Law Enforcement Training Academy, Camp Shelby, MS
Continuing Education Training Schedule
Classes are approved by MS BLEOST for continuing education ("Johnny Martin") hours
as mandated for municipal police officers MS Code 45-6-19.
LODGING & MEALS
Conveniently located on site. Information located within each course description below.
Bed Linens provided. Must bring towels.
Contact SRPSI at 601.266.6680 or via email for reservations.
Tuition for all courses must be paid in full or PO received prior to the start date
of the course.
Date: JULY 19, 2022 - awaiting confirmation from TASER
Cost: $375 for certification or re-certification
LODGING & MEALS Conveniently located on site for $60/per officer
Class is limited to first 28 registered students per AXON
About the Course: TASER X26P, X2, TASER 7 and TASER 7 CQ Instructor certification course. With the release of version 22, we have enhanced the instructor course to teach students how to develop and safely execute scenarios and isolation drills and provide more in-depth scenario training. You will be certified to instruct others on the use of the X26P, X2, TASER 7 and TASER 7 CQ energy weapons.
All Students, to include recertification, attend just one day
Reminder: Students will be required to complete an interactive on-line experience prior to attending the one day in-classroom training. You will receive access to your online learning three weeks before your training dates, email AXON for assistance if you have any issues with online modules.
Required Equipment: Some training may occur outdoors, ensure you are adequately prepared. ie. hat, sunscreen, etc. Please bring your sterilized duty belt with no live ammo, firearms, knives, OC, dept issued Taser CEWs, expandable batons, or any other weapons. Bring your department issued TASER holster (if applicable). Holsters will be available for those who need them.
Class will run 0800-1700 at Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI), Bldg 1481, 14th Street Camp Shelby, MS 39407. Students will need to be in their seat NLT 0745.
For additional information contact SGT Joe Green at 601.266.6680 or via email
REGISTRATION MUST BE DONE THROUGH AXON ACADEMY
For registration instructions, click HERE
Click HERE to complete the registration at AXON.
August 2 - 4, 2022
$530 per student Tuition includes lodging and meals
Instructor: Retired criminal investigator, George Chaix retired from a 27-year career in policing. Serving as a criminal investigator since 1996 and later in a command position serving both the Gulfport and Biloxi Police Departments. He also served in the Navy Reserve in the law enforcement career field serving as an instructor at the Military Police School and as an investigator serving as the Chief of Military Police Investigations for the Country of Kuwait. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a Minor in Forensic Science along with a Masters of Criminal Justice Administration.
Mr. Chaix currently serves as an Instructor of Criminal Justice for William Carey University and is a past president of the Mississippi Division of the International Association of Identification. He also serves on the Board of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Veterans Day Parade and an adjunct Instructor for the Southern Regional Public Safety Academy.
About the Course: This course will prepare the student with the skill set to document a crime scene through forensic photography, crime scene diagramming and how to identify, collect and preserve physical evidence. The students will then work a mock crime scene and present the result of their investigation.
Prerequisite: Basic Crime Scene Investigation – attach verification of training to registration
Class will run 0800-1700 daily at Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI), Bldg 1481, 14th Street Camp Shelby, MS 39407. Students will need to be in their seat NLT 0745.
Required Equipment: Laptop with Microsoft Office ® suite, Crime Scene Kit, with a minimum of a camera, black powder and brush, paper bags of various sizes, q-tips, plain paper, rubber gloves, measuring tapes and graph paper.
For additional information contact LT Jacqueline Moreno at 601.266.6680 or via email
Click HERE to complete the registration form and submit via email
September 26 - 28, 2022
$550 - per person Tuition includes lodging and meals
This is a MS BLEOST Approved Firearms Instructor Class taught by retired Police Chief Tom Long.
Instructor: This class is taught by retired Police Chief Tom Long, founder of the Tactical Officer Survival School (TOSS). At the time of his retirement, Tom was the longest serving Chief of Police in the state of Mississippi at 27 years. His law enforcement career spanned 38 years as he worked his way through the ranks to become Chief of Police. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, past President of the MS Tactical Officers Association and Memphis Metropolitan Association of Chiefs of Police. Tom is a recognized law enforcement expert in police firearms, pursuits, policy and procedures at the local, state, and federal court levels.
