Any MTOA Member and Law Enforcement Tactical/Special Operations Officers wishing to attend the Training hosted by the MTOA should contact Carl Hospedales via email or fax 866-894-3703 with their details: Name, Department, Contact email address and telephone number as early as possible.

This three-day seminar is designed to teach patrol officers proven and effective strategies for developing informants and conducting successful surveillance on street crime suspects. The course will include instruction on conducting street interviews, gathering criminal intelligence, developing informants, setting up stake outs, conducting surveillance, identifying car traps and hidden compartments, and much more.

Workplace violence costs employers of billions dollars each year. Bullying, intimidation, stalking, threats, and harassment occur daily in many organizations. Preventing workplace violence requires everyone to learn the warning signs that can lead to serious incidents.

The Bulletproof Mind helps build your mental muscle for winning in deadly confrontations and surviving the aftermath. Lt. Col. Grossman explores what really happens to the warrior after the battle, and shows how emotions, such as relief and self-blame, are natural and healthy ways to feel about having survived combat.

This 5k run/walk is a charity event to benefit the nonprofit organization, the Thin Blue Line of Michigan.

This two-day training will provide current K-9 handlers the opportunity to gain further knowledge, update their current skills, and learn advanced methods with their K-9 partners. It will provide training in the following areas: narcotics detection, tracking, building search, area search, aggression control and handler protection, obedience, and policy and legal issues involving the use of a police K-9.

This five-day course is designed for on and off duty officers who are tasked with protecting very important persons in static and mobile situations. The course is a good balance of classroom work and hands-on training drills. In addition, students get a full day of live-fire training under controlled conditions they are likely to face.

This six-hour course will examine recent judicial decisions on search and seizure. Search warrant processes, warrantless searches and seizures, and proper legal application for admissibility of evidence will be addressed.

Officers are instructed in the proper skills necessary for the safe and effective use of patrol vehicles. This one-day course incorporates evasive maneuvering, brake and steer, lane change, serpentine, radius turn, and a turnaround into a comprehensive challenge course. Under the direct supervision of a driving instructor, officers will engage in pursuit activities and demonstrate behaviors consistent with safe and legal vehicle operation.

This is a highly intensive 5 day 50 hour (Level I) course designed for individual patrol officers or tactical teams who could be called upon to pursue armed and dangerous fugitives into multi-environments. This course will teach the student basic skills to track down and effectively engage dangerous fugitives or terrorists from urban to rural environments while utilizing small unit tactics. Upon completion, the student will be able to recognize, process and understand signs, clues and evidence left by perpetrators at crime scenes, and tactics that will lead to successful apprehensions.

This course will separate tactical myth from tactical reality. It has been designed for team leaders and law enforcement commanders who want to experience concentrated, in-depth immersion in all aspects of tactical team-building from member selection to training and retention, Policy and SOP development, command structure and philosophy, and the latest use-of-force doctrines. Topics that will be covered are:

• Leadership concepts for SWAT Commanders
• Tactical planning and responsibilities
• Policy and Standard Operating Procedures development
• Command post operations and incident command
• Planning and conducting safe and realistic scenario based training
• Civil liability update in tactical and training situations
• Less lethal munitions case law
• Tactical situations case study scenarios
• Developing and implementing policy and SOP for rapid intervention to "active shooter" situations
• Suicide by SWAT

Some of the Center Mass, Inc. courses include Basic and Advanced Sniper schools, Basic and Advanced Patrol Rifle courses, and Patrol Response to Active Shooter. Best of all, MTOA members qualify for a 10% discount and Center Mass Inc. is located right here in Michigan. Center Mass, Inc. is owned by MTOA member Jeff Felts.

NTOA Training Calendar

Click HERE to access the National Tactical Officers Association training calendar. They have a tremendous number of valuable classes available.