applications will consist of scouting and planning warrants, small team planning, tactics used in the resolution of critical incidents, and reviewing tactical incidents and videos. Attendees will participate in group discussions, write operations orders and develop training plans, plus critique and evaluate tactics and decisions based on a principal-based SWAT and/or patrol response decision-making process.
Course Classroom hours are 0900-1700hrs each day.
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