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Is banning “chock-holds” the answer?

This is a very difficult blog to write as the ramifications have the potential to be severe. It seems that we are creating the perfect storm for our citizens, our officers, and our society to be plagued with turmoil. Officers are placed in high stress, fast-paced, and high-stakes situations on a regular basis. Officers are expected to make split-second, life and death decisions with minimal training. Training requirements vary from state to state. To put things in perspective

Officer safety as it relates to melee attacks

Often going hands-on with a subject is necessary to complete the job. Going hands-on with a subject is a high-stakes full-contact sport that is inherently dangerous and can cause injury to officers, liability to departments, and in worst-case scenarios death or career-ending damage to an officer. Sometimes, going hands-on can be avoided. Here are there things that can minimize the number of “bouts” you participate in on the job. Situational awareness By far the most important

martial arts training and law enforcement

Traveling around, teaching law enforcement seminars, departments usually rent out a high school wrestling room or a martial arts facility where participants can’t wear shoes. If you don’t want to look like a dork, with a bunch of officers running around barefoot, check out Elite Sports Foot-grips. They keep you from exchanging foot fungus with the officers, provide a level of protection for your toes, and give you traction when shooting for a takedown. The Elite Sports Foo

South County Command, The Chikaming Township Police Department is hosting a use of force training. The training will be put on by Amir Khillah of Centurion Modern Law Enforcement Subject Control. Amir is a peace officer who previously taught subject control at a regional police academy. In addition Amir is a retired professional MMA fighter in the UFC. Amir holds a Masters degree in Human Performance from Western Michigan University and a Bachelors Degree in Exercise Physiol

Excessive force. Unnecessary injuries. Preventable deaths. These are just some of the instances that have plagued police departments...

A knife can be your best friend if you ever had to fight a suspect off of your firearm. When picking a duty blade, you need to keep the...

At my age, I can really feel the aches and pains of training two or three times a day. I have to rely heavily on rest time and anything...

If you can’t tend to your downed partner because the scene is not yet safe, here is a quick and effective one person move if a drag is...

The outside wrist lock is one of the most basic subject control/defensive tactics techniques. It is extremely versatile and can be applied to various scenarios at mid to lower levels of subject resistance/aggresion. It is one technique that all law enforcement officers should become proficent in and add to their tool box. For more awesome videos please subscribe Or visit CenturionMSC.com Instagram.com/subjectcontrol Facebook.com/subjectcontrol Welcome to our weekly Vlog w

There may come the day when a suspect is attempting to take away your duty weapon. You will be busy fighting for weapon retention and may not be able to get to your backup. Your knife maybe the only weapon you can access. That is if you can get to it. Where do you carry your knife? If its on your strongside, like the majority of officers, that side will be a little pre-occupied with weapon retention. I recommend that you carry your defensive knife on your support side and yo

Do you carry an H Bandage in your duty bag? Here are some basic pointers for applying an H Bandage.

If you carry one tourniquet you are wrong. Carry at least two and makew sure your partner's know where you carry them. Do you know where...

Chest seal application for officers: scene safety, clean the wound, center the valve, and always roll to check for an exit wound before EMS arrives.

To say today’s law enforcement environment is challenging is a gross understatement. Officers are being targeted and ambushed, the media scrutiny is at an all time high, and not many people are stepping up to do the job (understandably so). It is vital that we provide and, to a certain extent, mandate training for officers. The more comfortable officers are in handling a subject physically, the more likely they are to be able to deescalate the dynamic and unpredictable enco

Congratulations! You survived the police academy where you spent long days combining the academics of law school with the physical training of fight prep. You sacrificed time with family and friends, and made the metamorphosis from civilian to police officer. Well, almost. Now you have to get through your field training program. Every police department’s FTO program differs in length and intensity. You will need to learn your department’s “way of doing things” such as polic

Many of today’s police recruits have never been punched in the face or held a gun, and the closest thing to a fight is when they wrestled their little brother for the television remote. However, instructors are expected in just 16 weeks to magically transform these guys and gals into new police officers. These recruits will be stationed in high-crime zones where they will be expected to hold their own. If they had good firearms and subject control instructors, they are in lu