Student Feedback 2016 - 2017

October 2017 - OTOA - Basic Sniper School; After hearing other police sniper's in my unit tell me how easy their class was with a different company, I was not expecting this. This class was very different, but excellent! I was very impressed with the extremely high level of training that was provided. Thank you!

Marcus Haring, Lorain Police Department

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October 2017 - OTOA - Basic Sniper School; Training was a constant test. Never felt like a walk in the park. The trainers and their backgrounds were priceless; such a mass of experience.

Anonymous student

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October 2017 - OTOA - Basic Sniper School; Excellent course! Jeff made everything relatable to real world situations and kept driving us forward on skills. Very satisfied with this class.

Chuck Gierach, Ohio State University Police Division

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September 2017 - Advanced Sniper School; Did a great job utilizing the range and what we had to work with.  I came out of the class knowing what I have to work on.

Darron Granger, Anderson Police Department

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September 2017 - Advanced Sniper School; Paul & Todd were very knowledgeable and relayed information in a very positive manner.

Michael Lee, Anderson Police Department

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September 2017 - Advanced Sniper School; Great course. Thank you very much.

Nickalus Newton, Eaton County Sheriff's Office

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September 2017 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Re-certification; Tkac is awesome!

Christopher May, Essex PD - VT

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September 2017 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Re-certification; Nice to real world options & problem solving.

Anthony Mazzilli, Waterbury Police Department

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September 2017 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Re-certification; Great Instructor. He made shooters think and challenge themselves. Positive attitude and made the class fun and safe.

Robert Estes, Essex Police Department

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August 2017 - Metro Detroit Police Sniper Challenge; Very Good time limits. Very good and lots of help.

James Preisel, Lapeer County Sheriff Department

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August 2017 - Metro Detroit Police Sniper Challenge; As always, a great training and after eating the humble pie, we know what we have to improve on.

Robert LaMarche, Escanaba Public Safety

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May 2017 - Designated Marksman School; Great course of fire, positive  critiquing! Asking for help was not frowned upon and the instructors paid attention to people who needed assistance.

James Means, West Bloomfield Police Dept.

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May 2017 - Designated Marksman School; More challenging than expected, but great course and instructors.

Eric Dombrowski, Manistique Public Safety Department

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May 2017 - Designated Marksman School; This course helped me to know what my limitations are and how confident I can be with long accurate shots.

Anonymous student

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May 2017 - Designated Marksman School; Thank you for your persistence and dedication. This course was very beneficial.

Keith Sosnowski, McHenry County Sheriff's Office

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May 2017 - Patrol Rifle Instructor School; Enjoyed the class. Thanks

Anonymous student

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; I came into this course thinking it would be a review type course. It was so much more. Rob & Russ made me a better shooter, no doubt and made me a better range officer as well!! Thank you guys!

Joe Gentilia, Hazel Park Police Department

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; GREAT TRAINING!!!

Dean Tebo, Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; This was the best training and instructors I have ever had in both military and law enforcement. Keep up the high standards.

Reed Brown, Oakland University Police Department

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; Russ & rob did a great job and I would take any course they teach.

Jim Meldrum, Washtenaw Community College Police Academy

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; Both instructors did not sugar coat anything. They talked about real life situations and taught us how to apply the training in our jobs.

Anonymous student

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; Great course! Russ & Rob were very knowledgeable and explained the material so that it was easy to understand.

Aaron Oetjens, Monroe Police Department

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; Thank you...learned plenty of new nuggets!

Andrew Pawlik, Sterling Heights PD

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; Instructors were great, very passionate. Enjoyed listening to them and learning from them.

Scott Panin, Oakland Co. Sheriff's Office

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; Rob & Russ were great to work with. Very knowledgeable on the topics of instruction.

Gavin Albright, Hillsdale County Sheriff's Dept.

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May 2017 - Pistol & Patrol Rifle Firearms Instructor School; Rob & Russ were great! They motivated me and I will take more classes from them. Thank you!

