Law Enforcement RDS Handgun Instructor - Helena, MT

 **Law Enforcement Only **

 August 14-16, 2023

***  This course is approved for MT POST and is approved by MLEA.  ***

Training venue:

Montana Law Enforcement Academy

2260 Sierra Road East

Helena, Montana 59602

*We will start at MLEA on TD1 and move to the range after the classroom portion.

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