High Risk Traffic Stop Instructor Course

The Illinois Tactical Officers Association, NEMRT and the Grayslake Police Department are pleased to offer this dynamic instructor training & certification opportunity:

High Risk Traffic Stop Instructor Course

          Dates: March 18-19, 2025      Times: 9am-5pm     Location: Grayslake, IL

PURPOSE OF COURSE: This three-day, 16-hour course is designed to provide officers with the knowledge, specialized tactical skills, and associated presentations and materials they will need to develop, implement, and teach High Risk Patrol Traffic Stops to their officers.              

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The focus of this program is to certify your department instructors to teach high risk traffic stops. This course is designed to incorporate basic tactical knowledge, awareness, and skill sets, when performing and teaching this high-risk patrol operation.

COURSE GOALS:  To provide students with an opportunity to:

• Understand the need to integrate high risk traffic stops skill sets into patrol operations.
• Identify and discuss high risk traffic stop case law; legal justification; IVC utilization; safety priorities; use-of-force and the established safety priorities.
• Assist participants in demonstrating practical knowledge and performance ability while conducting high-risk traffic stop operations, to include: Probable cause; vehicle positioning; verbal commands; suspect custody; vehicle clearing techniques; firearms handling/deployment skills.
• Allow students the opportunity to participate in and conduct realistic scenario-based training.
• Allow the students the opportunity to conduct platform, performance and scenario-based training, preparing them to teach High Risk Traffic Stop Tactics and Techniques.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

• This course IS NOT a beginner’s course. It is designed for those who have a basic understanding and practiced knowledge of High-Risk Traffic Stops. Attendees should be established department instructors / FTO’s / Range Instructors and those responsible for use-of-force / tactical training.
• Course participants should be physically capable of operating in physical situations, and may be required to sprint, kneel, and perform police tactical skills.  If an officer is physically incapable of performing these physical tasks, please do not register to them to attend.