Steve Locke, Hamburg Twp. PD

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April 2017 - Police Sniper Instructor School; Great class and instruction. Thanks for the help and time spent working with new rifle.

James Ford, Dearborn Police Department

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April 2017 - Police Sniper Instructor School; Great Course, learned a lot.

Jan Osman, Kansas Dept. of Corrections

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April 2017 - Advanced Police Sniper School; Excellent course. Competition kept shooters focused at the same time creating a fun environment.

James Butler, Grand Rapids Police Department

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April 2017 - Advanced Police Sniper School; Thank you very much, for a new sniper school. This proves to be a very valuable and challenging course. Scenarios on the screen were an eye-opening experience.

Anonymous student

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April 2017 - Advanced Police Sniper School; Great class. Great Instructor.

Anonymous student

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April 2017 - Advanced Police Sniper School; Nice job Jeff!

Sgt. James Preisel, Lapeer Co. Sheriff's Dept.

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April 2017 - Advanced Police Sniper School; More time to document. Caps training was excellent.

Ricardo Meza III, Oakland County Sheriff's Office

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April 2017 - Basic Police Sniper School; This course was very challenging and helped improve my skills. Weather sucked!

Anonymous student

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April 2017 - Basic Police Sniper School; This was challenging, but very beneficial course.

Anonymous student

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April 2017 - Basic Police Sniper School; The weather sucked :)  , But the best class I've been to.

Tony Jacob, Wyoming Department of Public Safety

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February 2017 - Cold Weather Sniping Workshop; Very good course.

Derreck Morehead, Ohio Dept. of Rehab & Corrections

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February 2017 - Cold Weather Sniping Workshop; Thank you very much. Jeff was a very knowledgeable instructor. Jeff has tremendous experience as well as a very effective, professional approach to instructing.

Keith Sosnowski, McHenry County Sheriff's Office

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February 2017 - Cold Weather Sniping Workshop; Excellent course. Taking a lot of good info back to our team.

Daniel Hooks, Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corrections

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February 2017 - Cold Weather Sniping Workshop; I'll be sending other snipers from our team next year.

Anton Locher, Hazel Park Police Department

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February 2017 - Surviving Your Use of Force; Great training. Very informative and insightful. Instructor is very experienced and knowledgeable.

Anonymous student

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February 2017 - Surviving Your Use of Force; Awesome course. Great tips for the rest of my career.

Anonymous student

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February 2017 - Surviving Your Use of Force; Class should be longer. Instructor was great overall.

Anonymous student

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February 2017 - Surviving Your Use of Force; Good course to help officer mindsets. Length of course was good, and material was to the point.

Joe Stephens, Dearborn Heights Police Department

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February 2017 - Surviving Your Use of Force; Practical teaching in today's society.

Joseph Reyna, Dearborn Heights Police Department

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January 2017 - Basic Patrol Rifle Operator School; The course was absolutely great. I feel more comfortable and confident firing my rifle. Mr. Felts did an outstanding job. I'll recommend the course to my co-workers who wish to learn the patrol rifle.

Channing Glenn, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

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January 2017 - Basic Patrol Rifle Operator School; Great training. Wish I would have found this business months ago. Highly recommend.

Anonymous student

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January 2017 - Basic Patrol Rifle Operator School; A great experience. Very impressed with the owner/operator. Can't wait to build on this class with more classes. Would love to have it be a 3 day class.

John Curtis, Grand Blanc Township Police Department

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January 2017 - Basic Patrol Rifle Operator School; Very good course. Put together very well. Great refresher on somethings and learned lots of new tactics.

Joseph Ferry, Isabella County Sheriff Dept.

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October 2016 - Surviving Your Use of Force; The emphasis on body cam and in-cam video narrative is very important. Embrace new technology.

Adam Morris, Eaton County Sheriff's Office

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October 2016 - Surviving Your Use of Force; This course reiterated steps I try to take to better document active/possibly violent situations. Learned new ideas with well explained reasons why. We know our intent but need to better document verbally our intention. This can be done verbally on body cams, radio, dash cams etc. This will/can be positively utilized in the aftermath of scrutiny of our actions.

