Casey Overholser’s Post

To unpack each topic discussed in the "response" to these events is almost like pulling a string on a massive ugly Christmas sweater...it just keeps on going. Where does it end? Unlike the eventuality for the sweater in this analogy, there is no end to the proverbial string ones pulls when entering into the realm of response preparation. Proper preparation for this isn't about attending "a class" or putting a certificate in a personnel file. A class represents what all can be delivered in the amount of time we are given to take you off shift and stare at this. Right off the bat, we acknowledge that there isn't NEAR enough time spent in a class today to gain skill mastery, much less to test the application of these new skills within the reality of the many permutations these events can have. What determines what knowledge can effectively be transferred? The quality of instruction and the mindset of the student. What determines true transformation? What the student chooses to do with it after class is over. The class serves to make people aware. It serves as a burst of information to address some issues and provide a list of "sustains and improves" while working with an operational template or framework based off statistical likelihood, gleaned from data of actual attacks. It is the beginning of a conversation on the topic and tireless effort spent on improvement that never ends. You are never fully trained...you just actively pursue better each day to get closer to that goal. Another analogy that is used to explain the process of developing capable, professional responders is the process of forging. Forge [fôrj] verb make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and beating or hammering it. Intense heat and getting beaten repeatedly to finally take on the shape of the desired implement. That sounds fun. Heraclitus' famous quote indicates a bell curve that suggests, even today, that many will not endure this. This process also takes time, effort, and skill from those doing the forging. Or we can let convenience and complacency influence our professionalism by quietly assuring ourselves that it won't happen here and won't happen to me. Someone else is going to have to suffer the cost of growth and make monumental decisions that will impact lives, to include their very own. Yes. Someone else will have to do that.

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Be careful of those impostor training classes or those threaded mandated training. Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) is not only not backed by experience, but is taught by knowledgeable instructors who preach what they practice and are supported by academic studies. If isn’t ALERRT, then are you even learning?

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The Tueller Experiment was published in 1983, and it has held an honored spot in inaccurate training dogma for decades. A new peer-reviewed study recently looked at the 21 foot rule, and their findings show what we should have already known. 21 feet does not equal safety from an assailant armed with an edged weapon. The new study suggested a revised distance of 32 feet, but it still leaves a glaring error. We are asking the wrong questions here. Both studies looked to determine the distance at which an officer can draw and fire 1 shot on an assailant with an edged weapon. What's wrong with this question you might ask? For starters, we know that 1-shot incapacitation with a handgun is unlikely. While the study did examine accuracy, the measure of accuracy was hit or miss, and it didn't look at location of hits and how they correlate to potential incapacitation of a threat. In spite of the errors, the study did solidify 1 imporant training point. When faced with an assailant armed with an edged weapon, getting your feet moving may do more to save your life that firing your weapon. Rapid lateral motion had the most effect, followed by a backpedal, with a 45 degree advance being the least effective. Even still, movement in any of the tested directions increased survival odds. If you're teaching firearms or serving at the academy level, please stop using the Tueller Experiment as gospel. Armed self defence is a far more complicated subject that can't be examined with the shot timer alone.

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It’s a Principle, based on the Tueller Drill, Not a rule. The difference between the understanding of a principle and a rule is important here, especially with how much of the LEO community has mischaracterized the principle in both training and UoF on the street. Which makes the estimate/range of “32” an additional confusion to the appropriate context of the Drill. I have ran these drills with LEO, Mil, SOF, and there are a lot of variables, which is why it should be properly understood as a Principle based Drill.

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