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Police Use of Force & Force Avoidance:

How to Equip Your Officers for the Street & Courtroom

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✎Taught by: Don McCrea
🕒 Length of Training: 5 Days (Consecutive)

Claims of unreasonable force against law enforcement are increasing across the country.

Officers can’t afford to be unsure or uninformed when it comes to making proper use of force decisions and their ability to properly and powerfully articulate in defense of those decisions.

Today more than ever, agencies need use of force instructors who can equip officers to confidently meet the growing challenges they can expect to encounter before, during, and after a force event.

This intensive instructor development course was specifically designed by Premier Police Training, LLC, to equip officers with the knowledge and confidence necessary to become great use of force instructors for their agencies.

Course Highlights

  • Train officers to make proper use of force decisions when it’s needed most! Avoid the causes of unreasonable force and reduce the threat of lawsuits, civil litigation, and lost careers.
  • Learn and apply the 7 foundations of training police response to resistance to build and instruct a strong and defensible use of force training program.
  • Evaluate the reasonableness of all levels of force events with confidence!
  • Train officers to defend their lawful use of force decisions verbally and in powerfully written reports that withstand tough legal scrutiny.
  • Learn how to assess officers’ use of force knowledge and draft training solutions based on those assessments.
  • Design & implement a use of force training program that will protect your agency, increase the confidence of your officers, and minimize mistakes in the field.
  • Train officers to articulate and apply their legal authority and boundaries.
  • Develop critical skills in non-escalation techniques in your officers that can significantly reduce the need to apply force and gain voluntary compliance.
  • Includes the Duty to Intervene

Police Use of Force & Force Avoidance:

How to Equip Your Officers for the Street & Courtroom

Instructor Level

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✎Taught by: Don McCrea
🕒 Length of Training: 5 Days* (Consecutive)

Claims of unreasonable force against law enforcement are increasing across the country.

Officers can’t afford to be unsure or uninformed when it comes to making proper use of force decisions and their ability to properly and powerfully articulate in defense of those decisions.

Today more than ever, agencies need use of force instructors who can equip officers to confidently meet the growing challenges they can expect to encounter before, during, and after a force event.

This intensive instructor development course was specifically designed by Premier Police Training, LLC, to equip officers with the knowledge and confidence necessary to become great use of force instructors for their agencies.

Course Highlights

  • Train officers to make proper use of force decisions when it’s needed most! Avoid the causes of unreasonable force and reduce the threat of lawsuits, civil litigation, and lost careers.
  • Learn and apply the 7 foundations of training police response to resistance to build and instruct a strong and defensible use of force training program.
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  • Evaluate the reasonableness of all levels of force events with confidence!
  • Train officers to defend their lawful use of force decisions verbally and in powerfully written reports that withstand tough legal scrutiny.
  • Learn how to assess officers’ use of force knowledge and draft training solutions based on those assessments.
  • Design & implement a use of force training program that will protect your agency, increase the confidence of your officers, and minimize mistakes in the field.
  • Train officers to articulate and apply their legal authority and boundaries.
  • Develop critical skills in non-escalation techniques in your officers that can significantly reduce the need to apply force and gain voluntary compliance.
  • Includes the Duty to Intervene

Don’s training materials and training style is above anything I have ever attended. No B.S., straight forward, case law backed answers. Now is the time to be trained and UNDERSTAND 4th amendment applications! Don can do that for you – he did it for me and my department.”

Chief Jim Davis

Taught By Don McCrea

  • Search and Seizure & Use of Force Expert
  • 35+ Years in Law Enforcement
  • IADLEST Nationally Certified Instructor
  • IADLEST International Certified Instructor

Considered to be a leading expert in Search & Seizure and Use of Force, Don brings a level of experience, passion, and commitment to serving both law enforcement officers and citizens that is second-to-none.