Practical Handgun RDS Skills Learning Firearms 8 hour course Instructor BIO ​ Dave has a passion for firearms instruction, sharing knowledge and seeing shooters improve and gain proficiency. His law enforcement career began in 2002 as a police officer, he spent the majority of his career on patrol with the last 10 years as a night sergeant, patrol supervisor. He also was his agency's lead instructor and training coordinator, developing and organizing new hire, field training, and department firearms and force training. Retiring after a 20 year law enforcement career to focus on training and work in the firearms industry, his passion lead him to become a recognized expert in firearms technical aspects, competitive shooting and instructor development. Dave has consulted for various firearms companies and manufacturers and travels the country teaching classes mainly to law enforcement. He was an original founding member of the Mills Fleet Farm Shooting Team from 2011-2015. In that capacity he provided training, product development, and technical services for their two lines of modern sporting rifles, Huldra Arms and Korstog Arms. As part of the team he also traveled and competed in pistol and 3-gun matches around the area and country as a sponsored shooter and brand representative. He appeared in a few episodes of Mills Fleet Farm’s We Love it Outdoors television show as the firearms subject matter expert and personality. When you spend time with Dave on the range, his passion becomes contagious and his interest in seeing performance excel is genuine. He bases his lessons on reality, being critical of human behavior versus traditional doctrine, and isn't afraid to call it as it is. Course description: This course is designed to establish a strong, efficient skill set when using a handgun with RDS. The foundation of effective accuracy and speed of delivery is a solid understanding core fundamentals proficiently. This is not a basic, fundamental course, but a focused class for the shooter who is seeking demonstrable improvement in their ability with a handgun. The course core is a set of standards that will benchmark and evaluate the student throughout the course. The standards are based on real data and dissection of officer involved shooting, self defense shooting and armed confrontations. The standards offer levels of performance to pace progress and challenge shooters of any level. The method of instruction will start with an assessment of the student's performance with no instruction as a baseline. Elements of handgun skill are then broken down into skills where learning will occur and performed. Once skills are introduced, demonstrated and performed, the lesson develops to compress skills in to skill sets that build as the course progresses. The pace and challenge of the drills will increase in the duration of the course to expose performance gains or where work needs to be done. Numerous shooting drills and exercises will build skills and understanding in these areas and advance accuracy and progress. Student equipment: -Handgun with RDS -4-6 Magazines -Duty belt, Armor, Training Uniform realistic to daily wear -600 Rounds Ammo -Eye and Ear Protection -Sharpie Marker -Tools to adjust RDS -Notebook and pen