CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

FOCUS™ Vehicle Fighting Tactics

Instructor: Al Bello

September 24-25, 2026

 8am – 4pm

 Class will meet at: Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office Range, 21302 Illinois Route 9, Tremont IL

Enrollment Deadline: September 17, 2026

Course Size: Max 16

Course Objective

One With The Gun® – Vehicle Fighting Tactics is a 16-hour, two-day, live-fire tactical firearms course built specifically for sworn law enforcement personnel. The course blends classroom discussion, dry rehearsal, demonstration, and live-fire practical exercises to teach officers how to think, move, communicate, and fight effectively in and around vehicles. Students will learn the ballistic realities of common vehicle components, the tactical strengths and limitations of vehicles as cover, the mechanics of firing from inside a vehicle, and the methods by which two-officer teams can survive and respond to an ambush initiated while they remain seated inside the car.

The course is also built to satisfy practical Illinois mandate alignment where vehicle tactics, high-risk traffic stop considerations, cover, concealment, time, use-of-force law, and de-escalation principles intersect. Students will work through both individual and partner-based problems involving in-car engagement, exit-to-cover problems, pillar-based defensive shooting, external vehicle fighting positions, communication under ambush, and post-engagement tactical organization. The overall objective is to produce officers who are more survivable, more deliberate, and more tactically competent when forced to fight in and around vehicles.

*Students must be physically capable of elevating their heart rates safely and without medical concern.

*Students MUST be of average physical fitness or higher. (POWER test standard)

*Students MUST either be certified firearms instructors or have at least 2 shooting courses in their training history within the last 18 months.

*Students MUST bring 600 rds of PISTOL ammunition for the weapon they will shoot.

*Students MUST bring 200 rds of RIFLE ammunition for the weapon they will shoot.

*NO SCAR OR AK Variant Weapons are permitted. Only M4/M16 duty rifle platforms are

allowed.

*Students MUST have an appropriate holster for their weapon/optic/light combo.

*Students MUST bring their duty belts.

*Students MUST bring their vests.

*Students MUST bring eye and ear protection.

*Students MUST bring 20 “dummy” training rounds for their weapon.

*Students MUST bring at least 3 training magazines for their weapon. 5 is preferred.

*Students MUST have an optic mounted on their handguns prior to arriving to class.

*Students MUST have their optic zeroed prior to arriving to class.

*Students should bring a knee pad.

*Student should bring a baseball hat.

*Student should dress for the weather if the range is outdoor.

Course Goals

The goals of this course are to:

1. Develop officer competence in surviving and responding to deadly-force encounters initiated in and around vehicles.
2. Improve student understanding of the ballistic and structural realities of vehicles, including which portions of the vehicle offer better protection and which do not.
3. Train students to shoot safely and effectively from within a vehicle and during rapid transition from inside the vehicle to exterior positions of advantage.
4. Strengthen two-officer team communication and coordinated response to a vehicle ambush while still seated or while exiting under threat.
5. Improve the student’s ability to use vehicle pillars, wheels, engine compartment areas, and external geometry more intelligently during defensive engagement.
6. Reinforce the lawful, proportional, and tactically sound application of force during vehicle-based encounters, including post-stop and occupant-related legal considerations.
7. Enhance officer survivability through better use of cover, concealment, movement, communication, and discipline in one of the most compressed and dangerous tactical environments in policing.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Constitutional Use of LE Authority 1.50 hours; High Risk Traffic Stops 6.50 hours with 4 hours Scenario Based; Officer Safety Techniques 5.50 hours with 4 hours Scenior Based

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

FOCUS™ Vehicle Fighting Tactics

Instructor: Al Bello

September 24-25, 2026

 8am – 4pm

 Class will meet at: Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office Range, 21302 Illinois Route 9, Tremont IL

Enrollment Deadline: September 17, 2026

Course Size: Max 16

Course Objective

One With The Gun® – Vehicle Fighting Tactics is a 16-hour, two-day, live-fire tactical firearms course built specifically for sworn law enforcement personnel. The course blends classroom discussion, dry rehearsal, demonstration, and live-fire practical exercises to teach officers how to think, move, communicate, and fight effectively in and around vehicles. Students will learn the ballistic realities of common vehicle components, the tactical strengths and limitations of vehicles as cover, the mechanics of firing from inside a vehicle, and the methods by which two-officer teams can survive and respond to an ambush initiated while they remain seated inside the car.

