Inservice Training - Public Safety Institute

Description:

A (24) hour program designed to certify /re-certify individuals as Colt M/16 and AR-15 armorers. Each graduate will gain a complete understanding of the design theory, nomenclature, dynamics, compatibility, interchangeability, detailed disassembly, assembly, maintenance and troubleshooting of the M/16 and AR-15 family of weapons including rifles, carbines, and submachine guns. 

At the completion of the course participants will be able to: 

● Demonstrate the ability to disassemble, assemble, and maintain the M16/AR-15 family of weapons.

● Develop and maintain an inspection and servicing schedule for their department.

● Know the importance of a properly functioning weapon.

● Troubleshoot any problems that may occur with their department weapons 

PSI Consortium Members $75.00   Non-Members $225.00.

***If Non-Members pay the Member fee, they may be invoiced for the remaining balance***

MCOLES CPE Registered Class - Eligible for CPE Funding

To Register: https://cvent.me/YaMKvz

This course is designed as a fundamental essential training program for Law Enforcement Officers who are assigned to Special Operation Teams, Narcotics Enforcement Units, Warrants Teams, and Patrol Units who wish to improve their tactical skills. This class emphasizes the physical mechanics of movement along with tactical decision-making skills. The student will participate in dynamic hands-on training in an environment that will require him/her to operate as an integral member of a team.

This is a Physically Demanding course with extended training days consisting of three 12+ hour days and an 4+ hour day on the last.  

Equipment Needed: Tactical apparel (BDU’s) ,Web gear, holster, flashlight, standard equipment  Ballistic vest Helmet (if issued) Eye and hearing protection Gloves   Appropriate clothing for outdoor training,  Handgun, 3 magazines and 350 rounds of training ammo Writing utensils and paper Water, protein snacks

PSI Consortium Members $125.00   Non-Members $375.00.

***If Non-Members pay the Member fee, they may be invoiced for the remaining balance***

CPE Registered Class - Eligible for CPE Funding

MCOLES Registered Training – Eligible For 302 Funding

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The course will present law enforcement concepts and methods to support de-escalation efforts. Expert Force Science instructors guide participants in examining and applying tactical decision-making, rapid behavioral assessment, and communication strategies that account for real-world limitations and capabilities, supporting practical and realistic de-escalation when a meaningful connection can be made.

MCOLES Registered Training – Eligible For 302 Funding

PSI Consortium Members $50.00   Non-Members $150.00.

To Register: https://cvent.me/e0QQ3b

Digital Photography for the Evidence Technician or Accident Investigator is an extensive hands-on 3-day workshop designed for all law enforcement investigators that use a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) digital camera to document evidence at crime and accident scenes that may lead to the prosecution and conviction of offenders.

Students will need to bring the following to the workshop:

· Department digital SLR or mirrorless camera and camera manual

· Tripod, flash, remote flash cord, shutter cable release, and any other accessories

· Any current policies for photography or digital image integrity

· Sample images taken that you would like to discuss or see improved (optional)

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Join us for a 16-hour interactive death investigation training. Attendees will be provided with instruction on how to conduct thorough and professional death investigations that follow national standards and legal requirements, including preserving evidence, and producing accurate and timely reports. 

Topics will include: 

· Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator with overview of best practices,

· Sudden unexplained infant death investigations,

· Vulnerable/elder abuse awareness training, 

· Mass casualty scenes basics and identification, 

· Documentation of the scene including photography and report writing.

Register: https://cvent.me/894LO5

This 40-hour course is designed for persons who want to enhance their knowledge of forensic recovery techniques in an outdoor context. Lecture topics will include basic methods for locating and recovering clandestine skeletal remains, basic human osteology, and the role of the forensic anthropologist in medicolegal death investigations including an introduction to skeletal methods and taphonomic interpretation. Upon completion of this course participants will be able to: 

• Demonstrate the ability to locate clandestine graves
• Collect human skeletal remains from the ground surface
• Utilize methods and document the process of recovering human remains
• Recover human remains from a burial context

To Register: https://cvent.me/YaerRb

This dynamic and immersive training will focus on sovereign citizens and their rapidly increasing problematic contact with all forms of government, with specific focus on interactions with law enforcement and criminal justice personnel. Basic awareness of this growing threat and how it will directly impact the daily duties and responsibilities of law enforcement and other government entities will be discussed at length. Attendees should expect a general "indoctrination" into the sovereign citizen movement to help further awareness, recognition and mitigation of this unconventional and bothersome problem.

Additionally, a significant portion of training will cover First Amendment Auditors, their goals and tactics, and best practices when encountered by law enforcement and other government officials.

