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• Active Shooter in the News
• Orlando Sentinal Article
• KC Star Article
• Warrensburg News

"Thought I would drop you a line and let you know how much I enjoyed hosting the Active Shooter class. I heard a lot of very positive things about the class.

Everyone I talked to said that this was the best class they ever attended. The instructors were excellent! I learned more than I anticipated. I am still working on perfecting my "reach" technique but
I know I am very prepared to use it when the time comes and looking
forward to putting it to good use. Several of the principals I learned
will also improve how I do entries with the SRT. The force on force
was incredible, it really made you concentrate on perfecting your technique and drilled home
the importance of communication with your team mate.

If you did it right you could go through it with ease. If you did it wrong, well, fortunately you just have a bruise to remind you of what you were supposed to do. We are already discussing hosting the low light class as soon as we can."

Tina

I wanted to take a moment to tell you and your staff about the recent inci-dent I was involved in. I wanted to say thanks for your quality training as it proved to be beneficial in the experience. This incident reinforced the attitudes displayed by you and other staff. The force on force trai-ning I went through in the Active Shooter Instructor Course forced me to push the envelope so I could see and be aware of my personal limita-tions. I took the information back to my department and did the same with our team members and Officers. A co-worker and fellow tactical team mem-ber went to your low light instructor and did the same. We always train for the worst but hope and pray for the best. “Before the warrior can face the enemy, the warrior must face himself” - T’ai Kung.....
Sincerely,

Lt. Chris J Cole
Storm Lake Iowa Police Department

For goodness' sake, sign up and take this course. It is worth every single last penny of tuition. Instructor competence is incomparable. And the force-on-force repetitions both on the barricade field and in the "Castle" were dynamic and, oh so good as a teaching tool: I have the bruises to prove it Video replay clearly enhances operator learning.

What really hits home, though, is that the principles of PCR do indeed apply across modalities: Posture, Balance, Movement, and Breathing coupled with Communication between and among Team members, when successfully carried out, puts the team so far ahead of the adversaries in the OODA cycle, that a successful outcome to the encounter is significantly enhanced.

Couldn't have asked for a better host agency than St. Cloud PD, and Chief Kelly and his team. They gave us a great range for live fire, a dedicated barricade field, a training room w/ mats for PCR, and beautiful conference room for lecture and video replay presentations. In addition, because Chief Kelly is so positively connected to the community, we had two schools in which to practice Y-T, 2 man, 3 man and Hall boss entries. While we had to use dummy guns, it was a wake up call, for me at least, to see how extraordinarily complex it is to seek out and neutralize an active shooter or shooters in those environments.

Mark Warren, Steve Decker, Nick Kokot and Rod Shaeffer were our instructors, and, for those of you who have trained before with them, well, hell, I can't add any more superlatives. They are utterly without "ego," willing to experiment, quick to correct errors without humiliating the one who made the mistake. Just really highly competent operators!!

H. Anthony Semone
Ph D. - Police Psychologist

I was lucky to have a friend sign me up for the Strategos active shooter class after he researched Strategos. He made it a quest to get in one of Strategos courses.

I was worried about how much information would be repeated in a five-day school on active shooter. My worries were completely unjustified in this instance. The class was excellent.

I was impressed with the professionalism, and humble attitudes of all the instructors. Mark, Wade, Rod and Steve were very personable and able to articulate their principles very easy. The techniques they taught to back up their principles were also very helpful. Their instruction on communicating with your partner, or team mates while working a hostile environment is a tool that I brought home with me, and hope to pass on to others. Although this instruction stands out to me, the class was packed full of great information.

The down time, or lack of, was also very impressive. While attending the school, our transition from one block of instruction to another was flawless. This group is dedicated to increasing our performance as officers to a higher level for our safety as well as the publics. Their instruction will undoubtedly also increase our ability as officers to prevail in situations that might be less than desirable.

The information that I gleaned from the school will be a huge help in my tactical handbag.

Paul X. Baroni
Tulsa Police Special Operations Team