As you may have already noticed, the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. website recently underwent a complete overhaul to provide our instructors and potential clients with the best service possible. One of our newest features is the Online Training Center, where users can receive video instruction on select categories of the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Systems. The training offered at the Online Training Center is ideal for anyone preparing to take a Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Certification Course, or for anyone who wants to improve their own skills but cannot find the time or resources to attend a full course. Currently, the Online Training Center offers Weapon Retention & Disarms training. Look for more categories of defensive tactics training to be added soon.

Need something to read on your down time? Check out Bodyguard Magazines November/December Issue with a feature story on Controlled F.O.R.C.E. defensive tactics training for law enforcement and security professionals. Available at newsstands now!
 

CONTROLLED F.O.R.C.E. DEVELOPS ADVANCED-LEVEL TRAINING PROGRAM

With the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. and Survival F.O.R.C.E. Training Programs  (now Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Levels 1 & 2) securely established in law enforcement and security, the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. development team recognized a need for an advanced system of defensive tactics to enhance officer safety and survival. Working with world-class fighter and professional trainer Pat Miletich (5-Time UFC World Champion and Controlled F.O.R.C.E. National Instructor), the development team has created a system of controlled defense that teaches officers how to survive a combative situation when confronted and attacked by a street-wise or professionally trained assailant. This training program, called Controlled F.O.R.C.E. III: Combative Counter Measures, is designed to flow directly from Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Levels 1 & 2 and back again as the use of force requirements escalate and de-escalate throughout a given situation.

Providing officers with the skills need to defend themselves in a controlled manner in any situation is the ultimate goal of Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 3. "The majority of police officers coming out of college have never been in a fight in their lives," notes Instructor Miletich. "You cannot teach someone like that how to fight as I would fight. You have to teach them how to survive and make sure they get home alive every day to their families." The key to survival is not the kinds of holds you teach, but the transitions and movements between those holds. Miletich explains that "the main thing we teach the [police and military] forces is how to control their own bodies before they can control somebody else’s. There are a lot of instructors who insist on teaching people different moves, which is where they’re making a big mistake. Moves are not important. The transition of movement is what’s important." By utilizing body movement techniques, Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 3 gives officers a framework of skills needed to survive a fight and transition to necessary control measures.

Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 3 is only available to officers certified in Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Levels 1 & 2. To help certified instructors conserve time and resources, we have built re-certification for Levels 1 & 2 into the tuition and training of Level 3. Look for Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 3 courses in New Mexico, Nevada, and elsewhere in the coming months.
 

CONTROLLED F.O.R.C.E. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHEDULE

The following courses are Instructor Certification courses unless otherwise specified. All courses are available for re-certification. If there are no courses in your area, please call us at 630-365-1700 to see if anything is being scheduled, or to learn about hosting a course at your department. 

February 21-25
MISSISSIPPI, Biloxi
Hosted by: Biloxi Police Department
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

February 28 - March 2
NEVADA, West Wendover
Hosted by: Peppermill Hotel & Casino
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E.

February 28 - March 4
FLORIDA, Miami
Hosted by: DEA Miami Field Division Training Unit
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

March 14-18
NEW MEXICO, Farmington
Hosted by: San Juan County Criminal Justice Training Authority
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

March 21-25
ILLINOIS, Elburn  
Hosted by: Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Headquarters
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

March 29-31
NEVADA, Elko
Hosted by: Stockmans Hotel & Casino
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E.

April 4-8
MICHIGAN, Rockford
Hosted by: City of Rockford Police Department
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

April 18-22
MASSACHUSETTS, Springfield
Hosted by: Smith & Wesson Academy
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

April 25-29
TEXAS, San Antonio
Hosted by: Alamo Area Regional Law Enforcement Academy
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

June 27-29
NEVADA, Carson City
Hosted by: Nevada POST
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E.

September 19-23
MASSACHUSETTS, Springfield
Hosted by: Smith & Wesson Academy
Course(s): Controlled F.O.R.C.E. & Survival F.O.R.C.E.

December 12-16
NEVADA, Las Vegas
Hosted by: U.S.N.S.T.A
Course(s): 6th Annual U.S.N.S.T.A. National Training Conference

All training is available for law enforcement, military, security, protective services, and corrections personnel.