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Valor Advanced Ballistic Shield Course

Contract Course Los Fresnos PD. Course is FULL.

Starts Jul 14Los Fresnos ISD PD Training Facilities

Available spots

Service Description

Course Description: This course provides law enforcement officers with advanced instruction on the deployment and integration of ballistic shields during school-based critical incidents, including active shooter response, barricaded subjects, officer-down rescues, and civilian extraction. Emphasis is placed on movement, dominance, survivability, and priority of fire in hallways, classrooms, and stairwells. Course Objectives: -Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: -Explain the role and legal justification for ballistic shield deployment in school-based incidents. -Identify school-specific environmental threats and hazards impacting shield operations. -Demonstrate proper ballistic shield carry, positioning, and movement techniques. -Apply advanced shield tactics during hallway, classroom, and stairwell operations. -Integrate ballistic shields into contact team formations and patrol-level responses. -Demonstrate priority-of-fire principles while operating behind a ballistic shield. -Conduct officer-down and civilian rescue operations using ballistic shield protection. -Recognize and correct common tactical failures associated with shield deployment. -Safely operate within policy, legal, and use-of-force guidelines during shield-assisted operations. -Integrate force on force ballistic shield tactics. Performance Objectives: • Integrate shield with partner weapon teams and comms. • Execute shield-assisted entry and rescue drills. -Perform inspection, cleaning, and storage procedures. • Describe legal documentation and use-of-force considerations. • Apply ballistic shield tactics during Active Shooter Response integration. • Conduct Live Fire Range Drills incorporating ballistic shield deployment. This course will be taught by Valor lead trainer | instructor (Ret) Chief/Regional Swat Commander Juan Gonzalez. Prerequisite: Active Law Enforcement Officer. Officers are required to pass a ballistic shield shooting course for certification. Equipment: Handgun and/or Rifle Ballistic Shield | Weapon Systems | Duty Gear | 150 Rounds Handgun | 50 Rounds Rifle | 150 Rounds NLTA | Ballistic Gear/ Helmet | Eye Ear Protection | Red or Blue Training Gun. Limited NLTA kits will be available on site.

Upcoming Sessions

Cancellation Policy

To cancel please contact us 48 hours prior the training session starts.

Contact Details

+19563142575

valortraining@yahoo.com

2949 N Texas Blvd, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA

Law Enforcement Career

Chief Juan Gonzalez has over thirty-six years of law enforcement experience. He retired from the Pharr Police Department in 2009 and the San Juan Police Department in 2020. Throughout his career he served as a patrol officer, narcotics officer, patrol sergeant, field training supervisor, special crimes supervisor, police academy instructor, patrol lieutenant, training commander, swat commander, risk manager, interim city manager, and Chief of Police. Chief Juan Gonzalez has trained hundreds of police officers, and private security personnel  in  patrol tactics, officer safety,  special weapon & tactics (basic, advanced), force options, CQB, firearms, personal protection, high-risk vehicle stops, armored vehicle tactics, use of chemical agents, and hostage/barricade  courses throughout his career.

Chief Juan Gonzalez retired in 2020 as the Chief of Police for the City of San Juan, Texas and served as the Regional SWAT Commander for the San Juan Law Enforcement Emergency Regional Response Team (LEERRT) from 2009-2020. He created the LEERRT team . Chief Gonzalez is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Command College.


Education & Training Background
He holds a Master Peace Officer License and is an advanced TCOLE instructor. He is a Force Science Analyst and a tactical instructor with numerous intermediate and advanced instructor certifications in firearms, mechanical & ballistic breaching, ballistic shield, noise flash diversionary devices, force options (taser, baton, OC), de-escalation, chemical munitions, less lethal munitions, CQB tactical countermeasures, FX Scenario & Safety, PPCT-CQB, safe restraints, in-custody death prevention, defensive tactics, tire deflation devices, weapon lights systems instructor, EVOC, counter terrorism, ALERRT LEVEL I Instructor, AAIR Instructor, ERASE Instructor , SORD Instructor , BREACHING Instructor,  and CRASE Instructor, crisis intervention, VALOR, Below 100, and numerous other instructor certifications in police management, tactical operations, patrol tactics, officer resilience, and tactical safety.


