Beech Street Baptist Church - Church Security Course
4-Day Inter-Faith Church Security Training Bootcamp

Who Should Attend:

• Church leaders (Pastors, Facility Managers, Security/Safety Directors)
• Church Security Personnel
• Ushers, Greeters, Parking Personnel, Deacons, Elders, Reception & Educational Personnel

Registration:
To register online for either for any of these 3 courses offered over the 4-day bootcamp please visit www.churchintruderresponse.com. To fax or mail registration please download a registration form at http://www.intruderresponse.com/registration.pdf
or call 888-569-5444.

Course Mission:
The mission in providing “Inter-Faith Church Security & Intruder Response” training/consulting is based on: Matthew 10:16 (NJKV version)
- Persecutions Are Coming - “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst
of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Days #1 & #2 – Sept. 9th & 10th, 2009
Tactical Defensive Pistol for Church Personnel – The first two days of this 4-day course will give each attendee the necessary training and capabilities to responsibly respond to
a lethal threat. Simply asking for volunteers that have a CCW permit will expose your church as an organization to a significant amount of liability and may even result in the church’s insurance company refusing a claim or dropping your coverage. CCW training is VERY minimal at best and is intended for an individual to protect themselves or their immediate family/domicile. Expecting success with CCW training only in a crowded, chaotic environment is not at all realistic at best case scenario and borderline reckless/negligent in worse case scenario. This course is a 2-day course intended to provide the participant with a significant skill set to operate a weapon with one or both hands, preferred or non-preferred hand, standing, kneeling or modified prone, shooting on the move both forwards, backwards and laterally. The reason for this skill set that is presented is that represents the “real world” reality of a lethal force engagement and having these capabilities is a MUST if you expect a high degree of probability of success.

Synopsis:
This dynamic and life-changing course begins with classroom instruction that covers legal & liability issues and safety with a firearm. Additionally the classroom discussion includes “use of force” discussion topics and principles that are applicable to those personnel who serve churches and religious organizations in a passive, armed security capability. The majority of our time is spent in the training arena using a building block approach for developing tactically correct motor skills with a pistol. This training is appropriate for the person who is new to handling a firearm as well as the individual who already has experience and wants to take their skills and abilities to a new level. We focus on principles, tactics and techniques that will set you up for success in an armed encounter and we will teach you more than how to survive, but how to prevail and WIN in armed encounter.

Summarized this course will train each participant will be trained to successfully demonstrate safe weapons handling and accurate competence with a firearm in
• Stationary
• Moving forward & backward or moving laterally left and right
• One handed and two handed
• Bi-lateral firing capability (shooting right & left handed)

Topics Include:
• Safety at Home, on the Range, and While Carrying Concealed in Public
• The Principles of Marksmanship
• Equipment Selection
• Legal and Justifiable Use of Force
• Winning Mindset and Stress Management
• Loading, Unloading, and Reloading
• Developing Natural Index Points
• Working with a Partner
• Verbal Challenges and Commands
• Proper Draw Stroke
• Single and Multiple Threat Engagement
• Shooting on the Move
• Horizontal and Vertical Displacements
• Immediate Action Drills
• Making Proper Decisions Under Duress
• CQB - Close Quarters Battle




Day #3 - Sept. 11th, 2009
Intruder Awareness/Response & Conflict Management for Church Personnel – (For Church greeters, ushers, deacons, elders, parking personnel, first line reception personnel and security personnel) – The 3rd day of this course will educate the attendee on how to educate your church security, ushers, greeters, parking attendants, first line reception personnel and safety/security personnel on recognizing and responding to behavioral pre-cursors and suspicious behavior.

Description:
This course will educate your church security, ushers, greeters and parking attendants on recognizing behavioral pre-cursors to suspicious behavior. Knowing the body language is many times a PRIOR indicator to behavioral intentions or acts, an overview of suspicious behavior or pre-cursors to watch for is reviewed. This course also discusses the behavioral indicators of armed individuals whether they are lawfully armed or unlawfully armed. Summarized this section will instill a mindset of “SEE Something . . . SAY Something” for those that attend.

A discussion and practical training block on “the art of the handshake” and the “technique” of the handshake will be discussed and demonstrated. Discussion and demonstration on distance and closing strategies for those approaching and evaluating armed individuals in a welcoming and hospitable manner so that the church mission is not compromised and even enhanced will be discussed and demonstrated as well.

Additionally this course provides strategies to DE-escalating conflict from a verbal point of view and covers what phrases and language to avoid to prevent conflict in a verbal nature from escalating. Included with this course is an overview of lockdown procedures for both “THREAT INSIDE” and “THREAT OUTSIDE” lockdown of a church facility as well as protocols for response for what to do when “lockdown fails”. Practical exercises of all of the above can be included and customized based on timeline availability as well.

Who should attend?
•Church ushers
•Church greeters
•Security/Safety personnel
•Parking control personnel
•First Line Reception Personnel
•Other staff in frequent contact with congregation and visitors

Topics Covered:
•History & demographics of church violence & church shootings
•Biblical authority for church safety & security
•Church lockdown protocols & principles
•Educating ushers, greeters & other first line reception personnel
•Recognizing traits of suspicious behavior
•Recognizing traits of armed individuals
•Approaching suspicious or armed individuals
•Verbal conflict management & de-escalation

Day #4 - Sept. 12th, 2009
Pastoral/Platform Protection for Church Personnel / Compliance & Control for Church Personnel - This course is designed to provide a church security team with capabilities related to protecting not only church leadership but also the immediate family of church leadership as well. The training will allow a church security team to evaluate whether a pastoral protection aspect is needed through risk assessment and will also assist them in determining whether or not the protection is needed on a situational or seasonal basis. The training provided includes both stationary worship protection principles and mobile speaking/mission trip protection principles.

About Strategos International
Strategos was founded in 2002 under the name of Strategos International, L.L.C. as a Missouri based Limited Liability Corporation. Co-owners of Strategos have over 40 years combined of law enforcement, tactical training, instruction and consulting experience.

Strategos has trained over 7,000 law enforcement, military, security, church, government and business professionals since 2002. Our instructors possess many different types expertise along a wide array of tactical, live-fire, security and organizational development topics.

Strategos experience in providing church security training and consulting is extensive. All lead instructors have extensive experience in both law enforcement and church security environments. Strategos church security and safety training have been featured and positively reviewed in numerous media outlets including Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Details Men’s Magazine, Garden Grove Journal, Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and numerous other media publications. Since launching this program in 2008 it has received very positive response as reflected in our testimonials pages located at http://www.intruderresponse.com/testimonials.html. Strategos has instructed and consulted with hundreds of churches throughout the United States during this period. Additionally Strategos church security, safety and awareness training has been positively approved by some of the largest church insurance companies in the country and references for both insurance and churches can be provided upon request by sending an email to training@strategosintl.com.

If we communicate anything clearly through this report & service to our clients
it is the following:

We first and foremost give GOD the credit!
. . . for what we do and how we do it. We try to remain humble in our approach
and attempt to effectively serve those who serve others according to:

Romans 13 : 3-7
3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. 6This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. 7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.