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SPEAR System® Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification

October 19–23, 2026 Luling, LA (Near New Orleans)

SPEAR System® Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification

October 26–30, 2026 San Antonio, TX

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SPEAR System® Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification

SPEAR System® Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification

Instructor Certifications

5 days · In personSPEAR System® Defensive Tactics Instructor CertificationThe SPEAR System® Instructor Course is carefully designed to help officers and their agencies handle the problems they face in today's highly charged environment.

SPEAR System®: Evidence-Based Scenario Trainer (SPEAR PRO Division)The Evidence-Based Scenario Trainer course helps individuals and trainers engage in safer, more realistic training scenarios.

SPEAR System®: Tactical Ground Combat Instructor DevelopmentThe first and most important paradigm shift is that this course distinguishes between grappling and ground fighting to give the officer/soldier a stronger edge in a fight that ends up on the ground.

SPEAR System®: Be A Good Bad-GuyThe Science, Psychology, And Safety Elements Behind Role-Playing Scenario-Based Drills.

Officer & Operator Courses

8 hoursSPEAR System® Essentials: Strategies and Tactics for De-escalationThis 8-hour course contains the 'Essentials Elements' of the SPEAR System®.

SPEAR System®: Applications for Control & ArrestStatistically, sudden violence erupts when police officers penetrate the 'reactionary gap'.

SPEAR System®: Officer Survival SchoolThis program contains the "BEST OF" the Blauer Tactical programs.

SPEAR System®: Operators CourseNO ROOM TO SHOOT–NO TIME TO SHOOT

SPEAR System®: Applications for the GunfightDo you know the difference between a gunfight and a shootout?

SPEAR System®: Confined Space CombativesConventional threat assessment SOP's like creating space, selecting appropriate force options, use of complex motor skills, and control tactics are also ineffective during an ambush or in extreme close-quarters.

SPEAR System®: High Speed Cell ExtractionCERT Teams are beginning to discover the simplicity and efficiency of the SPEAR System® and its applications in the confined space.

SPEAR System®: Weapon Protection CourseOur Weapon Control program is not a basic 'retention' course.

SPEAR System®: Solo Operator / Extreme Close-Quarter Protective OffenseReal-life demands that hand-to-hand skills be as sharp as shooting skills.

SPEAR System®: Applications for Executive ProtectionThis is an "Executive Protection" specific course that identifies the SPEAR System's dynamic tactical applications with full gear/kit during close protection operations.

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