Training

RDS Handgun Instructor (LE) - December 2-4, 2025 Hamilton, Ohio

$750.00

Law Enforcement Only

December 2-4, 2025

0800 - 1600 Tuesday - Thursday

Training Venue:

5655 Headgates Road

Hamilton, Ohio 45011

0800 - 1600 Daily

Agency POC: Brian Gleason -brian.gleason@hamilton-oh.gov

Learning Objectives:

Develop, present, maintain and qualify department personnel in the use of duty handgun mounted RDS. (red dot sights)

Students will be able to develop a proper lesson plan.

Students will able to Instruct the proper setup, deployment maintenance of various pistol mounted RDS.

Students will be able to properly diagnose common issues with new or intermediate shooters using the pistol mounted RDS.

Students will be able to implement a viable Pistol RDS syllabus.

Students will be able to pass and conduct pistol mounted RDS qualification course of fire.

Topics:

Safety
RDS Handgun History
Equipment selection and considerations
Mounting solutions / capabilities
Choosing your agencies Red Dot
Building your program
Fundamentals
Presentation of the RDS equipped Handgun
Sight occlusion
Reloads
Clearing malfunctions
Multiple threats / threat selection
Movement while shooting
Disabled / one handed techniques
Lesson Plans
Evaluations - Record keeping
Qualifications - Developing, maintaining
Certifications

Required Kit:

Wrap around Eye Protection
Ear protection (electronic preferred)
Baseball style hat
Duty belt / patrol pistol belt
Range food / WATER
Seasonal weather gear / rain gear
Duty handgun, preferably 12 round capacity or higher
Single stack .45’s are fine, just need to increase magazine count to 8 minimum
1000 rounds of factory ammunition
Cleaning kit / lubrication
NOTE TAKING MATERIALS

** Holsters MUST be capable of holstering without use of the support hand. Old leather pancake style or inside the waistband holsters that do not retain their opening when the handgun is removed are NOT permitted.
** Shoulder rigs ARE NOT permitted **