OCAT® Pepper Spray - Basic User
This program is designed to "Train and
Certify" law enforcement, corrections, sheriffs, constables,
and security, personnel in the safe, correct, and legal use of OC. Please
refer to our Civilian
section, for OC training for personal use and protection.
This training teaches an officer how to use OC in a safe and reliable manner. After successful
completion of both practical and written tests, the officer is
certified in its proper use for a two (2) year period.
For many years, OC products have proven to be a very
effective tool for managing resistive, aggressive, and violent persons.
OC has demonstrated it's ability to gain compliance from most subjects
in a safe and efficient manner. Many departments and agencies have noted
less "Use-of-Force" complaints filed against them, since
issuing OC products to their personnel, than they had before OC was put
into service. While OC is not a "cure all," it is a valuable
tool that provides an addition "non-injurious" level of force
for law enforcement professionals.
Why should someone become certified?
Not being certified in the use of OC is a major
liability concern, for anyone using OC while on duty. It is highly
recommended that anyone carrying OC while "on duty" be
certified in the use of OC. This insures, among other things, that the
officer know how to use OC correctly, and also the proper "after use"
guidelines to maintain officer and subject safety. Whenever someone has
questions about an officer using OC properly, one of the first things that is
asked is "Can I see this officer's OC certification papers and his/her other
training records."
Program Includes
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Student manual rich with photos and illustrations
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Intensive hands-on practice
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Practice
with inert sprays that actually spray.
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Use-of-force considerations and options
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Verbal skills
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Two (2) year certification after successful completion
Performance Objectives
Upon completion of the OCAT® Basic
Course, each student will be able to do the following:
- Demonstrate a proper stance and position of the
body when holding an OC unit in the hand for use of potential
use with all techniques taught in the OCAT® Basic Certification
Course.
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Deliver verbal directions or commands to
combative subjects while holding an OC unit in the hand or using
OC.
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Accurately spray OC in a one-second or multiple
one-second bursts at physically combative subjects.
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Identity the ways to decontaminate an area that
has been exposed to OC.
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Identify the first-aid procedures available for
administering to subjects that have been exposed to OC.
Program Outline
Introduction to OC
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Effects of OC
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General Uses of OC
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General Use Guidelines
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General Guidelines
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Use of Force
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Threat Recognition
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Early Signs
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Threat Reduction
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Signs of Submission
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Training Drills and Exercises
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Holsters and Carry Methods
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Defensive Position
& Reactionary Gap
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Methods of Movement
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Drawing Techniques
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Spraying Techniques
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Dynamic Situations
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Ground and Standing Situations
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Our instructors are authorized providers of the Personal
Protection Consultants, Inc. OCAT® Pepper Spray program. TSDS presents this program and certifies
participants through PPCI.
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