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
ITOA- Rapid Response and Depolyment Concepts
Instructor: Tim Margis and Paul Peterson
November 14, 2026
8am – 4pm
Class will meet at: LaSalle-Peru Township High School, 514 Chartes Street, LaSalle, IL
Enrollment Deadline: November 7, 2026
Course Size: Minimum –15 Maximum – 20
Course Objective:
This one-day, 8-hour course is designed to provide officers with the skills to perform a solo response to active ongoing life-threatening situations. Students will be taught immediate action tactics in the ITOA format to better prepare them for on duty situations that may require them to make entry into an active threat situation alone.
Course Content:
Immediate action is the swift and immediate deployment of law enforcement resources to a life-threatening active threat situation. These situations require immediate action and the rapid deployment of law enforcement. Failure to act has catastrophic consequences resulting in death and/or great bodily harm to innocent people.
These incidents may also necessitate the immediate and rapid deployment of personnel to contain and prevent the escape of an armed and dangerous offender, or rescue a downed officer and/or civilian. Topics to be addressed include:
- Individual movement
- Individual room clearing tactics
- Use-of-force and safety priorities
- Equipment and identification requirements
- Linking up with other first responders and integration of other personnel and agencies
- Verbal skills
- Deployment and firearms handling
What to bring:
Patrol Ballistic Vest – Concealed or Outerwear
Duty Belt
MTU #7 will provide Sims and Sims ammo, however if you have you Glock 17T/Converted Marking Round Capable Training Pistol, and a Patrol Rifle Drop in Bolt Conversion/Dedicated Marking Round Converted Rifle you can bring that.
Students may wear uniforms if they wish but is not required. Long sleeves of some sort is suggested for the simunitions portion of training.
Full face mask/protective helmets will also be provided. If students wish to wear their own eye protection/mask they made bring it.
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: Emergency Medical Response Training; 6.50 hours De-Escalation Techniques with 6.50 hours Scenario Based and Officer Safety .50 hours with .50 hours Scenario Based.
