I recently finished my 07E and 09E training at Tom Perroni’s Commonwealth Criminal Justice Academy in Fredericksburg, Va.: http://commonwealthcriminaljusticeacademy.com/index.htm. So far as I know, it’s the only training center where you can shoot steel between NOVA and Blackwater. It’s a brand new facility, and he’s got a flexible training program. He added a lot to our classes – these were not the bear minimum 07 and 09E classes just to get the final tests done.
Tom is a shooting professional and an executive protection specialist, a former Fed security professional, and ex-cop. He’s taught at Bw and a host of other places, and he’s instructed first tier teams (and lower) all over.
So when we got to class, he taught us combat shooting basics (which are always good to go over again because of the little bad habits you develop) and then got high speed with executive protection shooting drills, shoot/no shoot drills, and accuracy drills.
He had us shooting two-inch circles for a while based the aim-small-miss-small concept. The shoot/no shoot drills were based on time lapsed PowerPoint slides in a classroom. These were one-on-one sessions with Tom while the rest of the class was quarantined so as not to give the exercise away. Going through the drills, we issued commands to the "threats" on the screen (huge screen on the wall), made decisions to draw or not, sought cover, and shot dry fire at threats. These were very real scenarios, and they put your head in the “threat space,” which is a place you have to train if you are in LE, EP, or security. It’d be great for any concealed carry class, too. Tom’s critiques taught us how quick a benign looking situation can get nasty, and vice versa.
We did executive protection drills outside with contacts with hostiles in a variety of scenarios at the classroom site, then we walked the same drills on the range and dry fired, and then we did it live fire on steel and paper. Tom did not issue range is hot until we had the drills down pat, so he runs a safe range (his medical bag always on him).
The live fire exercises are exactly what I needed and then some to get me up to speed on the bottom line of EP. It was much more than I thought we’d do. We even bounded live fire with pistols, something the SEALS do – we had an ex-SEAL in our class.
I recommend the Commonwealth Criminal Justice Academy to anyone who wants to get better with a firearm – he can do regular shooting classes – but especially those who do security for a living or even part time.
Lead Sled
Tom is a shooting professional and an executive protection specialist, a former Fed security professional, and ex-cop. He’s taught at Bw and a host of other places, and he’s instructed first tier teams (and lower) all over.
So when we got to class, he taught us combat shooting basics (which are always good to go over again because of the little bad habits you develop) and then got high speed with executive protection shooting drills, shoot/no shoot drills, and accuracy drills.
He had us shooting two-inch circles for a while based the aim-small-miss-small concept. The shoot/no shoot drills were based on time lapsed PowerPoint slides in a classroom. These were one-on-one sessions with Tom while the rest of the class was quarantined so as not to give the exercise away. Going through the drills, we issued commands to the "threats" on the screen (huge screen on the wall), made decisions to draw or not, sought cover, and shot dry fire at threats. These were very real scenarios, and they put your head in the “threat space,” which is a place you have to train if you are in LE, EP, or security. It’d be great for any concealed carry class, too. Tom’s critiques taught us how quick a benign looking situation can get nasty, and vice versa.
We did executive protection drills outside with contacts with hostiles in a variety of scenarios at the classroom site, then we walked the same drills on the range and dry fired, and then we did it live fire on steel and paper. Tom did not issue range is hot until we had the drills down pat, so he runs a safe range (his medical bag always on him).
The live fire exercises are exactly what I needed and then some to get me up to speed on the bottom line of EP. It was much more than I thought we’d do. We even bounded live fire with pistols, something the SEALS do – we had an ex-SEAL in our class.
I recommend the Commonwealth Criminal Justice Academy to anyone who wants to get better with a firearm – he can do regular shooting classes – but especially those who do security for a living or even part time.
Lead Sled