The San Juan San Juan Police Law Enforcement Emergency Regional Response Team (LEERRT) has adopted several Tactical Training Principles with permission from experienced tactical instructors and operators from Fulcrum Tactical.
Fulcrum Tactical is a training and support organization that provides high quality tactical training across the nation to operators and special operation units. In October of this year we had the opportunity to attend a week long Tactical Ops Instructor Course with this organization sponsored by the Texas Tactical Police Officer's Association. We found out that there all multiple ways of conducting tactical operations but we can not overlook that we need to convey basic tactical concepts to operators and officers in order for them to use this tools in their operations. Fulcrum Tactical Instructor Steve Clagget is a retired tactical officer from the Dallas Police Department Swat team with many years of operational experience as an operator, team leader and instructor for that agency. He now shares his wealth of tactical knowledge across the country to tactical teams and special operation units. The San Juan Regional Tactical Response Unit is coordinating training with Fulcrum Tactical for next year.
Tactical Principles
There is no “magic tactic.”This is a take on the phrase “there is no magic bullet. Every tactic and technique has positive and negative attributes. Although none are perfect, there are ways to validate tactical options. By executing different tactics and techniques head-to-head or side-by-side, we can see which tactics have fewer shortcomings versus more.
Skill sets should be built around tactics that allow the operators to gain more advantage than they lose. Bottom line: objectively consider what you gain and what you lose with one tactic or technique versus another, and go with the one that gains the most tactical advantage. Tactics is defined as the maneuvering for advantageous position. If we keep it simple, lose our egos and drop our commitment to a tactic simply because it is what we are comfortable and familiar with or because it is what the latest and greatest instructor says is the best, we will be doing ourselves and our students a great service.
Decreasing operator lag time in a combative situation is a primary tactical objective. We will be in the best possible position to win if we use tactics that allow us to manipulate the least amount of lag time possible while increasing our opponent’s lag time as much.
