• The police sniper holds an integral position within the tactical team structure.  He provides real time information, protective overwatch, and the ability to resolve a critical incident with one, well placed shot.  He represents the surgical arm of any special operations team, and like any other surgeon, he requires specialized training in order to excel at his profession.   This program will provide a foundation and starting point for that training.

This course will cover observation and reporting, ballistics, marksmanship, fieldcraft, movement, stalking, camouflage, use of force, policy and procedure, and case studies.

The police sniper needs to become and remain a student of his art, always seeking to improve his knowledge and skills.  Gone are the days when a police officer can be handed a rifle, taught to shoot bullseyes, and be designated "marksman."  The true police sniper needs to be continually challenged to learn and excel at his trade.  He needs to master skills which will prepare him mentally and physically for his job in the field.  He needs to be exposed to new ideas, tactics and techniques.  This class will give him access to all of this and more.  Here, he will take the next step in his sniper education.

The police sniper is possibly the most important and misused element of the tactical team.  The success or failure of the sniper program rests heavily on their command personnel.  They are the people who will make the crucial decisions about selecting, equipping, training and employing snipers in critical incidents.  However, they cannot be expected to make knowledgeable decisions without a thorough understanding of the police sniper, his function, his needs, his capabilities and his limitations.  This two-day course is designed to educate the SWAT supervisor charged with the responsibility of establishing and utilizing a sniper program.  It will give him the information he will need to make the program successful and effective.  Content includes establishing a program, SOP's, equipment, training, tactics, legal issues, media relations, and case studies.

Knowledge is useless unless it can be passed on effectively.  This 40-hour course is designed to train the trainers, giving snipers and team leaders the tools they need to design and deliver in-service sniper training to others.  The course is an intensive mixture of classroom lecture, writing assignments, interactive group projects and range exercises, fully immersing students in the learning and teaching process.  Students will learn a wide variety of techniques for teaching snipers, as well as the underlying instructional principles.

Students who successfully complete this course and the necessary prerequisites will receive certification as an In-Service Police Sniper Trainer.

Tactical Vision is the most unique course Snipercraft has ever offered.  Because most people fail to understand the mechanics of vision, they see less of the world around them than they realize.  For tactical operators, this can be dangerous.  We introduce students to the concepts of perceptual blindness and flash recognition, and show them how they apply to every facet of a police officer's daily life and duty.  

Check here to download a two-hour radio presentation detailing the Tactical Vision Program.