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Police Pistolcraft: The Reality-Based New Paradigm of Police Firearms Training by Mike Conti is a ground-breaking firearms instructor's training manual that's been hailed as a seminal work that is helping to revolutionize the way professional police officers train with their handguns.
"Mike Conti has written a superb book, POLICE PISTOLCRAFT. Mike’s many years of experience, his total dedication to training, and his X-ray ability to see beyond a training “problem” and turn it into a success have allowed him to write a truly excellent book about TRAINING, not just about weapons... Even though it is a book about firearms training, every instructor of every skill taught in training academies should read his book. Mike covers it all; from theories of learning down to the smallest details of setting up and running scenarios, nothing is left out. No matter how many years you have in the training field I guarantee you will find it enlightening.
— Dr. Alexis Artwohl, Ph.D., Co-Author of Deadly Force Encounters: What Cops Need To Know To Mentally And Physically Prepare For And Survive A Gunfight (www.alexisartwohl.com)
"Too many people will see this book in the context of the “sighted shooting versus point shooting” controversy. That view misses the point. Though there is a point shooting component to the approach of the author, there is also an equal emphasis on sighted shooting. The real message of this book is that police firearms training must be based on the requirements of the job, rather than the various forms of competition upon which nearly all police firearms training is based. After making that point in the cold, hard logical fashion of an experienced police investigator, the author explains in detail how one agency, the Massachusetts State Police, was able to break free of older, self-limiting training methods and establish what truly is a new paradigm of firearms training. Sergeant Conti outlines a program in which the concentration is on the decision making process and gunfighting, with the development of marksmanship skills being only a step along the way... Particular attention should be paid to chapters six, seven and eight which propose a process for officers to win fights rather than matches. These chapters are truly the heart of the book and will be the most useful for instructors. They contain many pages that will become worn and dog-eared from frequent reference... Police Pistolcraft delivers a major waypoint in the evolution of police use of force training. The book also sets the stage for scholarly research on the best methods for training police officers to perform well in making the life and death decisions that define their jobs... Future police firearms instructors will speak of this work in the same way that current trainers speak of Jordan, Cooper, Applegate and Farnam. This book must be on the required reading list for any serious student of police firearms training.
— Chief Bert DuVernay, Former Director of the Smith & Wesson Academy in Springfield, MA, Chief of the New Braintree, MA Police Department, and President of the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and Armorers Association
"My reaction to Mike Conti’s new book, Police Pistolcraft: The Reality-Based New Paradigm of Police Firearms Training could not be more enthusiastic! Sgt. Mike Conti of the Massachusetts State Police has written a book that EVERY police firearms trainer must read. He has created what he calls his “opus” to explain his theory of police handgun employment, and the book contains everything that is needed to create a cutting edge firearms program, from explanations of shooting methods to complete courses of fire. More importantly, Sgt. Conti provides a history of his journey from a rabid adherent of the “Modern Technique” to creating a foundational text that is likely to revolutionize police pistol training... This is NOT another book about “point shooting.” It is an opus about the “New Paradigm” of teaching officers to hit a bad guy when they need to. Sgt. Conti follows the solid, correct approach of:
- Researching how humans in police uniforms react in shootings;
- Using the latest in research on how to best and most effectively train police officers how to function in critical, high-stress events; and
- Combining these with a training program that has proven itself many times over in the real world.
Even if your “beliefs” about handgun training are set in stone, it will still behoove you to read this book. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone who carries a handgun for a living, or who teaches cops to stay alive. Sgt. Conti’s book will, and should, have a dramatic effect on how officers are
trained in the future.
— George T. Williams, Training Specialist and the Director of Training for CUTTING EDGE TRAINING, L.L.C., in a review published in POLICE MARKSMAN Magazine
ISBN: 0-9772659-1-9 Specifications: 360 information-filled pages (8.5 x 11), 250+ photos and illustrations.
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Police Pistolcraft: The Reality-Based New Paradigm of Police Firearms Training by Mike Conti is a ground-breaking firearms instructor's training manual that's been hailed as a seminal work that is helping to revolutionize the way professional police officers train with their handguns.
"Mike Conti has written a superb book, POLICE PISTOLCRAFT. Mike’s many years of experience, his total dedication to training, and his X-ray ability to see beyond a training “problem” and turn it into a success have allowed him to write a truly excellent book about TRAINING, not just about weapons... Even though it is a book about firearms training, every instructor of every skill taught in training academies should read his book. Mike covers it all; from theories of learning down to the smallest details of setting up and running scenarios, nothing is left out. No matter how many years you have in the training field I guarantee you will find it enlightening.