Consortium member $25/ Non-member $75

***If Non-Members pay the Member fee, they may be invoiced for the remaining balance***

MCOLES Registered Training as an Agency CPE– Eligible For 302 Funding

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A four (4) hour program designed to refresh participants understanding of safe and competent emergency vehicle operation within the parameters of the motor vehicle code, state law and department policy.

Upon completion of the program participants will be able to:

●          Know Michigan Law as it relates to emergency vehicle operation

●          Operate a vehicle in conformance with the statutes

●          Demonstrate the ability to operate a vehicle within physical limitations

●          Operate a vehicle in a defensive manner, anticipating unusual or unexpected occurrences

●          Demonstrate the operational differences in a vehicle when operated during adverse environmental conditions.

●         Demonstrate the ability to operate a vehicle safely under emergency conditions.

●        Make informed decisions as to when to engage and disengage in high-speed pursuit

Session I Escanaba

TBD July 2026

Session II Escanaba

TBD July 2026

Session III Sault Ste Marie

TBD July 2026

Session IV Sault Ste Marie

TBD July 2026

A four (4) hour program designed to make officers aware of the latest changes in the State and Federal laws which they enforce and govern their actions. (4 hour combination material presentation, question and answer, and discussion)

MCOLES Registered Training – Eligible For 302 Funding and CPE

Escanaba - TBD

Marquette - TBD

Manistique - TBD

Iron Mountain - TBD

Houghton - TBD

Marquette - TBD

Sault Ste. Marie - TBD

Munising - TBD

Menominee - TBD

Baraga - TBD

Marquette - TBD

Ironwood - TBD

Consortium member $25/ Non-member $75

This eight (8) hour class will provide an overview of antisemitism, including its origins development in the 20th century as a genocidal or exterminationist movement, including the Holocaust, Middle Eastern history, geography, and partition, the growth of jihadism as an ideology, trends in the United States including Constitutional protections afforded unpopular speech and expression, and will cover recent trends of antisemitism on campuses and appropriate responses. 

At the conclusion of training, attendees will be able to:

• Define and identify antisemitism, increase awareness/understanding of antisemitism.
• Define and understand antisemitic Hate Crimes and Hate/Bias incidents.
• Identify, report and investigate potential Hate Crime incidents.
• Identify antisemitic terminology, words, tropes, and symbols hiding in plain sight.
• Understand the origin of the Great replacement Theory and the role it plays in driving antisemitism today.
• Define the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
• Identify organized antisemitic groups such as GDL, Blood Tribe and Blood & Soil and their propaganda tactics.

***If Non-Members pay the Member fee, they may be invoiced for the remaining balance***

Consortium members $25/ Non-members $75

MCOLES registered Agency CPE-Eligible for 302 funding

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An eighty (80) hour program designed to prepare the participants for their role in locating, identifying, photographing, collecting, preserving and packaging evidence found at a crime scene. The program will also evaluate the participant's ability to process a crime scene correctly.

At the completion of the program participants will be able to:

 * Properly utilize their department s photographic and evidence collection equipment and supplies. 

* Understand how to process a crime scene to locate, photograph, collect, preserve and package evidence for use in the prosecution of the case. 

* Understand the legal considerations and limitations of crime scene investigation and search warrant requirements including the role search warrants play in the crime scene search. 

* Demonstrate proper techniques for photographing, measuring, collecting, preserving and packaging evidence found at a crime scene.

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This three-day course provides instruction on craniofacial anatomy, the ways in which the face can be affected by death-related changes, decomposition, and other postmortem conditions, as well as drawing skills needed to render a high-quality postmortem facial image. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

• Decide when a postmortem image is possible/appropriate based on the decedent's condition
• Describe postmortem changes that affect the appearance of the human face. 
• Draw naturalistic representations of human faces

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Basic RADAR and LIDAR Course.  Attend classroom/lecture. Complete 24 hours of hands on operation of RADAR unit. Attend the second day of LIDAR Classroom/lecture on October 31st, 2024.  Pass the post test with 70%.  Complete practical road test of department RADAR Equipment.

MCOLES Registered Training-Eligible for 302 Funding and CPE

May 23rd and June 13th, 2025  https://cvent.me/8MwK2r

September 25th and October 23rd, 2025 https://cvent.me/27WKo0

A forty (40) hour Tactical Firearms Course for up to 20 students. The 3-gunTactical Firearms instructor course also includes coaching and training sessions designed to assist students in making departmental presentations or training other officers in practical firearms skills.

Consortium member $125/ Non-member $375

MCOLES registered CPE-Eligible for CPE funds

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The course will provide a definition of violent extremism and focus on identifying individuals and groups who attempt to advance social or political beliefs through force or violence.

