Expandable Baton Training    

Instructor & Basic Certification Course   

The training curriculum for the straight and expandable batons is called the Expandable Baton Training Program. With these programs officers, instructors and agencies can choose between the Basic Certification Course and the Advanced Certification Course. Each course combines lecture, discussion, demonstration, hands-on performance of techniques and testing in a concise and practical manner.  

Instructor/Basic Certification Courses 
The Basic and Instructor Courses consists of a 4 hour basic level course and a 1 day Basic Instructor Course. Basic Course certification techniques include Stance, Patterns of Movement, Baton Grip, Baton Methods of Carry, Baton Draws, Baton Two-Handed Grip Blocks, Baton Counter Strikes, and Baton Retention. This is a well-rounded training approach that provides officer protection at three specific ranges for concluding an attack.     

The first defensive range available to officers is the extended range. This range combines the full arm extension of an officer with the actual length of a particular baton as it is held in the officer’s strong hand. The extended range is the maximum area that an officer can expect to defend to his (her) front and to both flanks. Extended range techniques include both Basic one-hand strikes. This range is an officer’s first line of defense against an attacker.    

The second line of defense for stopping an attacker is at the intermediate range. As its name implies, it is the area that falls between full arm extension and within one foot of the officer’s chest. There is less space at the intermediate range, as well as at the close-in range, for performing large sweeping baton strikes as in the extended range. Consequently, two-handed strikes and blocks are designed for rapid and effective use within a confined or compact space like the intermediate range. This ability is unique to the MEB Program. The third and most important range is close-in. Close-in encounters pose the greatest danger to an officer’s safety (or survival) due to the extremely tight space he (she) has to effectively and appropriately maneuver a baton for self-defense or subject control. Close-in encounters involve combat within one foot or less of the officer’s chest. Close-in encounter techniques again include two-handed, strikes and/or blocks. Officer survival and the Basic Course provided by PSTI go hand in hand with each other.   

Advanced Course 
PSTI also offers an advanced course for officers and agencies that need the skills offered in the Basic Course Program (see above), plus additional easy-to-learn, baton-assisted subject restraint techniques. This second curriculum course is called the Advanced Course and consists of an 8 hour user level course and a two-day Advanced Instructor Course. The Advanced Course adds four subject-control techniques to the Basic Course Curriculum in just four additional hours.     

Advanced Instructor Course 
A two-day Advanced Instructor Course is available from PSTI to certify qualified public and private law enforcement personnel who have no prior certification. Upon completion of the 16 hour course an officer will be able to certify other officers in either the 4 hour Basic Course or the 8 hour Advanced Course.        

Personal Safety Training Inc. offers the Basic course and Advanced course for qualified individuals and companies.      

Instructor Certification       

• The expandable baton techniques can be quickly mastered and performed under stress, including the four baton-assisted subject control skills. The certification is fully researched in terms of tactical, medical, and legal consequences resulting from police intervention.    
• Tactical concepts focused on how, why, and when to use an Expandable Baton in a variety of situations make this program the most effective, court defensible, and state-of-the-art BATON training program of its kind in the country.    
• Instructor Certification entitles you to train, certify, and re-certify others in the course.   
• Instructor Certification is valid for four years.   
• Basic Course Certification is valid for two years.  
• The instructor/Basic program can be held at our training facility or yours.   
• Training fee includes manual and certificate.   
• Support Program  
• Issuance of instructor certificates upon initial certification and re-certification   
• Supplemental mailings to notify instructors of updates in training methods, training aids, training seminars and other related courses.   
• Day-to-day technical support   
• Competent expert witness testimony 

  

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