— Dr. Alexis Artwohl, Ph.D., Co-Author of Deadly Force Encounters: What Cops Need To Know To Mentally And Physically Prepare For And Survive A Gunfight (www.alexisartwohl.com)
"Too many people will see this book in the context of the “sighted shooting versus point shooting” controversy. That view misses the point. Though there is a point shooting component to the approach of the author, there is also an equal emphasis on sighted shooting. The real message of this book is that police firearms training must be based on the requirements of the job, rather than the various forms of competition upon which nearly all police firearms training is based. After making that point in the cold, hard logical fashion of an experienced police investigator, the author explains in detail how one agency, the Massachusetts State Police, was able to break free of older, self-limiting training methods and establish what truly is a new paradigm of firearms training. Sergeant Conti outlines a program in which the concentration is on the decision making process and gunfighting, with the development of marksmanship skills being only a step along the way... Particular attention should be paid to chapters six, seven and eight which propose a process for officers to win fights rather than matches. These chapters are truly the heart of the book and will be the most useful for instructors. They contain many pages that will become worn and dog-eared from frequent reference... Police Pistolcraft delivers a major waypoint in the evolution of police use of force training. The book also sets the stage for scholarly research on the best methods for training police officers to perform well in making the life and death decisions that define their jobs... Future police firearms instructors will speak of this work in the same way that current trainers speak of Jordan, Cooper, Applegate and Farnam. This book must be on the required reading list for any serious student of police firearms training.
— Chief Bert DuVernay, Former Director of the Smith & Wesson Academy in Springfield, MA, Chief of the New Braintree, MA Police Department, and President of the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and Armorers Association
"My reaction to Mike Conti’s new book, Police Pistolcraft: The Reality-Based New Paradigm of Police Firearms Training could not be more enthusiastic! Sgt. Mike Conti of the Massachusetts State Police has written a book that EVERY police firearms trainer must read. He has created what he calls his “opus” to explain his theory of police handgun employment, and the book contains everything that is needed to create a cutting edge firearms program, from explanations of shooting methods to complete courses of fire. More importantly, Sgt. Conti provides a history of his journey from a rabid adherent of the “Modern Technique” to creating a foundational text that is likely to revolutionize police pistol training... This is NOT another book about “point shooting.” It is an opus about the “New Paradigm” of teaching officers to hit a bad guy when they need to. Sgt. Conti follows the solid, correct approach of:
- Researching how humans in police uniforms react in shootings;
- Using the latest in research on how to best and most effectively train police officers how to function in critical, high-stress events; and
- Combining these with a training program that has proven itself many times over in the real world.
Even if your “beliefs” about handgun training are set in stone, it will still behoove you to read this book. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone who carries a handgun for a living, or who teaches cops to stay alive. Sgt. Conti’s book will, and should, have a dramatic effect on how officers are
trained in the future.
— George T. Williams, Training Specialist and the Director of Training for CUTTING EDGE TRAINING, L.L.C., in a review published in POLICE MARKSMAN Magazine
ISBN: 0-9772659-1-9 Specifications: 360 information-filled pages (8.5 x 11), 250+ photos and illustrations.
POLICE PISTOLCRAFT is available as an INSTANT PDF DOWNLOAD. Click BUY NOW link below to own this user-friendly, special eBOOK edition. This Hi-Res PDF version allows you to print out a hard copy of the book as well as have the easy-to-use and access digitized version on your computer. (We are keeping the cost low on the eBOOK edition to ensure the information is available for wide distribution to the LE Community.)
HI-RES version (86.6 MB) ISBN: 978-0-9772659-3-0
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The Officer's Guide to Police Pistolcraft provides a wealth of information relating to the pistol and its use by the modern-day police, security, or military professional.Written in an easy to read and understand format by Mike Conti, an internationally-recognized, award winning police firearms trainer and author.
What the experts are saying:
Ed Lovette has called it "the gold standard for giving an officer the basic skills in pistolcraft." John Farnam wrote that "a copy should be in the hands of every young police officer!" Dave Grossman has described it as "a tremendous resource for the police officer and the police trainer."
Complete with over 400 pages of vital information and more than 300 photographs and illustrations, The Officer's Guide to Police Pistolcraft is a MUST HAVE for anyone whose life may depend upon their skills and abilities with a handgun!
