Each issue of The Police Marksman will feature a “Course of Fire” that police offi cers can use for their own department’s training. Training courses can be shared and used “as is” or you may wish to modify them as needed. If you have a fi rearms course that has worked well with your own department’s range training, send it to us and we’ll pay you $50 if it’s chosen to be shared here. Try to keep the round count at a single box of 50 rounds for pistol courses as we know today’s ammo budgets are challenging. Courses with movement, cover, shields, low light, etc. are benefi cial to all police offi cers, so follow the standard instructional format like this issue’s course and e-mail it to us at
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Required Items and Materials: 1. Duty handgun, extra magazines, and duty belt/holster. 2. Police Tourniquet 3. Silhouette targets with 8 ½” x 14” center mass. will be fi red at center mass.
5. Total of 40 rounds Instructional Goal:
To perform real-world scenarios, sustaining injury, applying tour- niquet, and continuing to fi ght and shoot back.
Instructional Objectives: T is drill will put offi cers through lifelike scenarios to simulate ap- plying a tourniquet to save their own lives while also shooting back.
Lesson Plan: 1. Introduction a. Introduce self. B. State your qualifi cations. C. Explain course of fi re as described in body.
2. Explain why it’s important to train through the simulated ap- plication of a tourniquet so if it ever happens for real, offi cers have “been there before” and can fall back on training. a. Handgun might not be holstered when initial use of tourniquet is needed (gun was in hand when offi cer was shot).
B. Always attempt to apply tourniquet from behind cover.
All rounds
4. Some type of cover to utilize on the range (trash barrel or just a false wall to simulate).
c. Retrieve or unholster fi rearm once wound is handled and return fi re.
Body: a. Course of Fire on the range 1. At 10-yard line, offi cer starts in prone position be- hind cover with loaded handgun on the ground, facing downrange.
2. Offi cer accesses tourniquet and applies to weak arm. 3. Offi cer retrieves handgun and fi res fi ve rounds, strong hand only at center mass of target.
4. Offi cer holsters handgun, stands up, fi res fi ve rounds center mass from behind cover.
5. Repeat steps 1–4 above, but apply tourniquet to strong arm and fi re weak hand only at center mass of target.
6. At 15 yard line, repeat steps 1 -4 above, applying tour- niquet to left leg.
7. Repeat steps 1–4 above, applying tourniquet to right leg.
8. Total of 40 rounds fi red.
B. Scoring is Pass/Fail, percentage of hits in the center mass area (usually 70-75%)
Conclusion A. Questions B. T anks PM
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Course of Fire: Tourniquet Application and Continue to Fight
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