I haven’t written a new Tactical Training Scenario post in quite a while. I missed providing quality analysis of real-life criminal attacks and giving you folks good advice about how best to avoid or survive those attacks. The idea of this series of posts (see Tactical Training Scenarios links to other similar articles) is to […]
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Your Tactical Training Scenario…Position of Disadvantage
You are walking home from the grocery store and carrying several bags of food. Two men are walking behind you and yell out to you: “Hey Johnny!” You turn and tell them your name isn’t “Johnny” and that they have mistaken you for someone else. They apologize and you continue walking home. […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Pharmacy Dangers
Written by Greg Ellifritz Retail pharmacies are dangerous places. While commercial robberies have decreased (likely due to Covid) in the most recent studies, we saw almost 900 pharmacy robberies each year in the United States. As the effects of Covid decline, experts predict that these robberies will increase again. Pharmacies are […]
Using Blanks in Scenario Training
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Most of you have likely heard about actor Alec Baldwin’s negligent discharge of a “prop” pistol on a movies set last week. Someone’s failure to distinguish between blanks and live ammunition led to the tragedy of two people being shot, one of whom died. ‘Why was I handed a […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Haunted Forest Shooting
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Halloween is right around the corner. ‘Tis the season for scary houses and “haunted forests.” Have you ever thought about what you would do in one of these “haunted” houses or forests if real life gunplay starts to occur? Consider the following scenario: You are waiting in line to enter […]
Notes on Last Weekend’s Revolver/Shotgun Training Classes
Last weekend I taught shotgun and revolver classes at the excellent Condition Red Response facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. If anyone is in the nearby area, taking a class from these folks is a great idea. Quite a few of the CRR instructors took both classes on their own time. It’s a quality organization with […]
Tactical Training Scenario- Crazy Man in the Park
Written by: Greg Ellifritz A few weeks ago I saw this particular news article and thought that the event it described would be worthy of discussion. Read the link below. Man Fatally Shot By Armed Citizen After Harassing And Attacking Others At Outdoor Park For the sake of argument, let’s state the […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Pistol as Impact Weapon
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Have you ever considered using your handgun as an impact weapon? Before you do, you may want to think about a few things. Take a look at this article. A cop used his pistol to break a car window and accidentally cranked off a round. Don’t think that […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Attacked on a Bicycle
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I was on my favorite bike path last week when I noticed that there was an incredible increase in the number of cyclists as compared to the times before Covid-19. Even though the trail is very wide, at times there were traffic jams as bicyclists filled every foot of the […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario…Attacked on the Bus
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Read the story below. Imagine what you would do if you were riding the same bus. Would you have intervened? Detroit Bus Rider Killed Protecting Fellow Passengers An aggressive (and likely mentally ill) man is threatening a young couple who are clearly terrified. You don’t know either the […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Road Rage
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I don’t know the back story for this video other than what the man filming the incident wrote. That may or may not be correct, but here is his description of what happened: “Yesterday I jumped out of my car to kick a lead pipe away from two […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- “I’m going to kill anyone who breaks into my house”
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Read the first article on this page. Imagine a similar scenario. You hear noises in your house at night. Upon investigation, you find a man you don’t know sleeping on your couch. What do you do? The homeowner in this story shot the intruder. No doubt many of […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Bank Robbery Gone Wrong.
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Watch the video of this takeover-style robbery of a bank in Brazil. It’s odd enough that it merits some discussion because the same type of events can also occur here. Take a look at the surveillance video below before I detail some discussion points. The video, along with a […]
Tactical Training Scenario- “They’re Putting On Ski Masks”
Written by Greg Ellifritz I once responded to a very unique call in my cop job. The details might generate some critical thinking on the part of my readers. A woman and her infant child were parked outside a small electronics store on a busy thoroughfare in the suburban city where I work. […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario…robbed with an airsoft gun
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Imagine a scenario when you and your spouse were walking down the street at night. A man approaches, draws a pistol and announces a robbery. You notice that the pistol has a red tip and you believe the gun isn’t real. You think it is an airsoft gun (spring or […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario: A Pistol Whipping and Gun Disarm
Written by Greg Ellifritz You are out for a walk at night. You have your CCW pistol concealed under your shirt. You are set upon by two robbers, one of whom is armed with a pistol. He uses that pistol to smash you in the head and then orders you to the ground. What […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Carjacking and Denial
Written by Greg Ellifritz Place yourself in Carolyn Meadows’ shoes. It’s mid day and you are leaving a large grocery store. You get into your car and start to back out of the parking space only to be startled by a shirtless man yelling and banging on the rear of your car. The […]
Tactical Training Scenario- Fire as a Weapon
Written by: Greg Ellifritz In a world filled with rioters armed with Molotov cocktails and commercial fireworks, we have to consider fire as a weapon used against us. I’ve given advice to police officers facing flammable liquids. I’ve also written about dealing with thrown Molotov cocktails. Today’s installment will take a look at a […]
Tactical Training Scenario- Daytime Rape at a NYC Subway Station
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Imagine you are standing on a subway platform in a big city anywhere in the world. A 25-year old woman is standing nearby waiting for the train to arrive. Suddenly, a man approaches the woman, throws her to the ground, and attempts to rape her. Lots of folks are watching. […]
Your Tactical Training Scenario…Do You Have a Light?
You are walking down the street when you are approached by a man. He asks you if you have a lighter. How would you respond? A Baltimore man was recently confronted with that same scenario. When he reached into has pocket to grab his lighter to help the man out, the suspect […]