POSTPONED Building Clearing Tactics Instructor BCTI | Edina, MN
October 7 @ 8:00 am - October 9 @ 4:00 pm
| $799.003-Day Course – 21 Minnesota POST credits
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This instructor-level course provides foundational knowledge of tactical movements for clearing buildings and other structures, while also equipping participants to teach these tactics within their agencies. Students learn to safely and efficiently search for suspects while limiting exposure to threats, using methods adapted from Tier 1 special operations and optimized for law enforcement. These tactics have been applied in burglaries, search warrants, slow tactical searches, and hostage rescue to enhance officer safety and reduce liability.
BCTI is designed for patrol officers, tactical teams, specialty units, and task forces. Participants refine individual tactical skills and develop effective methods for instructing others. The course emphasizes knowledge transfer, scenario design, and instructional techniques. Students receive training materials, customizable lesson plans, presentations, and scenario templates. Agencies are encouraged to send at least two officers to maximize team performance and training outcomes.
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COURSE CONCEPTS
• Weapon handling and manipulation (handgun and rifle)
• Movement and footwork in various team sizes
• Single-officer strategies
• Teamwork and tactical communications
• Navigating danger areas (stairwells, doorways, hallways, basements)
• Low-light tactics
• Maximizing cognitive performance for improved decision-making
• Creating customizable lesson plans and scenario-based training
• Hostage Rescue elements and live scenarios
• Tubular Assaults (Team operations on buses, trains and planes)
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REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
• Duty belt and/or tactical vest
• Plastic training pistol and holster
• Weapon light and/or flashlight
• Patrol rifle (with Simunition bolt)
• Simunition pistol
• One box of Simunition, UTM, or Force on Force ammunition (pistol and rifle)
• Ballistic eye protection
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FEATURED INSTRUCTOR
Chaz Lemon
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TESTIMONIALS
“Very informative! Probably one of the best courses on this topic I have attended. I liked the emphasis on articulation as well as the review of the scenario videos.”
Adam Proshek, Air Force Reserve Security Forces
“Very good! The instructor made you feel that every opinion was welcome no matter what.”
Alex Aase, Mounds View Police Department
