Strategies and Tactics of Patrol Stops

IADLEST Nationally Certified Program The Strategies & Tactics of Patrol Stops (STOPS) officer's survival course instructs police officers to safely deploy from the patrol vehicle.

The STOPS program bases its research on officer incidents where they have been injured or killed in the line of duty. We then developed strategies and tactics that countered the assaults, significantly increasing the officer's survival probability. The STOPS program is nationally and internationally recognized as a top-tier tactical/officer survival training program.

The training breaks vehicle stops into low risk, unknown risk, and high risk. Each category has pre-planned options to minimize the chances of being assaulted by both accidental and felonious means. Officers will learn to identify the safest way to deal with every situation and recognize the danger cues of an assailant. The tactics taught in this course return officers to the line of duty with superior training and a tactical mindset to dominate against an assault when the officer MUST make split-second decisions. STOPS training is realistic and highly dynamic with both classroom and dynamic field exercises. These classes will also include our bonus force on force training. Upon obtaining instructor-level certification, instructors will be certified to teach the "STOPS Tactical" Officer's Survival System.

STOPS is our most popular and fastest-growing course. Its proven principles are being instructed by many police academies nationally and by thousands of local, federal, and state police departments nationwide. The STOPS course will provide your patrol officers with the tactics and know-how needed to safely conduct vehicle traffic stops, reduce department liability and officer complaints, and teach necessary survival tactics for both vehicular and felonious assaults.

Simply put...STOPS saves cops!!