Christopher Kuhlman, Eaton County Sheriff's Office

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October 2016 - Basic Police Sniper School; Course was great! I feel comfortable with my scope and rifle. I also am more confident and found shooting positions that work best for me. Great experience. Had a blast!

Anonymous student

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October 2016 - Basic Police Sniper School; This was my second time taking this course. It was just as complex and demanding as the first. Even though I have taken this course in the past it provided me the time/ability to get back to the fundamentals of police sniper shots.

Doug Hart, Flint Township Police Department

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October 2016 - Basic Police Sniper School; Excellent course. Instructors were great.

Jarrod Atha, Saginaw Township Police Department

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October 2016 - Basic Police Sniper School; Great course. The finest instructors. Knowledge, experience and teaching ability hands down the best.

Jeremy Watt, Lapeer Co. SD

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October 2016 - Basic Police Sniper School; Outstanding course. Even with my experience, Stacey Geik changed my mind about the way I do some things in my job. Thanks!

Jason Davis, Trenton Police Department

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October 2016 - Advanced AR-15 Armorer Course; Liked all of the technical explanations. It's good to know how and why things work.

Tim Howell, Calhoun County Sheriff's Office

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October 2016 - Advanced AR-15 Armorer Course; Great course. Great instructor. Thank you

Erik Smith, Alpena County Sheriff's Office

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October 2016 - Advanced AR-15 Armorer Course; The number of pictures was great. It is kind of different from my last armorer class I took, which did not recommend modifying parts, only replacing. This class improved my confidence. Thank you

Justus Gau, Michigan Tech Public Safety and Police Services

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September 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor School; Great course that met my expectations.

Anonymous student

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September 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor School; Good course. I feel more confident in my abilities with the rifle. The instructors were good and the students fantastic. All were supportive!

Anonymous student

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September 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor School; Very well structured from start to finish. Instructors made learning techniques simple and easy. The information and past experiences given/discussed was invaluable. I highly recommend this class.

Michael Schwanbeck, Toledo Police Department

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September 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor School; I loved this class and can't wait till my next Center Mass class! 

Stephen Locke, Hamburg Township Police Department

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September 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor School; Both instructors were awesome. Related all material to class. Stories told were hilarious yet informative. Both class acts. Thanks guys!

Mike Britton, Newaygo County Sheriff Department

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September 2016 - Pistol & Rifle Instructor School; Excellent course. Great instructor. Every department in the Upper Peninsula should take this course

Anonymous student

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September 2016 - Pistol & Rifle Instructor School; Rob was very thorough, well-spoken and was able to teach each person in a way that they could retain the information.

Mike Groleau, Delta County Sheriff's Office

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September 2016 - Pistol & Rifle Instructor School; This course was more than I expected. I am truly thankful for attending this course. The knowledge that I have obtained from Rob is overwhelming.

Josh Meyette, Escanaba Public Safety

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September 2016 - Pistol & Rifle Instructor School; This course was great. Rob did an excellent job.  This course re-motivated me in my career.

Nick McGuire, Escanaba Public Safety

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September 2016 - Pistol & Rifle Instructor School; I learned a lot during this course. Thanks

Kelly Kenneally, Delta County Sheriff's Office

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July 2016 - PRI Re-Certification School; Fantastic course with great instructors.

Sgt. Michael Marcello, Warren Police Department

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July 2016 - PRI Re-Certification School; Good Course and very knowledgeable instructors.

Steven St. Pierre, Bristol Police Department

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July 2016 - PRI Re-Certification School; Great course. Learned a lot of new positions and why to use them.

Paul Medeiros, Bristol Police Department

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July 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Course; Both instructors were highly skilled and very professional. Training, lesson plans, instructional book were great. I will definitely attend future classes with both instructors. Best training, I have had. Would definitely recommend to other PD's.

Adam Jennings, Warren Police Department

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July 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Course; Really, really good and challenging.

