K9 Team Tactics for Violent & Deadly Force Encounters

*This is a 2-day class, Wednesday & Thursday (16 hours)

Instructor: Blake Broadhurst

Blake Broadhurst has been a police officer with a major metro police department in Orlando Florida for 17 years, spending 15 of them on specialty units. He has served as a member on the SWAT team and has worked on multiple proactive crime suppression units. Blake has been a K-9 handler for a decade and instructor for the K-9 unit. He has been involved in over 150 uses of force during his career, ranging from hand-to-hand combat to deadly force encounters. As an instructor, Blake holds certifications as a K-9 Instructor, Defensive Tactics and as a Federal Active Shooter Instructor. Blake is also the author of K-9 Tactical Takedowns the book and is the lead instructor and owner of Mav1 Tactics LLC.

CLASS REQUIREMENTS

  • Tracking harness

  • Bite Suit

  • Long and short leads

  • BDU pants and long sleeve shirts

  • Athletic shoes and Duty boots

  • Typical on duty deployment gear

  • Patrol K-9

  • Food and water for K9 partner

  • Sports drinks

  • K9 first aid kit

  • Crate for K-9

  • DogPoo Bags

Class Description

The K-9 Team Tactics for Violent and Deadly Force Encounters course is an advanced class for tac K-9 teams and handlers who are interested in evolving their real-world performance. The course introduces a learning strategy to enhance training and performance. It also teaches structured, efficient and safer ways of apprehending and performing a team takedown of an actively resisting suspect. The techniques taught enhance the handler’s ability to respond to violence directed towards the K9 and handler. It also tailors the amount of force used by a handler, which in turn, decreases the use of excessive force. The course will consist of three phases of instruction: K-9 defensive tactics, live K-9 team takedowns and K-9 deadly force encounter scenarios.

CLASS REQUIREMENTS

Students should have their own bite suit or access to a bite suit.

Class location

Open Area - Old Columbus Fire Tower (woodline)

400 Jackson Road

Columbus, GA