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This comprehensive seminar has no peer! Quite
simply, there is nothing like it available anywhere else.
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Course Description
DFM is a cutting-edge, three-day, 24-hour academic program. It has been structured to meet the needs of
experienced law enforcement trainers, administrators and investigators
tasked with managing deadly force issues. Although DFM follows a seminar
structure, it affords student-instructor interactivity through small
class size.
DFM pulls no
punches! It is unconstrained by any bias oriented toward defending the
status quo of police deadly force training, policies or procedures.
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Course Training Objectives
Though this program does NOT involve a written examination, student
performance objectives are outlined (below) to highlight specific course
content.
Upon completion of this course, participants:
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Will be familiar with relevant
Federal deadly force case law.
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Will become familiar with the 75+
deadly force variables that agencies should be attempting to
document and correlate.
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Will understand how to conduct
comprehensive assessment of a firearms training program.
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Will be able to describe elements
of a defensible deadly force policy.
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Will be able to identify
situational and behavioral precursors to police applications of
force.
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Will know the frequency in which
police officers misapply deadly force.
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Will know the most significant
correlates associated with mistaken use of deadly force.
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Will know the occupationally and
contextually specific definition of "furtive movement."
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Will know when a "furtive
movement" shooting is objectively reasonable.
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Will know what "Threat
Reflex" shootings are, and when they are most likely to occur.
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Will be able to define
"Death by Defiance™"
and identify when a police shooting might be attributable to it.
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Will be able to identify
the critical implications of the so-called, "Split-Second Syndrome"
with regard to training, OIS investigations and in defense against
litigation.
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Will know the genesis
of, as well as the policy and training implications of so-called
“officer-created jeopardy.”
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Will identify the most
significant correlate pertinent to officer hit ratios and volume of
fire.
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Will be able to list the most
influential correlates within bunch-shooting incidents.
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Will be able to list the most
important operational aspects of policing under low light
conditions.
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Will be able to Identify the
degree of declination in marksmanship and the escalation of volume
of fire associated with confrontations occurring under low light
conditions.
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Will be able to identify the
degree of frequency in which mistake-of-fact shootings occur under
low light conditions.
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Will understand the process in
which perceptual shorthand contributes to mistake-of-fact shootings.
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Will know the strategy by which
mistake-of-fact shootings might be attenuated.
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Will be able to
distinguish between sighted, aimed and point shooting, and know
where each might be situationally viable.
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Will know how often
deadly force is being applied AFTER less-lethal and less-than-lethal
devices have failed to produce the desired results.
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Will know the intervals of deadly
force training, qualification and "certification" recommended by
PPSC.
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Will be able to identify a
comprehensive strategy pertinent to officers who fail to meet deadly
force certification standards.
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Will be able to identify those
training and policy issues pertinent to addressing concealed carry
of duty and off-duty firearms.
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Will understand fundamental
causal issues associated with negligent discharge of firearms.
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Course Instructor
Thomas J.
Aveni, MSFP
Tom has served on the state, county and local levels of law enforcement
since 1978. He has worked as a sworn law enforcement officer in three
states (NJ, UT, NH). He worked as a training coordinator at Smith &
Wesson Academy from 1990-2001, during which time he trained over 12,000
officers in a variety of use of force disciplines. He currently works as
a researcher, consultant and expert witness for PPSC.
Please Note: All applications, tuition or POs must be
received prior to the beginning of class. Tuition includes a
comprehensive classroom manual and related classroom materials.
Eligibility
Eligible candidates for this program are members of the police,
corrections, military and security communities. ALL applicants MUST
provide credentials of their affiliation with an accredited law
enforcement, corrections, military or security organization for
acceptance into this program.
Refund Policy:
Refunds are allowable provided that customers comply with the following
stipulations:
100% Refund: permissible if course withdrawal is no less than 30 days of
the starting date of the course you've enrolled in.
50% Refund: is afforded if withdrawal is requested within 30 days of
your course starting date, but not less than 7 days of that starting
date.
Exceptional Circumstances Refund:
May be granted if the above stipulations are not met, but when emergency
circumstances (i.e., professional or personal) might apply. These will
be judged for merit on an individual basis.
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