Michael Gates, Cranston Police Department

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July 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Course; Very good training. 34 years in law enforcement and I learned a lot of new techniques. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested.

Steve Reis, Rhode Island Airport Police

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July 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Course; Course content was very appropriate and geared to level of students. Courses of fire were challenging to instructors and showed appropriate levels for students we will instruct. The instructors were professional, open-minded, extremely knowledgeable and effective.

Scott Orton, South Kingstown Police Department

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June 2016 - Police Sniper Instructor Course; I recently attended the Sniper Instructor Course at Lansing Police Department. I wanted to pass on a good word about the lead Instructor Mike Tkac and his assistant instructors. I have attended the Center Mass Basic and Advanced Course. Mike and his team improved significantly on that training.  They were outstanding throughout the week; They ran a safe range, provided outstanding instruction, and provided a true "Instructor" component to the course. Overall, great instruction, great guys, great week.

Sgt. Kyle Schlagel, Lansing Police Department

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June 2016 - Police Sniper Instructor School; This is my third class from Center Mass and I learned the most new skills with this instructor course. I feel that I have just scratched the surface of the sniper world.

William DiCicco, Detroit Police Department

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June 2016 - Police Sniper Instructor School; Good balance of classroom instruction and range time. Instructor was very knowledgeable and did best to ensure students understood material.

Ryan Suedel, Bentonville Police Department

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June 2016 - Tactical Pistol Instructor School; Very good school. Challenging even with having 20 years’ experience, 12 being SWAT. Great instructor with knowledge. Awesome presenter. Good knowledge.

Chad Frazier, Lansing Police Department

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June, 2016 - Tactical Pistol Instructor School; I've trained with Rob as an instructor for probably 60-80 hours, including this course. He never fails to get his point across and always impresses. I'd recommend him above any instructor I've had in my experience in police work or the Marines.

Shane Bartlett, PottervillePolice Department

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June 2016 - Tactical Pistol Instructor School; This course was challenging yet the students were given enough time to learn the proper techniques.

Joe Fairbotham, Mason Police Department

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June 2016 - Tactical Pistol Instructor School; a lot of shooting which was great. Tell us what we need to instructed gunfights and shoot great.

Troy Hansbarger, Eaton County Sheriff's Office

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May 2016 - Tactical Pistol Instructor; Rob Donaldson was an excellent instructor with all the skills and knowledge to back it up.  I look forward to taking additional classes with Rob.

Kenny Hunt, DC Nuclear Plant

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May 2016 - Tactical Pistol Instructor; Course was fast paced & based on solid principals.  Learned new skills & learned different ways to implement tactics that I had learned previously.  Training was based on solid skills, re-enforcement.  High expectations from instructor lead to serious improvement of me. Great class.  Excellent discussion & training on trauma kits for gunshot wounds.

Craig Mitchell, DC Nuclear Plant

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April 2016 - Choreographing The Use of Force; This is something that all officers to should be exposed to.  Laying out the scene is beneficial for not only officers on scene but officers who may be arriving.

Joe Miller, West Bloomfield Police Department

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April 2016 - Choreographing The Use of Force; Great course. This training needs to be presented to everyone in my department.

Anonymous student

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April 2016 - Choreographing The Use of Force; Very good in formation and appropriate for the time period we currently police in.  I would be recommending that you be brought back to train my investigative units, minimally and preferably the entire agency.  Dispatchers could use this info as well.

Lt. Roy, West Bloomfield Township PD

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April 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor; By far the best firearms course I've ever attended in my 20 years in law enforcement.

Andrew Ball, Bloomfield Township Police Department

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April 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor; Course was excellent and the various training/shooting exercises were perfect.

Joe Miller, West Bloomfield Police Department

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April 2016 - Patrol Rifle Instructor; Mixing in the small competitions during the training days kept everyone competitive.  Great Class!!

Richard DeLong, Saginaw Police Department

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April, 2016 - Basic Police Sniper; Enjoyed the training very much.  This class is both physically and mentally demanding.  I gained knowledge that I will never forget.

Anonymous student

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April 2016 - Basic