RDS Handgun Instructor - Sworn LE Only Montgomery County, MD

March 26-28th, 2024

0800 - 1600  Tuesday - Thursday 

***  This is the COMAR compliant course approved by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission and it will be assigned a Program Approval Number ("P" number from MPCTC.) ***

If you are a contract Instructor employed by a Law Enforcement agency, contact the Agency POC to obtain approval through their chain of command.

Training Host:

Montgomery County Police

Public Safety Training Academy

8751 Snouffer School Road 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879

 

Range address for Tuesday and Wednesday:

Public Safety Training Academy

8751 Snouffer School Road 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879

 

***The host agency REQUIRES armor to be worn during live fire.

You must bring your armor to participate in live range operations***

Agency POC:

Officer Prince Starks-Bey

Montgomery County Police

Prince.Starks-Bey@montgomerycountymd.gov 

If your agency wishes to host an a COMAR approved RDS course, email Matt@Victory-First.com

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. 

 

***The host agency REQUIRES armor to be worn during live fire.

You must bring your armor to participate in live range operations***

 

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:

***The host agency REQUIRES armor to be worn during live fire.

You must bring your armor to participate in live range operations***

• Wrap around Eye Protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Issued armor - REQUIRED by host while on the range 
• 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 **