ISBN: 978-0977265909, 424 pages, photos and illustrations. 8.5 x 5.5
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What the experts are saying:
Ed Lovette has called it "the gold standard for giving an officer the basic skills in pistolcraft." John Farnam wrote that "a copy should be in the hands of every young police officer!" Dave Grossman has described it as "a tremendous resource for the police officer and the police trainer."
Complete with over 400 pages of vital information and more than 300 photographs and illustrations, The Officer's Guide to Police Pistolcraft is a MUST HAVE for anyone whose life may depend upon their skills and abilities with a handgun!
ISBN: 978-0977265909, 424 pages, photos and illustrations. 8.5 x 5.5
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Rattenkrieg! The Art and Science of Close Quarters Battle Pistol
About the Author: Bob Taubert, known to many readers of firearms and tactical publications under the pen name, Bob Pilgrim, is a USMC combat veteran and legendary member of the FBI. During a career that spanned three decades, Taubert operated and trained all over the world with many of the premier law enforcement and military tactical and anti-terrorist units in existence. He also played a direct role in the establishment and training of several well-known special operations units to include the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and the DEA's Operation Snowcap elements. This book is Taubert's legacy to the brave men and women that serve America in the law enforcement, military, and security fields.
About the Book: Rattenkrieg was the term used by German soldiers during the battle for Stalingrad to describe the type of vicious, close quarters battle they experienced while fighting a determined force of Russian soldiers and partisans street by bloody street. That term has been adopted for the title of this book because the true art and science of close quarters battle pistol skills can only be found when the techniques practiced and employed are based not on unrealistic range training protocols, but on the vivid realities experienced when engaged in a life or death fight for survival and total victory.
Prospective students are advised that RATTENKRIEG! is not a basic pistol course and that very little time is spent reviewing those skills. Students must be able to hit the ground running and physical fitness is a definite asset when challenged by some of the more dynamic aspects of this training. While primarily focused on the handgun, many of the drills and techniques shown in this book are adaptable to the long gun as well.
ISBN: 978-0977265947, 248 pages, loaded with photos and illustrations. 8.5 x 5.5.
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Rattenkrieg! The Art and Science of Close Quarters Battle Pistol
About the Author: Bob Taubert, known to many readers of firearms and tactical publications under the pen name, Bob Pilgrim, is a USMC combat veteran and legendary member of the FBI. During a career that spanned three decades, Taubert operated and trained all over the world with many of the premier law enforcement and military tactical and anti-terrorist units in existence. He also played a direct role in the establishment and training of several well-known special operations units to include the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and the DEA's Operation Snowcap elements. This book is Taubert's legacy to the brave men and women that serve America in the law enforcement, military, and security fields.
About the Book: Rattenkrieg was the term used by German soldiers during the battle for Stalingrad to describe the type of vicious, close quarters battle they experienced while fighting a determined force of Russian soldiers and partisans street by bloody street. That term has been adopted for the title of this book because the true art and science of close quarters battle pistol skills can only be found when the techniques practiced and employed are based not on unrealistic range training protocols, but on the vivid realities experienced when engaged in a life or death fight for survival and total victory.
Prospective students are advised that RATTENKRIEG! is not a basic pistol course and that very little time is spent reviewing those skills. Students must be able to hit the ground running and physical fitness is a definite asset when challenged by some of the more dynamic aspects of this training. While primarily focused on the handgun, many of the drills and techniques shown in this book are adaptable to the long gun as well.
ISBN: 978-0977265947, 248 pages, loaded with photos and illustrations. 8.5 x 5.5.
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Beyond Pepper Spray: The Complete Guide to Chemical Agents, Delivery Systems, and Protective Masks by Mike Conti
Beyond Pepper Spray is a must-read for law enforcement, military and security personnel, or anyone with responsibility for, or concern about, the use of chemical agents or weapons. This is indeed a comprehensive guide. Its 256 pages provide a grounding and basic knowledge of all aspects of the field. Chapters are devoted to: safety, chemical weapon overviews, methods of delivery, various types of grenades and projectiles, specialty-impact munitions, aerosol subject restraint sprays, fog generators, compressed gas systems, gas launchers, tactical deployment considerations, masks, maintenance and training curricula. Three appendices cover additional detailed material. This will undoubtedly be the basic reference on the subject for many years, and Conti's crisp, clear writing style is easy to read. Published by Paladin Press 2002.
ISBN 158160291-X, 8.5 x 11, 256 pages filled with information, photos, and illustrations! Softcover.
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