Law enforcement professionals will be educated on the First Amendment and the Constitutional protections afforded to all groups discussed. At the conclusion of the course, attendees will be trained to identify racially and ideologically motivated behavior and discern between criminal activity and First Amendment protected speech and actions. 

Subjects, Groups & Ideologies Covered: 

• Anarchist/Antifa/Anti-Authority/Anti-Government  

• White Supremacy/National Socialism/Accelerationism 

• Antisemitism/Hate Crimes/Civil Rights Violations  

• INCEL Movement/Anti-Feminist Ideology  

• Proud Boys/Racially Motivated Active Clubs/Blood Tribe

• 764 & Gore Groups  

• Boogaloo Movement/III% 

• Black Militia/NFAC 

• Animal Rights Issues 

• Eco-Terrorism & Eco-Fascism  

• Social Media Usage for Recruitment, Propaganda and Communication 

 At the conclusion of training, attendees will be able to: 

• Identify racially motivated violent extremism, associated symbols and ideologies. 

• Understand and predict the dynamics of encounters with ideologically motivated subcultures. 

• Complete safe, competent and thorough investigations involving criminally subversive groups and/or racially motivated individuals. 

• Define, explain, and train fellow officers on the recruitment tactics and social media platforms most commonly used by the groups discussed.  

Consortium member $25/ Non-member $75

MCOLES registered as Agency CPE-Eligible for 302 funding

Register for Marquette: https://cvent.me/rr7Wx8

Register for Houghton:

A (24) hour program designed to certify /re-certify individuals as Colt M/16 and AR-15 armorers. Each graduate will gain a complete understanding of the design theory, nomenclature, dynamics, compatibility, interchangeability, detailed disassembly, assembly, maintenance and troubleshooting of the M/16 and AR-15 family of weapons including rifles, carbines, and submachine guns. 

At the completion of the course participants will be able to: 

● Demonstrate the ability to disassemble, assemble, and maintain the M16/AR-15 family of weapons.

● Develop and maintain an inspection and servicing schedule for their department.

● Know the importance of a properly functioning weapon.

● Troubleshoot any problems that may occur with their department weapons 

PSI Consortium Members $50.00   Non-Members $150.00.

***If Non-Members pay the Member fee, they may be invoiced for the remaining balance***

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An eight (8) hour program designed to certify and re-certify individuals as Glock Armorers. The program content focuses on the mechanical functioning, maintenance, troubleshooting and field repair of the Glock pistol line. This is a hands on program that teaches and guides each participant through all armorer operations, systematically with the instructors. Active participation is disassembly and assembly procedures coupled with question and answer periods provide the type of learning environment favorable to the retention of the material. The curriculum enables armorers to develop a pistol maintenance program on the inspection and servicing of the Glock for their department. This is of major importance to the agency as it maintains current practices and procedures for factory authorized maintenance on law enforcement pistols within the department.

Consortium members $25/ Non-members $75

MCOLES registered CPE-Eligible for CPE funding

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Marquette, MI 49855

Northern Michigan Public Safety Institute Presents:

Advanced Law Enforcement Training 2026

This three-day course will provide each officer with training that will fulfill the 24 hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE). An 8 hour day from the Marquette County Prosecutor's Office focusing on Courtroom Testimony. The second 8 hours will be recertification in CPR and First Aid. There will be a familiarization with HAZMAT followed by working with Fire Departments and Medical Personnel on scenes. Included in the course is the 8 hour state mandated Mental Health training - Provided by Pathways, CISM/Frontline Strong. 

PSI Consortium Members $75.00   Non-Members $225.00.

***If Non-Members pay the Member fee, they may be invoiced for the remaining balance*** 

CPE Registered Class - Eligible for CPE Funding 

MCOLES Registered Training – Eligible For 302 Funding

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TBD

The current trend in defensive tactics is moving towards more ground fighting and Ju Jitsu based programs.  The purpose of the Effective Fitness Combatives course is to provide Law Enforcement Personnel with skills and knowledge to train and lead their peers. This training will help raise the standard of training regarding combatives, defensive tactics and use of force situations. Areas of instruction include “I method of Coaching”, UOF Documentation, Recovering from Bad Positions, Takedowns, Apprehension, and Weapons Based Entanglements.

A majority of the learning will be in a “Hands-On” environment and there will be assessments to check for understanding by the instructors and a final exam.

This is a four day 40 hour, train the trainer course.

PSI Consortium Members $125.00/Non-Members $375.00

***If Non-Members pay the Member fee, they may be invoiced for the remaining balance***

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