Beginning in 1986, while still maintaining a full time career in law enforcement, Tom worked for several years as a firearm’s instructor at John Shaw’s Mid South Shooting Institute, where his eyes were open to a firearm’s training potential he never knew existed.
As chairman of his state’s committee to investigate police officer fatalities, Tom gained vast knowledge that he applied practically to his firearm’s instruction, developing courses that better prepare officers for combat confrontations.
As part of an advanced teaching cadre or as an individual instructor, Tom has taught thousands of military Special Forces personnel and Federal, State and local law enforcement officers from around the world. He formed Tactical Officer Survival School in 1993 in an effort to bring the kind of training to local law enforcement that until then had only been available to an elite few.
Tom has an EXTENSIVE history training local, state and federal level law enforcement agencies from all over the country.
About the Course: In this class the student will learn to teach handguns common to today’s law enforcement officer. Students will graduate with the knowledge how to return to their agencies and teach basic and advanced combat tactics to their personnel.
Required Equipment:
· Handgun: 1000 rounds
· Range gear: Eye Protection and Ear Protection
· Handgun/holster & magazine pouch with extra magazines
· Rain Gear
· Body armor
· Flashlight (not just weapons mounted light)
Class will run 0800-1700 daily at Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI), Bldg 1481, 14th Street Camp Shelby, MS 39407. Students will need to be in their seat NLT 0745.
For additional information contact SGT Joe Green at 601.266.6680 or via email
Click HERE to complete the registration form and submit via email
Date: September 26 - 30, 2022
Training Cost: There is no charge to officers or agencies for this training.
LODGING & MEALS Conveniently located on site for $300/per officer
Class is limited to first 10 registered students due to ALERRT COVID Protocols.
About the Course:
This course is designed to provide the solo officer (off-duty/plain clothes/uniform) with the knowledge, physical skills, and mind set on how to isolate, distract, or neutralize an armed threat like an active shooter.
This course will cover: ● reasons to carry for off-duty/plain-clothes officers ● levels of intervention ● incident management ● deadly force policies and case studies ● threshold evaluations ● ergonomic considerations for plain clothes carry ● room entry techniques ● options for mitigating the occurrence of blue-on-blue shootings ● concepts and principles of solo officer movement ● post engagement priorities of work
Prerequisite: Sworn law enforcement officer. Officers attending this course should be able to walk moderate distances, jog, kneel, crawl, and lift moderate weight.
Required Equipment:
handgun with 3 magazines
300 rounds of ammunition
Side concealment holster
Sturdy belt
Two shirts to cover handgun (one button-down/jacket, one t-shirt/polo-style)
uniform shirt with police patches
badge in carrier
rain gear
eye and ear protection
Class will run 0800-1700 at Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI), Bldg 1481, 14th Street Camp Shelby, MS 39407. Students will need to be in their seat NLT 0745.
For additional information contact SGT Joe Green at 601.266.6680 or via email.
Click HERE to complete the registration form and submit via email.
October 18 - 20, 2022
$550 - per person Tuition includes lodging and meals
This is a MS BLEOST Approved Firearms Instructor Class taught by retired Police Chief Tom Long.
Instructor: This class is taught by retired Police Chief Tom Long, founder of the Tactical Officer Survival School (TOSS). At the time of his retirement, Tom was the longest serving Chief of Police in the state of Mississippi at 27 years. His law enforcement career spanned 38 years as he worked his way through the ranks to become Chief of Police. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, past President of the MS Tactical Officers Association and Memphis Metropolitan Association of Chiefs of Police. Tom is a recognized law enforcement expert in police firearms, pursuits, policy and procedures at the local, state, and federal court levels.
Beginning in 1986, while still maintaining a full time career in law enforcement, Tom worked for several years as a firearm’s instructor at John Shaw’s Mid South Shooting Institute, where his eyes were open to a firearm’s training potential he never knew existed.
As chairman of his state’s committee to investigate police officer fatalities, Tom gained vast knowledge that he applied practically to his firearm’s instruction, developing courses that better prepare officers for combat confrontations.
