The Police Officers Safety Association (POSA) - Free Video Training Programs for Law Enforcement

Free Video Training Programs for Law Enforcement
with The Police Officers Safety Association (POSA)

POSA's mission is to increase the safety and effectiveness of law enforcement officers and to enhance the security of our communities by offering free and low-cost advanced education and training to law enforcement officers.

While each agency and department offers good training for new and current officers, training budgets are limited. Additional training will make our law enforcement officers and communities safer.

In partnership with PoliceOne.com, POSA is offering free 45-minute to two-hour tactical training videos on subjects like tactical shotgun usage, crisis entry, disarming, close quarter shooting, active shooter, knife defense and more. These programs can be downloaded from the POSA site at www.posai.org. Below are shorter video tips that POSA provides, as well as articles they have written. New material and programs are always being added.

Training to carry off duty - 01/08/2009

Police flashlight technology 101 - 11/25/2008

Handgun maintenance - 11/21/2008

New flashlights for LEOs - 11/14/2008

Using alike holsters for duty and concealment - 10/23/2008 Comments

Career physical fitness standards - 09/19/2008 Comments

Fixed-blade back-up knives - 08/28/2008

Ready to go — Active shooter bags - 05/21/2008 Comments

Multiply your training time return with inexpensive targets - 04/24/2008 Comments

The Best of Real-World Training — for Almost Free - 03/17/2008 Comments

Tactical debate: Muzzle up or muzzle depressed? - 02/19/2008 Comments

Accessories for your duty shotgun - 01/05/2008 Comments

Why two-stage lights make sense for cops - 12/15/2007 Comments

High-intensity crimefighting with next-generation strobe lights - 10/23/2007

Cutting through the hype about knives - 10/21/2007 Comments

Pistol-mounted lights: Their value and their holsters - 09/23/2007 Comments

Don’t sweat the ammo!

- 08/19/2007

LE uses for the .50 caliber rifle

- 08/18/2007

Two combatives classics

- 08/18/2007

The elephant in the room

- 08/17/2007

Book review: Combat Focus Shooting

- 08/17/2007

Book review: Frank Borelli's "American Thinking"

- 08/16/2007

Training to 'never give up' can be a deadly mistake

- 08/15/2007

Too fast?

- 08/12/2007

To intervene or not?

- 08/01/2007

Book review: Wes Dos' Condition to Win

- 07/21/2007

Concealment holsters 101: The complete guide to concealment holsters - 03/15/2007 Comments

Training Survival: Building shooting muscle - 02/02/2007 Comments

Product Review: Essential AR accessories - 01/16/2007

A case for hands-on training - 01/16/2007

School Shootings: You can't sterilize the world - 01/16/2007

Are you training to lose? If not, why not? - 01/16/2007

Why you need empty hands and knife skills - 12/13/2006 Video

Trading freedoms for national security...do you have a choice? - 08/18/2006

Foot pursuit considerations - 07/07/2006

The new models in firearms training - 05/03/2006

Skills do not end fights - 04/06/2006

Competition and training: How to train; how not to train - 02/27/2006

What's "tactical" about the tactical reload? - 02/06/2006 Comments

Realistic training to enhance your close quarter core skills - 12/12/2005

The effect of training on the effects of stress - 10/31/2005

10 ways to make your firearms training more practical - 09/23/2005

POSA's free use-of-force video training programs are now available to police officers - 07/22/2005

The fourth ammendment and a free society - 05/24/2005 Comments

Product Review: Crimson trace lasergrips - 05/21/2005

More lessons from the Julie Jacks murder - 05/19/2005

Product Review: CompStock from Knoxx Industrires - 05/17/2005

Do police officers need knives? - 04/07/2005 Comments

Lessons from catastrophe - 03/04/2005

Video game training? - 03/04/2005

Tip: Students Shouldn't Always Win - 12/23/2008

Tip: Working with dual-intensity flashlights - 02/01/2008

Tip: Safely unloading your firearms - 01/25/2008

Tip: Hand strengthening - 01/18/2008

Tip: Searching with a handgun - 01/11/2008

Tip: Rail-mounted pistol lights - 01/04/2008

Tip: Right angle draw stroke - 12/21/2007

Tip: Spotlighting the search stick - 11/15/2007

Tip: Mental nerve pressure point - 11/02/2007

Tip: Use a laser to hit your target - 08/31/2007

Tip: When to use palm-heel strikes and punches - 08/17/2007

Tip: Availability and use of shotgun slugs - 08/03/2007

Tip: Enhancing grip strength - 07/20/2007

Tip: Entry Weapon Choices - 05/18/2007

Tip: Basics of blocking - 05/04/2007

Tip: The best shotgun stance - 02/23/2007

Tip: Simulated weapons safety - 02/16/2007

Tip: The correct knife grip - 02/09/2007

Tip: Fundamental extremely close quarter shooting technique - 02/02/2007

Tip: Problems with the "tactical reload" - 01/26/2007

Tip: Finger grab frisk - 01/19/2007

Tip: Breaching with a Thor’s Hammer - 01/12/2007

Tip: Shotgun Reloading - 01/04/2007

Tip: Trainers' "Carnie Tricks" - 12/15/2006

Tip: Choosing a tactically sound rescue knife - 12/08/2006

Tip: Frontal handgun disarming - 11/17/2006

Tip: Sighted vs. target-focused shooting - 11/10/2006

Tip: Off-duty & plainclothes safety tips - 10/13/2006

Tip: Stopping power and practice target selection - 09/28/2006

Tip: Reducing negligent discharges - 09/22/2006

Tip: Back up gun criteria - 09/08/2006

Tip: Quick draw ground fighting - 08/24/2006

Tip: Cuffing & controlling a larger suspect - 07/21/2006

Tip: Force-on-Force Training - 07/07/2006

Tip: Make pocket carry work for you - 05/19/2006

Tip: Ensure your gloves don't impede your draw ability - 04/14/2006

Tip: Handgun ready positions - 03/17/2006

Tip: POSA tip of the month: Back-up guns - 02/17/2006

Tip: POSA tip of the month: Training foundation principles - 01/20/2006

Tip: POSA tip of the month: Better gun safety - 12/23/2005

Tip: Improving your draw stroke - 12/01/2005

Tip: Handgun manipulation tips - 11/11/2005

Tip: Equipment tips - 10/14/2005

Tip: Duty Bag Suggestions from POSA - 09/23/2005

Tip: Disarming a slung long gun - 09/02/2005

The Police Officers Safety Association (www.posai.org) is a 501(c )(3) non-profit corporation. POSA provides free training to officers in the form of DVDs, which are issued at the rate of 2 per year.

To learn more about POSA, visit www.posai.org

Police Officers Safety Association, Inc.
PO Box 685
Chepachet, RI 02814
Phone: 401.568.9951
Fax: 401.568.9677

David Kenik, Executive Director dkenik@posai.org
Ralph Mroz, Training Director rmroz@posai.org

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