The course is also built to satisfy practical Illinois mandate alignment where vehicle tactics, high-risk traffic stop considerations, cover, concealment, time, use-of-force law, and de-escalation principles intersect. Students will work through both individual and partner-based problems involving in-car engagement, exit-to-cover problems, pillar-based defensive shooting, external vehicle fighting positions, communication under ambush, and post-engagement tactical organization. The overall objective is to produce officers who are more survivable, more deliberate, and more tactically competent when forced to fight in and around vehicles.

*Students must be physically capable of elevating their heart rates safely and without medical concern.

*Students MUST be of average physical fitness or higher. (POWER test standard)

*Students MUST either be certified firearms instructors or have at least 2 shooting courses in their training history within the last 18 months.

*Students MUST bring 600 rds of PISTOL ammunition for the weapon they will shoot.

*Students MUST bring 200 rds of RIFLE ammunition for the weapon they will shoot.

*NO SCAR OR AK Variant Weapons are permitted. Only M4/M16 duty rifle platforms are

allowed.

*Students MUST have an appropriate holster for their weapon/optic/light combo.

*Students MUST bring their duty belts.

*Students MUST bring their vests.

*Students MUST bring eye and ear protection.

*Students MUST bring 20 “dummy” training rounds for their weapon.

*Students MUST bring at least 3 training magazines for their weapon. 5 is preferred.

*Students MUST have an optic mounted on their handguns prior to arriving to class.

*Students MUST have their optic zeroed prior to arriving to class.

*Students should bring a knee pad.

*Student should bring a baseball hat.

*Student should dress for the weather if the range is outdoor.

Course Goals

The goals of this course are to:

1. Develop officer competence in surviving and responding to deadly-force encounters initiated in and around vehicles.
2. Improve student understanding of the ballistic and structural realities of vehicles, including which portions of the vehicle offer better protection and which do not.
3. Train students to shoot safely and effectively from within a vehicle and during rapid transition from inside the vehicle to exterior positions of advantage.
4. Strengthen two-officer team communication and coordinated response to a vehicle ambush while still seated or while exiting under threat.
5. Improve the student’s ability to use vehicle pillars, wheels, engine compartment areas, and external geometry more intelligently during defensive engagement.
6. Reinforce the lawful, proportional, and tactically sound application of force during vehicle-based encounters, including post-stop and occupant-related legal considerations.
7. Enhance officer survivability through better use of cover, concealment, movement, communication, and discipline in one of the most compressed and dangerous tactical environments in policing.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Constitutional Use of LE Authority 1.50 hours; High Risk Traffic Stops 6.50 hours with 4 hours Scenario Based; Officer Safety Techniques 5.50 hours with 4 hours Scenior Based

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi:ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Juvenile Specialist Skills/Juvenile Officer Course

Instructor: Brian Galske, Danielle Butts, and Catherine Hundley

Class full for waitlist email: hgrove@icc.edu

September 28-October 1, 2026

8am – 5pm

 Class will meet at: Peru PD, 2650 Peoria Street, Peru, IL 

Enrollment Deadline:  September 21, 2026

Course Size:  Minimum 15 – Maximum – 25

Bring a charged laptop all handouts will be provided on thumb drive

Course Objective

This four-day, 32-hour program has been designed by expert practitioners from the fields of juvenile law, social work, and law enforcement to assist recently assigned juvenile officers in the legal, moral, and social issues that they will encounter in their positions as juvenile specialists. Public Act 88-7 requires “Juvenile Officers” to complete a course as prescribed by the Board. This course meets that requirement.

