The SPO Basic Training Program

Legal Studies

• Justification — Use of force

Interpersonal Perspectives

• Survival mentality

Technical Studies

• Emergency response / Building searches
• Basic first aid
• American Heart Association health care provider C.P.R. – certification
• Combat first aid

Skill Development

• Handcuffing and restraint devices
• Weapons retention and disarming
• Ground fighting techniques
• Sabre-Oleoresin-Capsicum operator
• Fundamentals of marksmanship
• Shooting stance/loading/dry fire
• Skill development – handgun
• Handgun qualification
• Stress combat courses
• Shooting decisions
• Practical application scenarios