SWAT Team Leader Development

Registration Deadline: December 22, 2022

** It is highly recommended students bring a laptop computer to class but it is not mandatory.

Course Purpose/Topics:

This course is designed for law enforcement personnel who are responsible for deploying in the capacity as a SWAT Team Leader or as a supervisor who is responsible for the training and deployment of tactical teams. The focus 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 SWAT training topics including selection and testing, training issues and liability, 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 the review of 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 principle-based SWAT decision-making process.

Learning Objectives:

• NTOA Tactical Response & Operational Standards for Law Enforcement
• Recruitment, Selection, and Training of SWAT Personnel
• Team Leader Legal Liability Concepts
• SWAT Structure and Leadership
• Survival for the Tactical Team Leader
• Strategy, Training, and Mission Planning
• Team Leaders and the OODA Loop
• Less Lethal Tactical Decision-Making
• High-Risk Warrant Planning
• Resolution of Barricaded Subjects
• Hostage Rescue Operations
• Principle Based Decision-Making Review
• Incident Reviews from Past Operations

Schedule:

DAY 1

• NTOA Tactical Response & Operations Standards for Law Enforcement
• Recruitment, Selection, & Testing of Swat Personnel
• Team Leader Legal Liability Concepts
• Swat Team Structure and Leadership

DAY 2

• Survival for the Tactical Team Leader
• Strategy, Training, and Mission Planning
• Team Leaders and the OODA Loop

DAY 3

• Less Lethal Tactical Decision-Making
• High-Risk Warrant Service
• High-Risk Warrant Service Exercise and Briefings

DAY 4

• Resolution of Barricaded Suspects
• Hostage Rescue

DAY 5

• Hostage Rescue Exercise and Briefings
• Principle Based Decision-Making Review

Student Equipment List:

• Law Enforcement I. D.
• Laptop is helpful to the student, but not mandatory
• SWAT call-out forms and briefing forms
• After Action Report forms

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MTU 8 will pay for a maximum of 2 spots per member agency. (Register with Denelle @ denelle.hetrick@heartland.edu or 309-268-8430) When registering, please provide NTOA Individual Member ID if you have one. If possible, it would be appreciated if everyone from the same department is registered at the same time.) To enroll additional Officers, please use the link below and pay the fee.

Non-MTU 8 Members: Please register with NTOA using the following link: https://training.ntoa.org/CourseRegistration/default.asp?num=20224610&cost=

NTOA Individual Member Fee: $710.00, Non-Member Fee: $765.00 (which includes a 1-year individual NTOA membership)