Forced Entry Tactical Training is proud to have presented a FREE week of training to 12 agencies throughout the country.  The agencies were selected through the National Tactical Officer’s Association (NTOA) Grant process. 
This training was conducted from August 27 – September 1, 2007.  It included Forced Entry’s standard “Explosive Familiarization Course” and “Tactical Explosive Breacher Course”.   It was held at the Murray Police Department Training Center, with range exercises’ split between Murray Police Departments range and off-site locations that Murray’s SWAT Team was able to secure for destructive training.

The agencies that were represented at this FREE Explosive Breaching Course were:

1. Murray Police Department – UT
2. Weld County Sheriff’s Office – CO
3. New Castle County Police Department – DE
4. Minot Police Department – ND
5. Louisville Metro Police Department – KY
6. Midvale Police Department – UT
7. Warner Robins Police Department – GA
8. El Cajon Police Department – CA
9. Ogden Police Department – UT
10. King County Sheriff’s Office – WA
11. Salt Lake City Police Department – UT
12. St. Joseph Police Department –  MO

Forced Entry would like to take the opportunity to thank several organizations that help us to make this training possible.

1. National Tactical Officer’s Association – For providing us the vehicle (NTOA Grant Program) to get this training out to agencies who are actively trying to increase their capabilities and is sometimes lacking the training budgets. 
2. Murray Police Department  (SWAT Team) – Without the support of the Murray Police Department and the hard work of the men within their SWAT Section, this training would have been dead before it ever started.  His agency opened their facilities and secured fantastic off-site locations to create the most realistic training environment possible.  We at Forced Entry are truly thankful for your dedication and support to this project.
3. Chief Instructor Brad Voyles and Instructor Carlos Acosta – these men donated both their time and services to run this week of training.  They took no compensation and conducted a first rate professional course………as they always do.
4. Omni Explosives – Thanks to Bill Nixon the owner of Omni Explosives for his support of this project.  Bill was generous enough to donate ALL the explosives for the training and also provided non-explosive specialty products that were used for charge construction. 
5. Gryphon Engineering – Thanks to Pete Cornell, the owner of Gryphon Engineering, for his support of this training.  Pete provided us with numerous Entry Frames which were used during this course.  His commercial Entry Frames continue to lead the way for efficient heavy through wall breaching. 
6. Stick-On Tapes – Thanks to Nick Fontana for donating the Breachers Tape used for this week of training.  Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

In closing, Forced Entry Tactical Training is thankful to everyone who helped make this training possible and most thankful that hopefully we increased these agencies tactical response capabilities.  Train hard guys……….we are rooting for your success…..