As a graduate of the NTOA Command College and other national management courses, Chief Gonzalez has received specialized training in training management and risk mitigation for SWAT teams, management of tactical operations centers, patrol critical incidents, resolution of hostage negotiations, resolution of barricade incidents, legal and liability management for specialized teams, armored vehicle operations, and management of crisis negotiations teams.

Operational Experience  ( CREATED LEERRT TEAM IN 2009)
Chief Gonzalez was the regional swat commander for the San Juan LEERRT-SWAT team. This regional swat team executed high-risk warrants and search warrants for local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies operating in the southern border. The majority of the operations involved assisting DEA, HSI, ICE, ATF, FBI, in the arrests of high-risk valued targets operating with the "mexican cartels", and transnational gangs,  as drug traffickers, sicarios and or cell leaders in their organizations. SJ-LEERRT assisted the U.S. Marshalls in executing many high-risk arrest warrants on fugitives, wanted by local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. SJ-LEERRT also executed many high-risk  arrest/search warrants on violent criminals operating in the Rio Grande Valley Southern Border involved in homicides, human smuggling, human trafficking, home invasions, auto-theft, gang organized crime, and money laundering. 

 

Additionally, as the lead trainer and instructor for LEERRT, Chief Gonzalez and his instructor cadre conducted numerous basic SWAT courses, advanced swat courses, hostage rescue courses, armored vehicle tactics courses, firearm instructor courses, ballistic shield tactics courses, personal protection officer courses, NFDD courses, tactical K-9 courses, counter-terrorism courses, specialized ballistic breaching courses, vehicle assault & rescue courses, tactical medic courses, bus assault & rescue courses, active shooter event courses, active shooter exercises, and explosive breaching courses to local, county, state and federal agencies.

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In 2015, Chief Gonzalez and his instructor cadre trained the Paraguay National SWAT team CETI for fifteen days in tactical operation courses that included basic and advanced SWAT courses tactical firearms, hostage rescue, armored vehicle tactics, force options, officer-involved shooting courses, officer rescue, and bus assaults. Chief Gonzalez has trained law enforcement officers in Honduras for the National Police on High-Risk Vehicle Stops and Protection of Crime Scenes.  

 

As the regional SWAT commander for LEERRT, Chief Gonzalez commanded over one hundred operations with local, county, state, and federal agencies from 2010-2020. The LEERRT team in conjunction with other local, and regional swat teams across the state and nationally, responded to multiple high-risk incidents, and served multiple high-risk arrest & search warrants in Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Willacy, Brooks, Jim Wells, and Webb County.

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Valor LE Training & Consulting LLC
Chief Gonzalez retired in August 2020 and has subsequently established Valor Law Enforcement Training & Consulting LLC. As the lead trainer and instructor, he has conducted many basic & advanced swat courses, basic, advanced and instructor level ballistic shield courses, hostage/barricade courses, patrol tactics courses, tactical firearm courses, high-risk vehicle stop courses, officer safety courses, special investigation courses, private security detail courses, and tactical safety courses across the State of Texas and internationally. He currently provides subject matter expertise and consulting services to local, county, state, and federal agencies. Valor Law Enforcement Training & Consulting LLC is an established professional training organization with national and international industry product and training entities.

 

VALOR Instructor Cadre are experienced tactical trainers, current and retired POLICE, FIRE and EMS and subject matter experts in their area. VALOR is a training option for any organization that wants to improve in their tactics, skills, principles and knowledge in this profession. WE DO NOT CUT CORNERS IN TRAINING!
 

Chief Gonzalez has been instrumental in providing subject matter operation expertise, training, and guidance to local, county, state, and federal special response teams throughout his career. As the regional SWAT commander for LEERRT, the team was featured in numerous local, state, national, and international media outlets in combatting violent crime at the border, and the partnerships with other law enforcement agencies in dismantling, displacing, and disrupting the operation of drug cartels, and transnational gangs in the Rio Grande Valley.


Valor Law Enforcement Training and Consulting LLC offers a diverse amount of specialized tactical training and consulting resources for law enforcement and private security too include basic and advanced SWAT courses, hostage/barricade courses, patrol tactical courses, force option courses, tactical firearm courses, personal protection courses, high-risk vehicle stop courses, special investigation courses, officer safety courses, active shooter response courses for school and civilians, license to carry courses, and other TCOLE mandated courses. Valor provides training audits for agencies to determined their training needs. Email any training requests to valortraining@yahoo.com, or contact us at 956-314-2575. 

 

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