Firearms Instructor Course

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Firearms Instructor Course

September 13 - 24, 2021

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

The Law Enforcement Training Academy will be conducting the NY DCJS Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Course on September 13 - 24, 2021 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at the Hamburg Police outdoor range.  Those candidates who have successfully passed the previously announced pre-qual course will be invited to continue to the Firearms Instructor Course.

Besides having passed the pre-qual course, candidates must have at least three years full time employment as a police officer or peace officer.  Candidates must have also gone through and successfully completed the NY DCJS IDS.  If a candidate has not gone through IDS, he/she must get prior permission from DCJS to go through the firearms instructor course, however, they will not be certified as a firearms instructor until they complete IDS.

Covid guidelines:

  • No more than 6 participants will be at each indoor range.  They will stand approximately 30 feet apart facing downrange in the same direction.
  • Participants as well as instructors will wear a mask.

Below is an equipment list of items needed for the Firearms Instructor Course.

You may contact Steve Padin at 716-270-5379 or padins@ecc.edu if there are any questions.

Equipment List for Firearms Instructor Course
Departments/Candidates must supply the following equipment:
  • Department duty weapon, with at least 1500 rounds of jacketed ammunition:
        • Duty weapon will be the model used by the patrol officers of the agency.  If the instructor candidate is assigned to a detective division or is a police administrator who is assigned a "baby Glock", or a SWAT officer assigned a different model, he/she must come to this course with the model that is assigned to the patrol's division.
  • 38 cal. or .357 4 or 6 inch revolver, with 50 Rds. of .38 cal ammunition.
  • Police shotgun, with 20 rounds each of 00 buck and slugs.
  • AR type .223 carbine, with 60 rounds rifle ammunition.
  • 20 Rds. of Dummy ammunition for Duty handgun
  • 50 Rds. 9mm Force-On-Force non-marking cartridges, 50 rds. Blank cartridges - available thru polieammo.com or AmChar 585-328-3951*
  • Flashlight, whistle and stopwatch (NOT cell phone stopwatch) 
  • Body armor
  • Duty belt and holster / 4 magazines / magazine pouches / eye & ear protection**
  • Baseball cap (optional but recommended)
  • Personal/appropriate cleaning kit for handgun
  • Writing material for notes, a flash drive for your presentations

* Force-On-Force is a better and less expensive performing marking cartridge than the Fx (Simmunition) cartridges most of us have been using.  AmChar will try to tell you that you have to get Fx from them because of state contracts.  No so.

** Ear protection must be muff type; electronic ones are recommenede but not required.  you can use plug type ear protection but only as extra protection inside of the muff, not as sole protection.