Advanced C.E.R.T. Instructor - Correctional Emergency Response Team & Use of Force Instructor Certification Course
2026-04-13 08:00 - 2026-04-17 17:00 UTC | Shelby County Division of Corrections, 1045 Mullins Station Road, Memphis, TN, 38134
Course Location
Shelby County Division of Corrections
1045 Mullins Station Road
Memphis, TN 38134
Course Dates
April 13-17, 2026
0800-1700
Course Profile
A specialized five-day, extensive and comprehensive Advanced C.E.R.T Instructor Certification Course. Participants will be fully capable and certified to properly instruct/train/certify other personnel for CERT, Disturbance/Riot Control, Less Lethal Shotgun and High-Risk Inmate Movement and tactical planning.

Updating/establishing a lawful operational CERT team to federal standards.
Use of force parameters in numerous correctional emergency response team operations including cell extractions, movement/transportation of inmates.
Correctional based control & restraint techniques, Emergency Response Belt (ERB) techniques & tactics & Correctional OC Instructor certification.
Disturbance and Riot Control Team training and tactics including Shield/Spray (S&S) formations, movements, and entries; Correctional Less Lethal Shotgun Specialist training with shotgun flash-bang rounds, flexible and non-flexible munitions.
Edged Weapons and Spontaneous Defense.
Royal Arms FBG-Mk4 Impacted Initiated Flashbang Certification
Training responsibilities for Team/Squad Leaders for operator/team training actions and considerations.
Facility environmental planning logistics.
Hands-on exercises and scenarios will be conducted in all phases of the training.
Written and practical examinations.

TUITION
$1100.00
Includes respective instructor manuals, training PowerPoints on USB drives, ERB, OC live & inert units and 3-year instructor certification. [Attendees must bring 5-12 GA bean bag rounds to the course]
HOST AGENCY
Janise S. Phillips, Training and Development Manager
Phone:(901)222-6511
Email: janise.phillips@shelbycountytn.gov

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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” all training programs and certified instructors in the unlikely event of litigation.

High Risk Inmate Transport Instructor Certification
2026-04-21 - 2026-04-23 | Centre County Correctional Facility, 700 Rishel Hill Road, Bellefonte, PA, 16823
Course Location
Centre County Correctional Facility
700 Rishel Hill Road
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Course Dates
April 21st-23rd, 2026
0800-1600
Course Profile
Course Description:
A specialized three-day, comprehensive High-Risk Transport Instructor Certification Course. Participants will learn how to instruct, train, and certify their own agency personnel in high-risk transport techniques to include route and facility threat assessments, vehicle preparation/maintenance and use of the Emergency Response Belt Transport System.
Course Topics Include:

High Risk Inmate Movement and Planning.
Pre-movement preparation, application of restraint’s, movement priorities.
Vehicle preparation checks and safety protocols.
Emergency Response Belt control and restraint movements.
Handling violent high-risk inmates, safe takedowns in restraints, attempted escapes and response to weapons assaults from family members, gangs during transport to court /hospital facilities.
Practical Tactical Demonstration and scenario-based exploration.
Correctional facility and environmental planning and logistics and related threat assessment

TUITION
Cost Per Student: $800
Includes:

Training manual
USB Drive with Instructor Materials
Emergency Response Belt
Instructor Certificate
3-year instructor certification

HOST AGENCY
Centre County Agency Contact:
Capt. Shane A. Billett
Phone: (814) 548-1041
Email: sabillett@centrecountypa.gov

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Course Instructo

Brian S. Clark, Owner / CEO of TJA Use of Force Training, LLC has been a Master Instructor of TJA courses for twenty-three years. He has established his vast knowledge and credibility in the Use of Force over his thirty-year career in the military and corrections.
