Does anyone know what the legal requirements for police self-defense training is (ie, handcuffing, physical defense, etc.)?
My martial arts teacher is a 9th Dan master in TKD, and has had experience in training police and special forces overseas. In short, he has no issue with experience or quality of knowledge. However, I do not know where to look to find out what the Canadian government requirements (certification, liability coverage, etc.) that are needed to provide this training officially to Canadian police and military services.
Location specific: Canada
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Nick C.
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Sorry to rain on your parade, but there's very little chance for your teacher to get anywhere with the armed forces or law enforcement.
Armed forces don't use civilian instructors for any type of combat training, period. You have to be in the uniform and raise through the ranks before you're allowed to train military personnel. Exceptions can be made for special ops type of training, but you'd need security clearance before you're allowed anywhere near those.
In law enforcement, training in suspect apprehension and riot control is usually conducted at police academies. In Canada, most provinces have their own police academies (the RCMP has its own academy as well). New Brunswick, which doesn't have a police academy, sends its recruits to the Atlantic Police Academy in Prince Edward Island. Alberta and Manitoba don't have police academies; instead, cadets train with police departments in their major cities (Calgary and Edmonton and Alberta and Winnipeg in Manitoba). Typically, instructors at police academies are either police officers or civilian employees, not contractors...
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The US federal government, states and local municipalities regularly let competitive contracts for the type of training to which you are referring, but the credentials required of the winning contractors are stringent. (they are specified in the statement of work and terms and conditions of competitive proposals.
That is how the massive "Black Water Corporation got its start.
The technology is moving quickly toward simulation and robotics. I have advised several small and medium sized firms on government contracting in this field.
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