{"id":17720,"date":"2012-10-02T09:06:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=17720"},"modified":"2012-10-02T09:06:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:06:29","slug":"action-target-letc-2012-a-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/action-target-letc-2012-a-great-success\/17720\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Target LETC 2012 a Great Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Action Target\u2019s annual Law Enforcement Training Camp ended Friday as instructors and trainees parted ways after another year of advanced law\u00a0enforcement training.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s LETC was attended by 147 law enforcement officers and firearms\u00a0instructors from across the country and the world. More than 20 states were\u00a0represented with officers from California and Oregon to Florida and New\u00a0York. While LETC is traditionally a domestic law enforcement camp, as its\u00a0fame has spread throughout the world, they\u2019ve increasingly received requests\u00a0to attend from foreign law enforcement agencies. As in years past, they were\u00a0pleased to welcome officers from Canada, but this year was especially unique\u00a0with the addition of participants from Brazil and China.<\/p>\n

Classes started Tuesday morning at the Utah County Sheriff\u2019s Office Thistle\u00a0Firing Range.\u00a0New to this year\u2019s\u00a0training\u00a0classes were George Harris\u2019 Combat\u00a0Skill Drills for Firearms Instructors, Bob Schneider\u2019s Shoot House Training,\u00a0James Washington\u2019s Training for the Fight with the Pistol, and Brian\u00a0Hoffner\u2019s Extreme Close Quarter Battle Tactics with Hands, Knife, and\u00a0Pistol. A total of 12 instructors participated from a variety of organizations including Spartan Tactical Training Group, Safariland Shooting\u00a0School, Hoffners Training Academy, Glock Training Division, Police Training\u00a0Division, JDS Tactical, and Fusion Tactical and Combatives.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On the first day of class, the Utah County Sheriff\u2019s Office explosives\u00a0department set up a demonstration to kick things off with a bang. A charge\u00a0was placed on the hill next to the uppermost firing range and was connected\u00a0to several additional charges that ran down the hill and along the periphery\u00a0of the range. To demonstrate the delay mechanism\u2019s non-electric shock tube\u00a0technology, a sniper shot the main charge from atop a storage container\u00a0setting off a series of explosions down the hill. The explosives department\u00a0also demonstrated several forced entry explosive mechanisms as well as a\u00a0unique steel puncturing technology consisting of a coil of explosives\u00a0wrapped around a beer can.<\/p>\n

\"\"Wednesday night, more than 50 officers at the camp put their skills to the\u00a0test in the Dirty Harry shooting competition as they vied for free tuition\u00a0at next year\u2019s LETC. Participants were required to shoot 21 colored knock\u00a0down targets from three corresponding colored boxes. Shooting the wrong\u00a0color or shooting one of the six no-shoot targets meant instant\u00a0disqualification. Law enforcement officers from Utah crushed the competition\u00a0taking first, second, and third places. Officer Rob Wilkenson of the Utah\u00a0Highway Patrol took the grand prize winning by more than five seconds with a\u00a0time of 23:19.<\/p>\n

A banquet was held Thursday evening to honor the dedication and sacrifices\u00a0of law enforcement officers throughout the nation and the world. McKenzie\u00a0Matthews began the banquet by singing the \u201cStar Spangled Banner\u201d and was\u00a0followed by Provo\u00a0Mayor John Curtis who gave the welcome speech. The night\u2019s\u00a0program centered around the memory of the brave men and women who lost their\u00a0lives in the protection of our freedoms. The Payson High School Pipe Band\u00a0performed \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019 as photos of law enforcement officers who died by\u00a0gunfire this year were shown on a projector screen during a special memorial\u00a0for fallen officers. A memorial was also held for law enforcement who lost\u00a0their lives in the 9\/11 attack. Deputy Chief Steven J. Silks of the New York\u00a0Police Department, a participant in this year\u2019s camp, spoke of his\u00a0experiences that day and shared a firsthand account of the bravery exhibited\u00a0by the brave men and women he served with during that catastrophe.<\/p>\n

The camp ended Friday afternoon with a few final classes before attendees\u00a0began their long journeys home to locations across the nation and the world.<\/p>\n

Action Target were honored to have so many exceptional officers at\u00a0this year\u2019s camp, and they hope that each one took home something new that\u00a0they can share with the men and women they serve with. Superior law\u00a0enforcement training has always been one of their corporate missions, but they couldn\u2019t make that happen without the continued assistance of theur instructors and the participation of the world\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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