Course Overview:

The focus of this course is primarily to provide police officers with the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to perform their duties as juvenile officers. In this unique role, juvenile officers not only enforce laws, but also respond compassionately and effectively to family problems. They serve as protectors of society by investigating criminal acts for findings of delinquency and as supporters of youths by helping them to grow out of adolescence without experiencing the stigma of police involvement.

Specific topics to be addressed in this program include the following:

• The role and responsibility of the Juvenile Officer
• Gaining perspectives on the assignment
• Child development
• Child psychology
• Communicating with adolescents and parents
• Adolescents and electronic influences
• Intervention and prevention strategies
• Article I of the Juvenile Court Act: General provisions
• Article II of the Juvenile Court Act: Abused, neglected, and dependent minors
• Article III of the Juvenile Court Act: Minors requiring authoritative intervention
• Article IV of the Juvenile Court Act: Addicted Minors
• Article V of the Juvenile Court Act: Delinquent minors
• Psychodynamics of child abuse
• The role of law enforcement and social services
• Protective custody • Investigative techniques
• Preparing child abuse cases for court
• Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation investigations

Course Goals:

The goals of this course are to make officers particularly aware of the demographics of the burgeoning youth population, which is becoming increasingly more vulnerable to gang recruitment, violent crime, sexual exploitation, alcohol, and drug abuse, and carrying weapons. Officers will become uniquely aware of these problems and the needs facing the children, adolescents, young adults, and parents that they will be serving in their capacity as juvenile officers. Throughout the program, participation in supportive networks such as Juvenile Officer Associations, Gang Task Forces, and high school liaison programs will be discussed and encouraged.

Mobile In-Service Training Team # 7 Illinois Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU #7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria:  Civil Rights 2 hours; Const. Use of LE Authority 4 hours, Human Rights 3 hours; Legal Updates 9 hours; Procedural Justice 5 hours, Crisis Intervention 1 hours, Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect 3 hours, Specialized Training, Juvenile Law 10 hours, Officer & Youth Interactions 16 hours and Lead Homicide Investigator 32 hours.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Supervising Patrol Critical Incidents

Instructor: Graham Smith, NTOA

Class Full for waitlist email: hgrove@icc.edu

September 29-30, 2026

 8am – 5pm

 Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar P101, Peoria

Enrollment Deadline: September 22, 2026

Course Size:  Minimum –15 Maximum – 35

Course Objective

This course is designed to provide patrol supervisors with the information and tools needed to manage a critical incident prior to the arrival of SWAT. Understanding the methodology used in managing a dynamic tactical problem, and the 4 primary types of critical incidents involving an adversary will give the patrol supervisor the tools needed to succeed during these events.

Instructional Goals

Upon completion of this course the attendee will be familiar with:

1. The Characteristics of a crisis
2. Basic law enforcement strategy
3. Primary mistakes made during large-scale critical incidents
4. Managing a dynamic tactical problem methodology
5. The basic strategy for managing chaos
6. The “Big 4” – hostage situations, barricaded suspects, active shooters and apprehending fleeing felons
7. Lessons Learned from case studies

About the Instructor

Graham Smith has been with the Irving, TX Police Department since 1990. He worked patrol and in the Gang Unit. In 2001 Graham transferred to the full-time SWAT Team, where he served in various roles, including Team Leader. His current assignment is as an Academy Instructor, and he continues to serve as a Team Leader on SWAT. Graham serves as President on the executive board for the Texas Tactical Officers Association (TTPOA). Graham instructs Tactical Rifle Instructor, Urban Tactical Rifle Instructor, AR-15 & M-16 Colt Armorer, Explosive Breacher, Firearms Instructor, and Active Shooter. Graham teaches the Supervising Patrol Critical Incidents course for the NTOA. Graham earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice in 2020 from Texas A&M University-Commerce and is currently working on a Master of Business in Terrorism & Homeland Security.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Const. Use of LE Authority 1hours; Procedural Justice 6.50 hours; De-Escalation Techniques 2 hours; and Officer Safety Techniques 4.50 hours.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi:ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Juvenile Specialist Skills/Juvenile Officer Course

