SPO Curriculum

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