The following are school-specific requirements

The Tactical Shooting Instructor School is intended for the experienced and previously trained and/or certified law enforcement firearm instructor looking to take his/her skills and agency's training programs to the next level. Basic MOI or "Method of Instruction" related lessons are not included in this school. This school is geared toward providing the law enforcement firearm instructor with the ability to create and implement sophisticated and practical agency-specific firearm training programs. Utilizing the NRA's "Street to Range" concept of training, the law enforcement firearm instructor will also come away with ideas and additional tools to provide their agency personnel with additional safe, realistic and tactically sound training on a realistic law enforcement firearm training budget. Students will spend five days engaged in thoughtful and provocative discussion, while addressing and responding to various range-run training scenarios utilizing their duty pistol and rifle. In addition to 100 percent daily attendance, there is a 50-question written test and 50-round rifle/pistol qualification course of fire that must be passed to successfully complete this course. Student instructors MUST possess strong firearm handling skills PRIOR to attending this school. The program concentrates on advanced shooting skills, use of the "safety circle" concept, pivoting and turning to fire, movement while firing, unconventional shooting positions, two-man patrol tactics, use of the back-up and off-duty pistol, how to introduce cost-effective decision-making training and stress inoculation into your programs, as well as reduced-light training with the pistol and rifle. Those considering attending this course must have a good working knowledge of ALL the firearms he/she will be using during this school and must have successfully completed a recognized law enforcement firearm instructor school that included general methods of instruction, AND have successfully completed a basic law enforcement or military rifle operator course. THIS is not a beginners school, and those attending who demonstrate a lack of basic handling skills with any of their firearms WILL be asked to leave. There will be no exceptions! Some examples of acceptable previous firearm instructor training are:

• NRA Law Enforcement HG/SG, Handgun, Patrol Rifle or Select-Fire Instructor;
• A State, POST or regional academy recognized firearm instructor school;
• Any federally run firearm instructor school (eg: FBI, DEA, FLETC, etc.);
• Firearm instructor schools conducted by recognized law enforcement training divisions of the firearm manufacturing industry (eg: SIG Sauer Academy, H&K Training Division, Smith & Wesson Academy, etc.)

*A copy of the course completion certificate must accompany the school application when enrolling for the Tactical Shooting Instructor School