Valor First Responder Breaching Course

Service Description

This 8-hour course is designed to train police officers on how to properly and safely use manual breaching tools for inward and outward opening doors in active shooter events, barricaded incidents, and planned high-risk warrants. Officers will be trained on basic breaching set-ups, prying, ramming, use of sledge hammers, use of breaching tools for commercial glass, and how to defeat pad locks. This course trains police officers on the different types of doors, breaching tools and tactics. This First Responder Breaching 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 breaching door assessment. Equipment: Duty gear, ballistic gear, ballistic shield, weapon systems, breaching tools: pry tool-halligan, battering ram, sledge hammer, bolt cutters and window breaching tools. Limited Simunition Weapons, NLTA & Kits will be available for training scenarios.