Course Location

Raymond Detention Center
1450 County Farm Rd., Raymond, MS 39154

Course Dates

March 7th – 11th 2022
0800-1600

Course Profile

A specialized three-day team member certification operators’ course for department corrections officers. An additional two-day program will follow the 3-day course to train and certify select CERT team members as instructors. Numerous situations and confrontations that are being experienced in correctional facilities from a national geographical perspective will be covered for present and future departmental training demands.

Topics Covered in the Program Include

• Updating/establishing an operational CERT team based on Federal law.
• Assignments & Training Operations for numerous correctional responses.
• Confrontational Avoidance Techniques  for the proper handling of verbally combative inmates to avoid physical force. 4 types of anger, preassaultive indicators; key verbal de-escalation skills. Updated for federal mandates.
• Training in CERT use of force situations; various emergencies; control & restraint techniques; and Emergency Response Belt  techniques & tactics.
• Team Cell extraction options; violent inmate movement methods for High-Risk Inmate Transport.
• Disturbance Control Techniques; 12 GA Flashbang certification for Instructors.
• Instructor: Proper documentation procedures, report writing strategies for CERT Use of Force situations and team actions

TUITION

$125.00/person – 3-Day Operators Certification Course
$795.00/person – Instructor Certification Course
Inclusive of: operator & instructor manuals/workbooks; DPS Extreme Range OC spray; ERB’s for each instructor; PowerPoints on a USB jump drive for instructors; “5 year backed in court” instructor certification and 3 year certification for the new CERT members. [12 GA flashbang rounds provided for demonstration & for instructors]

Certification & Instructor

All TJA Use of Force Training, LLC courses are fully certified and recognized throughout the United States. Since 1990, TJA Use of Force Training has been responsible for the training and certification of 100’s of county CERT teams and more than 6,000 CERT instructors. TJA Use of Force Training is regarded as one of the leading use of force trainings in the country. The Company “backs in court” at “NO COST” all training programs and certified instructors in the unlikely event of litigation.