Basic Firearms Instructor Course
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Ends On: Friday, September 19, 2025
Registration Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jacksonville Regional Training Center
Jacksonville, IL 62650
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $350
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MEET IL MANDATES: Civil Rights (30 mins); Constitutional/Proper Use of LE Authority (30 mins); Legal Updates (4 hrs); UoF/De-Escalation Techniques (2 hrs w/2 hrs scenario based training); UoF/Laws concerning stops, searches and use of force (2 hrs); UoF/Officer Safety Techniques (28 hrs w/28 hrs scenario based training)
PREREQUISITES: Participants must be sworn Police Officer and maintain an annual shooting score of 80% - 90 % accuracy.
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE: This course is designed to offer the prospective instructor a concise training opportunity that will fulfill the requirements to obtain their Basic Firearms Instructor certification. Upon successful completion of this course, the instructor will be able to return to their agency and provide its officers with the basic safety and fundamentals of shooting pistols, rifles, and shotguns.
COURSE OVERVIEW: In this forty-hour course, students will receive instruction and information necessary to the understanding of how to become a Firearms Instructor. This course will include familiarization of a variety of firearms, to include care and maintenance and the skills necessary to function as a Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor. The course also provides students with teaching techniques as well as identifying and resolving shooting problems and errors. The course involves student teach backs, pistol qualification, rifle qualification and a Firearms Instructor written examination.
STUDENTS MUST BRING:
1. Note taking gear
2. Duty Belt
3. Pistol with 3 magazines
4. Rifle with sling and with 3 magazines
5. 12 Gauge Shotgun
6. Flashlight
7. Clothing suitable for training in all weather
8. Eye and ear protection
9. 500 rounds of factory pistol ammunition
10. 500 rounds of factory rifle ammunition
11. 25 rounds of trap
12. 25 rounds of factory 12-gauge slug ammunition
COURSE GOALS
• Display clear communication and information delivery skills.
• Identify problem shooters for specific correction.
• Perform foundational skills for pistol, rifle, and shotgun.
• Apply performance-based training methods.
• Conduct skills assessment and deliberate feedback.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Illinois Use of Force law and its application.