As part of an advanced teaching cadre or as an individual instructor, Tom has taught thousands of military Special Forces personnel and Federal, State and local law enforcement officers from around the world. He formed Tactical Officer Survival School in 1993 in an effort to bring the kind of training to local law enforcement that until then had only been available to an elite few.
Tom has an EXTENSIVE history training local, state and federal level law enforcement agencies from all over the country.
About the Course: In this class the student will learn to teach shoulder weapons common to today’s law enforcement officer. Weapons covered will be Patrol Rifle, Sub guns and shotguns. Students will graduate with the knowledge how to return to their agencies and teach basic and advanced combat tactics to their personnel. The class will cover both pump and semi auto shotguns, as well as semi auto and full auto patrol rifles and sub-guns.
Required Equipment:
- Shotgun: 100 rounds of birdshot-10 slugs-10 buckshot
- Patrol Rifle: 500 rounds
- Handgun: 150 rounds
- Range gear: Eye Protection and Ear Protection
- Handgun/holster & magazine pouch with extra magazines
- Rain Gear
- Body armor
Class will run 0800-1700 daily at Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI), Bldg 1481, 14th Street Camp Shelby, MS 39407. Students will need to be in their seat NLT 0745.
For additional information contact SGT Joe Green at 601.266.6680 or via email
Click HERE to complete the registration form and submit via email
November 1 - 3, 2022
$530 per student Tuition includes lodging and meals
Instructor: Retired criminal investigator, George Chaix retired from a 27-year career in policing. Serving as a criminal investigator since 1996 and later in a command position serving both the Gulfport and Biloxi Police Departments. He also served in the Navy Reserve in the law enforcement career field serving as an instructor at the Military Police School and as an investigator serving as the Chief of Military Police Investigations for the Country of Kuwait. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a Minor in Forensic Science along with a Masters of Criminal Justice Administration.
Mr. Chaix currently serves as an Instructor of Criminal Justice for William Carey University and is a past president of the Mississippi Division of the International Association of Identification. He also serves on the Board of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Veterans Day Parade and an adjunct Instructor for the Southern Regional Public Safety Academy.
About the Course: Designed for Officers transitioning from a patrol assignment to an assignment in investigations. It will demonstrate the importance of basic investigative techniques and reinforce the importance of such techniques. It will give the student an understanding of the role the 5th Amendment plays in interviews and interrogations, providing the student the ability to navigate and obtain a court admissible statement.
The students will be able to apply sound investigative techniques in documenting a crime scene and learn to provide a voice to the physical evidence recovered during the investigation. The students will learn to apply the requirements set forth in the 4th Amendment in the recovery of evidence during the crime scene investigation.
Students will review case studies and are encouraged to interact with the instructor regarding investigative techniques.
Class will run 0800-1700 daily at Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI), Bldg 1481, 14th Street Camp Shelby, MS 39407. Students will need to be in their seat NLT 0745.
Required Equipment: Laptop with Microsoft Office ® suite, Crime Scene Kit, with a minimum of a camera, black powder and brush, paper bags of various sizes, q-tips, plain paper, rubber gloves, measuring tapes and graph paper.
For additional information contact LT Jacqueline Moreno at 601.266.6680 or via email
Click HERE to complete the registration form and submit via email
DATES: TBD
$300 per student
LODGING & MEALS Conveniently located on site for the duration of the course for $180/per officer
Instructor: SGT Joseph Green, lead staff instructor for SRPSI.
About the Course: It prepares the patrol officer to identify, implement, and evaluate new police recruit training and prepare new police recruits for individual patrol assignments.
· Police Vehicle Operations
· Conflict Resolution
· Use of Force
· Local Procedures, Laws, Policies
· Report Writing
· Leadership
· Problem Solving Skills
· Community Specific Problems
· Cultural Diversity & Special Needs Groups
· Legal Authority
· Individual Rights
· Officer Safety
· Communication Skills
· Ethics
· Lifestyle Stressors / Self Awareness / Self Regulation
Class will run 0800-1700 daily at Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI), Bldg 1481, 14th Street Camp Shelby, MS 39407. Students will need to be in their seat NLT 0745.
Required Equipment: Laptop with Microsoft Office ® suite
For additional information contact SGT Joseph Green at 601.266.6680 or via email
Click HERE to complete the registration form and submit via email
