Arrest and Control Tactics (ACT)® Assistant Instructor Course


A 40.0 hour comprehensive instructor development and certification course in the Martinelli & Associates, Inc. Arrest & Control Tactics (ACT)® methodology. This course contains all of the learning and teaching technology components necessary for participants who successfully complete the course to train and remediate staff in ACT®. Course involves learning and successfully demonstrating and teaching at the instructor level all ACT® skills. ACT® Assistant Instructors (AI’s) work under the direction and supervision of ACT® Master or Senior Instructors in teaching introductory ACT® skills and are certified to conduct independent, unsupervised update and remediation classes.

Course topics covered - Use of Force case laws and liability; training liability case laws, risk management; proactive injury identification protocols; search and seizure case laws; Force Continuum, officer safety and pre-contact threat assessment; components of an arrest, levels of resistance, body quadrant searches; concealed and improvised weapon placement; physical control holds, moving subjects under control holds; take-downs; counter-measures; operation of various types of mechanical restraints; “Speed-Cuffing,” handcuffing from standing-modified and felony prone positions. Teaching technology, learning disorders and impairments, lesson plan development, objective vs. subjective testing, justification for and documentation of performance. Development of remediation effectiveness plans. Significant hands-on training with skilled Master Instructors and court qualified subject matter experts. Participants learn how to break down and teach the ACT® system to accommodate students representing all body types and strength potentials. Participants undergo a vetting process that includes written and physical performance tests and must demonstrate their teaching ability before a board of Master and Senior Instructors in order to pass the course. All participants are tested and evaluated for competency. Complete documentation of competency is provided to department. Course is supported by an excellent ACT® Manual. Course meets or exceeds the minimum state standards for arrest, physical control and restraint training component in PC §832 as set by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the California Corrections Standard Authority, Board of Corrections.

* Officers must be in reasonable physical condition without medical restrictions to participate in this course.

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