Instructor: Jeff Taylor, Walton County Sheriff’s Office

Description:

This course provides law enforcement personnel with the knowledge, tactics, and operational considerations necessary to effectively respond to and resolve high-risk incidents involving buses. Emphasis is placed on the unique challenges associated with bus assaults, including limited access points, confined interior spaces, multiple-hostage considerations, and the potential for dynamic movement.

Students will be introduced to proven strategies for approaching, containing, and assaulting buses. Instruction includes team coordination, communication, breaching considerations, and the integration of specialized units such as SWAT and Crisis Negotiators.

Through a combination of classroom instruction and practical exercises, participants will develop the skills necessary to safely and efficiently conduct bus assault operations while minimizing risk to hostages, officers, and bystanders.

Equipment Needed:

• · NLTA Handgun with 3 magazines (A Glock UTM Pistol may be supplied by the training staff on request)

• · Full Duty Belt/Tactical Loadout (Normal duty equipment)

• · Duty Vest or Plate Carrier

• · Concealable vest (If issued)

• · Tactical Helmet (Mandatory. Instructor may be able to provide a loaner if requested)

• · Hearing Protection

• · Eye protection

• · 150 rounds of NLTA Pistol Ammo

• · Force on Force helmet and neck protection

• · Long Sleeve Shirt

• · Gloves

• · Wet/Cold Weather Gear as needed

• · Break and Rake/Window breaching tools (optional)

Open to:  Full time sworn Law Enforcement officer- Patrol – SWAT – Jail – Courts – Admin

FREE to GTOA & ATOA Members OR become a GTOA Member for $50.

POST Credit will be given.