Course Information
Course title: Defensive Tactics Instructor Re-certification
Course number: DTIR1204
Course description: This course will fulfill the Department of Criminal Justice Services mandated defensive tactics instructor re-certification requirements. All Defensive Tactics Instructors must successfully complete the General Instructor Re-certification course.
Prerequisite(s): Students below the rank of sergeant must be enrolled by a supervisor.

Course Requirements
Introduction: This course is comprised of one training module. Each module is composed of one or more sections (classes). Students who complete this course will be re-certified as Defensive Tactics Instructors and will earn 2 hours of career development in-service credit. 

Requirements: Students must read the material contained in training module. After the student has read the material in the module, he must take the module quiz. In order to successfully complete the module quiz, the student must score 70%. The student will be given two opportunities to successfully complete the quiz. At the director's discretion, a third opportunity may be granted upon the request of the student's chief, sheriff or agency administrator.

Module 1
Objectives or Goals: The overall objective of this course is to provide re-certification training for Defensive Tactics Instructors.

The first class will review important legal issues pertaining to the Use of Force.

The second class will review the physiological and psychological responses of the body when it is placed under extreme stress.  

The third class will review the causes and preventive measures that should be taken to lessen the potential of a positional asphyxia event.  

The fourth class will discuss the need for defensive tactics safety rules to insure a safe training environment.

Topics:
  1. (+) Use of Force and the Law


  2. (+) Crisis Stress Response


  3. (+) Positional Asphyxia - Cause and Prevention


  4. (+) Defensive Tactics Safety Rules

Module 2
Lesson: Net Detective
Objectives or Goals: The Net Detective module is a guided, self-directed learning tool consisting of information that is available on the world wide web.  The objective is to permit students to actively build their knowledge and understanding of the topics covered in this course material.

As students investigate each location, they will be given an assignment to complete.  The assignments will vary depending on the nature of the course.  For instance, students may be required to complete a site use tutorial so that they will know how to retrieve information for future reference, read a blog post that exposes them to a different viewpoint on a topic, explore how other criminal justice agencies have addressed a problem or simply build upon the informational foundation they received in this course.

Topics:
  1. (+) Net Detective - DTIR


  2. Net Detective Forum