Policing Forward Training Calendar

Master Tactical Breacher (MTB)

Date: September 8-19, 2025   8:00am-5:00pm

This course consists of two parts:

  • 6-Days Tactical Explosive Breacher Certification (TEBC) - September 8-13, 2025
  • 5-Day Manual, Mechanical, Ballistic, Thermal, Hydraulic (MMBTH) - September 15-19, 2025

Cost:

  • MTB (11-day course): $2,875.00
  • TEBC only: $1,595.00
  • MMBTH only: $1,585.00

Location: Madison Police Training Center - 5702 Femrite Drive, Madison, WI 53718

(TEBC and MMBTH Courses can be taken individually or as combined in the Master Tactical Breacher Certification Course.)

This complete breaching course is designed to provide tactical operators with complete knowledge of breaching methodologies and their applications in various environments. The 11 day hands-on training combines our Basic/ Intermediate Explosive Breacher Course (TEBC) and our Manual, Mechanical, Ballistic, Thermal, and Hydraulic Breacher course (M.M.B.T.H) into one continuous curriculum.

This comprehensive format maximizes the participates overall understanding, proficiency, and tactical abilities in matching the most sound breaching methods to specific targets, missions, and environments as well as properly deploying different breaching methods in support of one another. Furthermore, by combining all breaching methodologies into one course, this training minimizing the cost and time associated with attending separate venues.

Training Topics:

  • Breacher Responsibilities in Various Tactical Missions
  • Basic/Advanced Breaching Concepts
  • Target Analysis (Basic/Advanced)
  • Basic - Advanced Deployment Considerations
  • Operational Safety Protocols
  • Equipment Selection
  • Maintenance and Troubleshooting of MMBTH tools
  • Use of MMBTH tools in Support of Explosive Breaching
  • Mission Intelligence, Planning, and Briefing
  • Considerations for department and SOP's

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Advanced Patrol Tactics

Date: September 28-30, 2025  8:00am-4:00pm

Cost: $350.00

Location: Madison Police Training Center - 5702 Femrite Drive, Madison, WI 53718

It is no longer an option for patrol officers to not be tactically sound in today’s policing environment. Our goal in this three-day class is to increase your  patrol tactics knowledge and skills through classroom presentation and  scenario-based training. Students will also build their tactical leadership skills and knowledge through classroom presentation, debriefs, and table-top scenarios. By the end of the course the student should have a basic understanding of the following:

  • Manual Breaching
  • Containment/Perimeter Deployments
  • Less Lethal Deployments
  • Room entry and clearing techniques
  • Barricaded Subject Operations
  • Hostage Rescue Basics
  • K9 Use and Operations
  • Decentralized Command
  • Getting the most out of your team on a tactical call
  • Advanced Tactical Concepts
  • Debriefing

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Crisis Intervention Teams Advanced (CITA) Training - Dane County

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Community Crisis Intervention Team

More Information to Come! 

Questions? Contact Tiaira@namidanecounty.org


Reality Based Training (RBT) Actor Course - Instructor Training

Date: October 29, 2025  8:00am-4:00pm

Cost: $100.00 + Service & Processing Fees ($108.55)

Location: Madison Police Training Center - 5702 Femrite Drive, Madison, WI 53718

One often overlooked, but critically important, area of scenario instruction is the cultivation of effective role players. This course seeks to improve scenario   training by developing actors who understand and embrace their responsibilities in terms of creating a safe learning environment, providing opportunities for     realistic conditions and actions, and working collaboratively with the instructor to achieve student success. This course will discuss considerations for scenario actors and share the lessons learned from several years of scenario               development and instruction at both recruit and in-service level training. This a physical course, with an emphasis on use of force decision-making exercises, so participants should be prepared to simulate resistive or assaultive subjects and respond to a variety of officer actions.

Prerequisites:

Students should bring duty belt with a training gun (if so equipped), mouthguard, groin protection and attire appropriate for physical skills exercises. Candidates must be adequately physically fit with no medical limitations to participate in this course.

LE Only

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Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)

Two Training Sessions Available:

Date: November 13-14, 2025  12:00pm-8:00pm

                                       or

          December 9-10, 2025  12:00pm-8:00pm

Cost: FREE

Location: Madison Police Training Center - 5702 Femrite Drive, Madison, WI 53718

The Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) program was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ARIDE was created to address the gap in training between the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and the Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC) Program. ARIDE is a 16-hour training course and is taught by DRE’s (Drug Recognition Experts). This class will cover the following topics: SFST skills, refresher, Advanced sobriety tests (Modified Romberg balance, etc,), Legal update for SST/OMVWI Laws, Drugs in society and How drugs affect the human body. This class will also serve as a pre-requisite for those officers who wish to become Drug Recognition Experts (DRE’s).

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C4C PJJ Police Jiu-Jitsu Level 1 Certification Course

Date: February 2-5, 2026  8:00am-4:30pm

Cost: $995.00

Location: Madison Police Training Center - 5702 Femrite Drive, Madison, WI 53718

Police Jiu-Jitsu Training
Image credit: C4CPJJ

Course Overview:

A “game plan” or course curriculum comes with each level that can be used as the department’s exact defensive tactics (DT) curriculum or supplement a department’s current DT curriculum.

C4CPJJ Level 1 includes a bonus foundation level for officers without experience in DT or combatives. This foundational level material is perfect for an academy setting, for officers in an FTO position, or for police departments who do not have a current control/grappling curriculum and wish to transition to this type of training.

C4CPJJ is a complete DT system based on the LEO’s reasonable outcomes of control and then custody. The foundation level sets the foundation, and level one allows officers to progress over time, realizing growth in their personal ability within the DT program. As officers continue to improve and grow, they will develop increased confidence, capability, control, and compassion for subjects that they may have to use force on. It is NOT a simple BJJ lesson plan called “LEO” Training.”

Level 1 -course topics include:

  • 4 Fundamental Principles that every DT program should have 3 Fundamental Sub-Categories of Subject Control
  • Use of force
  • Decision making
  • De-escalation
  • Contact communication
  • Punch Defense
  • Control in solo officer and team settings Takedowns and takedown defense
  • Ground control and ground defense
  • Handcuffing
  • Weapon retention, weapon defense, and more. 

Instruction and demonstration of effective teaching strategies:

  • Safely running combative training
  • Proven methods to plan a course or training day
  • Teaching methodology that enhances student recall and performance in the field

Course Completion:

Officers who successfully attend and complete the course will receive credit at the appropriate level. Students with extensive training, coaching, and LEO experience can be graded out higher by PJJ Instructors at a Level One course upon completion. Completing Level 2 or higher will authorize students to attend advanced C4CPJJ coursework (Levels 3-5) in the future. Students are encouraged to use the curriculum from the training within their department and share and teach the same to other officers. Graduates are not certified to teach or represent C4CPJJ outside of department duties without invitation and written authorization from Chad Lyman.

Open To Law Enforcement Only

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