Identifying and Surviving Hidden Weapons

Description:
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and the Center for Public Safety Innovation at St. Petersburg College are pleased to announce that the Project Safe Neighborhoods Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program will conduct a one day class on Identifying and Surviving Hidden Weapons. There are no fees or costs to attend the training.

This tuition-free eight-hour course is designed to identify concealment areas in household items, internet purchased items, altered devices, and specially designed armaments all made with criminal intent to conceal dangerous weapons. The class will discuss where and how criminals and gang members obtain items which can conceal dangerous weapons, demonstrate methodical search techniques to uncover all manner of concealed items containing dangerous weapons, and emphasize refocusing officer safety skills and using tactical advantage procedures. This course is highly interactive with several live demonstrations showing proactive officer safety and search techniques. Real-life videos of officer safety "winnable" situations and learning points will engage student interaction as a very powerful learning tool. Numerous depictions are shown and discussed related to hundreds of different types of concealed dangerous weapons.

Overview of Topics:

  • How Criminals Obtain and Conceal Weapons
  • Search Techniques
  • Spotting a Hidden Weapon
  • Concealment Methods
  • Violent Encounters Study – FBI
  • Seriousness of Focus
  • Modern Officer Safety Techniques
  • Routine is the Enemy
  • 10 Deadly Sins of Law Enforcement

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This project was supported by Grant No. 2011-GP-BX-0071 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to St. Petersburg College. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, The National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, the Community Capacity Development Office and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking.