SWAT Command Decision-Making and Leadership I

Certification

This course is pending certification by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

Training Mandates

• TBA

Description

This course is designed to expose police SWAT Team Commanders and Supervisors to contemporary SWAT issues, tactics and procedures. Topics include major incident debriefs; leadership issues, emotional intelligence, justifying SWAT; the use of SWAT Teams; SWAT standards and professionalism; contemporary SWAT issues and concerns; SWAT and the media; selection, training, discipline and removal of supervisors and team members; crisis negotiations considerations; tactical operation center considerations; operational planning; weapons and equipment selection; legal issues and considerations; critical incident management; barricade and hostage procedures; warrant service planning and procedures; and much more.

Students are encouraged to bring a laptop, but it is not mandatory.  This course is conducted entirely in the classroom.  

Topics

• Decision-Making and Leadership
• Emotional Intelligence
• Tactical Response & Operations Standards
• Training Management
• SWAT Personnel Recruitment, Selection, Training and Retention
• High Risk Warrant Service Operations
• Law Enforcement Response to Barricade Suicidal Subjects
• Barricaded Subject Opertations
• Contemporary Issues for Tactical Teams
• Hostage Rescue Opertations
• Incident Reviews from Past Operations

Instructor

Deadline

Please register for this course by November 16.