Instructor: Brian Galske, Danielle Butts, and Catherine Hundley

Class full for waitlist email: hgrove@icc.edu

September 28-October 1, 2026

8am – 5pm

 Class will meet at: Peru PD, 2650 Peoria Street, Peru, IL 

Enrollment Deadline:  September 21, 2026

Course Size:  Minimum 15 – Maximum – 25

Bring a charged laptop all handouts will be provided on thumb drive

Course Objective

This four-day, 32-hour program has been designed by expert practitioners from the fields of juvenile law, social work, and law enforcement to assist recently assigned juvenile officers in the legal, moral, and social issues that they will encounter in their positions as juvenile specialists. Public Act 88-7 requires “Juvenile Officers” to complete a course as prescribed by the Board. This course meets that requirement.

Course Overview:

The focus of this course is primarily to provide police officers with the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to perform their duties as juvenile officers. In this unique role, juvenile officers not only enforce laws, but also respond compassionately and effectively to family problems. They serve as protectors of society by investigating criminal acts for findings of delinquency and as supporters of youths by helping them to grow out of adolescence without experiencing the stigma of police involvement.

Specific topics to be addressed in this program include the following:

• The role and responsibility of the Juvenile Officer
• Gaining perspectives on the assignment
• Child development
• Child psychology
• Communicating with adolescents and parents
• Adolescents and electronic influences
• Intervention and prevention strategies
• Article I of the Juvenile Court Act: General provisions
• Article II of the Juvenile Court Act: Abused, neglected, and dependent minors
• Article III of the Juvenile Court Act: Minors requiring authoritative intervention
• Article IV of the Juvenile Court Act: Addicted Minors
• Article V of the Juvenile Court Act: Delinquent minors
• Psychodynamics of child abuse
• The role of law enforcement and social services
• Protective custody • Investigative techniques
• Preparing child abuse cases for court
• Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation investigations

Course Goals:

The goals of this course are to make officers particularly aware of the demographics of the burgeoning youth population, which is becoming increasingly more vulnerable to gang recruitment, violent crime, sexual exploitation, alcohol, and drug abuse, and carrying weapons. Officers will become uniquely aware of these problems and the needs facing the children, adolescents, young adults, and parents that they will be serving in their capacity as juvenile officers. Throughout the program, participation in supportive networks such as Juvenile Officer Associations, Gang Task Forces, and high school liaison programs will be discussed and encouraged.

Mobile In-Service Training Team # 7 Illinois Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU #7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria:  Civil Rights 2 hours; Const. Use of LE Authority 4 hours, Human Rights 3 hours; Legal Updates 9 hours; Procedural Justice 5 hours, Crisis Intervention 1 hours, Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect 3 hours, Specialized Training, Juvenile Law 10 hours, Officer & Youth Interactions 16 hours and Lead Homicide Investigator 32 hours.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Supervising Patrol Critical Incidents

Instructor: Graham Smith, NTOA

Class Full for waitlist email: hgrove@icc.edu

September 29-30, 2026

 8am – 5pm

 Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar P101, Peoria

Enrollment Deadline: September 22, 2026

Course Size:  Minimum –15 Maximum – 35

Course Objective

This course is designed to provide patrol supervisors with the information and tools needed to manage a critical incident prior to the arrival of SWAT. Understanding the methodology used in managing a dynamic tactical problem, and the 4 primary types of critical incidents involving an adversary will give the patrol supervisor the tools needed to succeed during these events.

