Task Force 70 provides advanced training specifically designed for patrol officers serving in small and rural departments.
Every course is built on Task Force 70’s Big 5 foundational skills:
Constitutional Judgement – Officers learn how the US Constitution guides sound decisions through a Priority of Life framework, even in fast-moving emergencies.
Marksmanship – Training develops precise use of force ability under stress, ensuring constitutionally sound and effective decisions in chaotic situations.
Breaching – Officers learn proven entry methods to save lives, addressing historically identified failure points at the patrol level that have led to tragic outcomes.
Emergency Medical Skills – Building upon and reinforcing the recent national effort to build patrol officers medical skills in emergencies, TF70 also capacity builds patrol officers abilities to stabilize and protect victims under fire and move them safely to professional medical personnel.
Tactics – Officers learn simple, repeatable tactics that work across all patrol environments and jurisdictions, be easily taught to other officers in their area, and can be realistically sustained through the limited training time they have available.
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Training Courses
Virtual Training Team (VTT)
We seek to touch the small town and rural officers in every way we can, and our Virtually Training Team (VTT) is designed to enable officers to attend live training remotely from their home agencies in topics related to the TF70 Big 5, focused on patrol training methodologies and leadership best suited to being both applicable and attainable by critically under-resourced agencies.
Law enforcement officers and members of their communities can also access our continuously updated and broad spectrum of virtual training programs, and interact through our frequent Q&A Livestream sessions by joining our Patreon channel at: <coming soon>
Mobile Training Team (MTT)
For officers unable to travel to the TF70 Training Facility due to family, departmental, or manpower constraints, the MTT brings condensed, high-quality instruction directly to agencies, regional hubs, or state association conferences. Each course is tailored in collaboration with the host agency to address its most urgent operational needs, drawing from the same Big 5 skill areas taught in facility-based programs.
Patrol Tactical Operations Course (PTOC)
The PTOC is TF70's foundational course, built for officers in small and rural departments who may be the first, or only immediately available, responders to sudden, violent emergencies. Grounded in the Big 5 skill areas (Constitutional Judgement, Marksmanship, Breaching, Emergency Medical Skills, and Tactics), the course develops the judgment, precision, and tactical ability officers need to act decisively when backup is limited or delayed.
Patrol Hostage Rescue Course (PHRC)
The PHRC builds directly on the skills acquired in the PTOC, focusing on one of the most dangerous and time-critical events an officer may face: a hostage situation requiring immediate intervention. Unlike planned tactical operations, these events often unfold without warning and demand action before specialized teams can arrive. The small agency and rural officers TF70 serves receive little to no training in this specialized problem, which has the greatest consequence to the communities they serve.