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ADVANCED FORCE & CONTROL INSTRUCTOR
Presented By:
THE POLICE POLICY STUDIES COUNCIL (PPSC)
Location of Training:
VARIOUS - ONGOING
Instructors:
Steve Ashley &
Tom Aveni
(5 days / 32 hours)
PLEASE VISIT
WWW.THEPPSC.ORG WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT CURRENT CLASS
OFFERINGS.
Course Description
AFCI is a 32-hour, academic program. ALL aspects of this program involve
principles and theories that are taught within the confines of a
classroom. It has been structured to meet the needs of
experienced law enforcement trainers, administrators and
investigators tasked with managing use of force issues. This is NOT
a course curriculum for police personnel who are inexperienced within the
realm of force and control issues. Although AFCI follows a seminar
structure, it affords student-instructor interactivity through small
class size.
AFCI is divided into two 2-day modules. In addition, a break-out session
is conducted on the final day to channel knowledge acquired in this
course into practical exercises that stimulate critical thinking within
policy and procedural realms. To accomplish this, each student must bring
his/her agency policies salient to the use of force.
To successfully fulfill the requirements for a AFCI
certification, each student must pass an objective written examination at
the end of the course. The student will be given the examination to
determine their comprehension and retention of all learning objectives
enumerated below.
Course Description
AFCI is a five-day, 32-hour academic
program. ALL aspects of this program involve principles and
theories that are taught within the confines of a classroom. It has been
structured to meet the needs of experienced law enforcement trainers,
administrators and investigators tasked with managing use of force
issues. Although AFCI follows a seminar structure, it affords
student-instructor interactivity through small class size.
If other prerequisites are satisfied, students
successfully completing the AFCI program will be eligible for the PPSC
“Master Use of Force Instructor” certification. See the requirements for
this coveted certification
HERE.
AFCI is divided into two 2-day modules.
In addition, a break-out session is conducted on the final day to channel
knowledge acquired in this course into practical exercises that stimulate
critical thinking within policy and procedural realms. To accomplish
this, each student must bring his/her agency policies salient to the use
of force.*
To successfully fulfill the requirements
for a AFCI certification, each student must pass an objective written
examination on the fifth day of the course. The student will be given the
examination to determine his/her comprehension and retention of the
learning objectives enumerated below.
Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course,
participants:
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Will understand the basics of risk
management, and be able to describe their application to law
enforcement.
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Will be familiar with
resistance-control continuums and how they are used in use of force
management.
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Will understand how to do basic legal
research.
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Will be familiar with use of force
related Federal case law.
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Will understand how to conduct a
training program needs assessment.
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Will be able to describe elements of a
defensible use of force policy.
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Will be able to describe the process
for developing a use of force training plan.
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Will understand and be able to
describe risk management of various use of force disciplines (firearms,
defensive tactics, non-lethal weapons, etc.).
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Will understand and be able to
describe risk management techniques as they relate to the management of
vehicle pursuits.
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Will be able to describe the important
elements of defensible use of force report writing and documentation.
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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 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 be able to understand the
strategy by which mistake-of-fact shootings might be attenuated.
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Will understand fundamental causal
issues associated with negligent discharge of firearms.
* This course
requires that each student must bring their respective agency policies
pertinent to the use of force.
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