Instructional Goals

Upon completion of this course the attendee will be familiar with:

1. The Characteristics of a crisis
2. Basic law enforcement strategy
3. Primary mistakes made during large-scale critical incidents
4. Managing a dynamic tactical problem methodology
5. The basic strategy for managing chaos
6. The “Big 4” – hostage situations, barricaded suspects, active shooters and apprehending fleeing felons
7. Lessons Learned from case studies

About the Instructor

Graham Smith has been with the Irving, TX Police Department since 1990. He worked patrol and in the Gang Unit. In 2001 Graham transferred to the full-time SWAT Team, where he served in various roles, including Team Leader. His current assignment is as an Academy Instructor, and he continues to serve as a Team Leader on SWAT. Graham serves as President on the executive board for the Texas Tactical Officers Association (TTPOA). Graham instructs Tactical Rifle Instructor, Urban Tactical Rifle Instructor, AR-15 & M-16 Colt Armorer, Explosive Breacher, Firearms Instructor, and Active Shooter. Graham teaches the Supervising Patrol Critical Incidents course for the NTOA. Graham earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice in 2020 from Texas A&M University-Commerce and is currently working on a Master of Business in Terrorism & Homeland Security.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Const. Use of LE Authority 1hours; Procedural Justice 6.50 hours; De-Escalation Techniques 2 hours; and Officer Safety Techniques 4.50 hours.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi:ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Juvenile Specialist Skills/Juvenile Officer Course

Instructor: Brian Galske, Danielle Butts, and Catherine Hundley

Class full for waitlist email: hgrove@icc.edu

September 28-October 1, 2026

8am – 5pm

 Class will meet at: Peru PD, 2650 Peoria Street, Peru, IL 

Enrollment Deadline:  September 21, 2026

Course Size:  Minimum 15 – Maximum – 25

Bring a charged laptop all handouts will be provided on thumb drive

Course Objective

This four-day, 32-hour program has been designed by expert practitioners from the fields of juvenile law, social work, and law enforcement to assist recently assigned juvenile officers in the legal, moral, and social issues that they will encounter in their positions as juvenile specialists. Public Act 88-7 requires “Juvenile Officers” to complete a course as prescribed by the Board. This course meets that requirement.

Course Overview:

The focus of this course is primarily to provide police officers with the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to perform their duties as juvenile officers. In this unique role, juvenile officers not only enforce laws, but also respond compassionately and effectively to family problems. They serve as protectors of society by investigating criminal acts for findings of delinquency and as supporters of youths by helping them to grow out of adolescence without experiencing the stigma of police involvement.

Specific topics to be addressed in this program include the following:

• The role and responsibility of the Juvenile Officer
• Gaining perspectives on the assignment
• Child development
• Child psychology
• Communicating with adolescents and parents
• Adolescents and electronic influences
• Intervention and prevention strategies
• Article I of the Juvenile Court Act: General provisions
• Article II of the Juvenile Court Act: Abused, neglected, and dependent minors
• Article III of the Juvenile Court Act: Minors requiring authoritative intervention
• Article IV of the Juvenile Court Act: Addicted Minors
• Article V of the Juvenile Court Act: Delinquent minors
• Psychodynamics of child abuse
• The role of law enforcement and social services
• Protective custody • Investigative techniques
• Preparing child abuse cases for court
• Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation investigations

Course Goals:

The goals of this course are to make officers particularly aware of the demographics of the burgeoning youth population, which is becoming increasingly more vulnerable to gang recruitment, violent crime, sexual exploitation, alcohol, and drug abuse, and carrying weapons. Officers will become uniquely aware of these problems and the needs facing the children, adolescents, young adults, and parents that they will be serving in their capacity as juvenile officers. Throughout the program, participation in supportive networks such as Juvenile Officer Associations, Gang Task Forces, and high school liaison programs will be discussed and encouraged.

Mobile In-Service Training Team # 7 Illinois Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU #7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria:  Civil Rights 2 hours; Const. Use of LE Authority 4 hours, Human Rights 3 hours; Legal Updates 9 hours; Procedural Justice 5 hours, Crisis Intervention 1 hours, Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect 3 hours, Specialized Training, Juvenile Law 10 hours, Officer & Youth Interactions 16 hours and Lead Homicide Investigator 32 hours.