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02 May 2002
Dear Ken, I would like to take this time to thank you and your staff
for the opportunity of attending the best course I have attended
in the 13 years of law enforcement experience. I thoroughly enjoyed
the week we spent together in the DT room, range, classroom and
cover drills. This was not a sales pitch for a flashlight, it was
a knowledgeable training course on utilization of light, cover and
concealment, movement, tactics, transitions drills, etc. This class
far exceeded my expectations. I would also like to thank you and
your other instructors for their time, patience and motivation.
All of you were ready to teach us, even during breaks and after
class. The instructors had answers to the questions and showed additional
moves or material to explain their responses. The instructor's worked
as a team and it was actually fun learning the material. If you
need anything further, please feel free to contact me. I will support
you in any manner I can, including promoting the training and products.
I look forward to attending up-coming courses, particularly the
Response to Active Shooters Course in September in St. Pete. If
you are in town for any reason, please contact me. Thank you,
Rodney
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Dear Ken,
This is a letter to thank you for the "eye opening" experience
that I was made aware of through your course. For the last (20)
years, from the time I started in martial arts, to my career in
the Marine Corps, to the personal security details that I have done
as a civilian contractor and in training of law enforcement officers,
the training techniques that your staff has shown me have totally
opened a new door and provided me with a new sense of capabilities
and confidence. Taking the aggressive nature of personal protection
and law enforcement training, and turning it into a system that
magnifies "a total sense of aware-ness and confidence to take,
and maintain, control of a violent situation with as little exertion
of personal energy possible", has basically redesigned my personal
training system. When dealing with law enforcement agencies, as
an instructor, "liability" is a term that often restricts
certain types of training. With all of the techniques that I have
now learned, more than effective techniques have now been "even
more refined" to take the "adrenalin level" attained
in a combative situation to a now manageable level, "for the
officer", which has the most to loose in this type of violent
situation. Thank you for the opportunity to train with you and I
hope to attend future classes that are put on by the
your staff.
Victor
J. DeMicco
U.S.M.C.
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Ken,
I wanted
to let you know that our current recruit class just finished
building searches and active shooter training. The best part is
that they took to heart (and face, hands, and any other exposed
appendage) the low light principals that you taught me. Even our
newest academy staff member who assisted with the practical exercises
thought I was crazy when I was demonstrating some of the lighting
principals. By the end of the first training evolution, he was a
convert.
We were able
to use an old abandoned prison for our practical exercises. On one
level, at night, a group of "officers" were at a standoff
with the "bad guys". Both sides were behind cover and
exchanging shots at each other to no avail. Myself and another of
the academy's firearms instructors took the fight to the opposition
using strobing lights, lighting and moving, moving in darkness,
communicating calmly, and maximizing our angles. The result in around
a minute and a half was good guys no injuries - bad guys wiped out!!
Our new instructor was one of the three bad guys on the receiving
end. He couldn't believe what had happened. To quote my friend Ken
Good, we were "purveyors of chaos."
I'm still working
on trying to get a Low Light Instructor Course hosted at our Academy.
Due to other scheduled training at our facility, it probably won't
be until the fall. I'm in touch with Vaughn and Mark on it. I just
wanted to send you a hello and a thank you for giving me positive
training experiences so I can pass them on to those I'm entrusted
to instruct.
On a wall of
the late Col. Rex Applegate's residence--"Let no man's ghost
say that my training failed him"--(Anonymous)
Thank you again,
be safe, and HOOYAH!!
Rod
Land
Missouri State Highway Patrol
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