PPCT Threat Pattern Recognition Use of Force Course - *Accredited*
(Canadian Version)

The Town of Rocky Mountain House and Clearwater County will be hosting the 3 -day PPCT TPR In-Service Course from April 7-9, 2025. If your PPCT TPR certificate has expired you will need to take the 3-day In-Service Course. If you only need to re-certify and your current PPCT TPR certificate is still within its 1-year period then you can attend the Recertification on April 8/9th.

Course Outline
The Threat Pattern Recognition Use of Force (TPR UoF) System is the first subject control system developed through tactical, legal, medical and human factor research. Tactically, the system addresses the most common types of officer encounters, allowing the instructor to maximize training on job related techniques. Legally, the system teaches a simple use of force continuum that clarifies the appropriate force level for every level of resistance. Medical research was conducted on every technique to refine technique efficiency and to ensure the medical implications were proportional to the level of resistance.

TPR Methodology
Increasingly, officers are required to act Professionally, Precisely and with Proportionality. This is functionally impossible when the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is activated. TPR UoF training provides a training methodology that allows the officer to respond prior to SNS activation, while improving survivability, precision and appropriate use of force responses. The goal of this course is to enhance the speed of an officer’s recognition and response time by teaching the micro-movement threat indicators. The course focuses on biology-based responses subsequent to time, distance and cover in life and death encounters with armed assailants.

Contents Covered Include:
PPCT Tactical Human Factors
Use of Force and Survival Principles (with Canadian Content)
Tactical Handcuffing
Escort Position and Joint Lock Control
Pressure Point Control Tactics
PPCT Defensive Counterstrikes
PPCT Shoulder Pin Restraint System
PPCT Impact Weapon/Collapsible Baton
PPCT Weapon Retention and Disarming


Canadian Content includes:
Criminal Code of Canada sections relating to Use of Force
Case Studies from Canadian Use of Force Case Law
Canadian National Use of Force Framework and how it relates to the PPCT Control Continuum
Canadian Objective Reasonableness Test

Students will be responsible to obtain an 80% passing mark on the written examination and a passing grade on the Practical Exam.

****Any current Canadian TPR Instructors can attend the first day of this course to receive their training on the Canadian Content in order to teach the new curriculum. All Instructors wishing to teach the accredited course must receive upgrade training on the Canadian Content before they will be approved to deliver the Canadian Content and be able to issue the accredited certificates. For more information on upgrade training please contact us****

To register or for more information, please contact us at safetystartshere@live.com or by phone.

Thank you and Stay Safe

Jamie Erickson
TPR Instructor Trainer
403-334-0784
PPCT Corporate Representative for Canada
618-476-3200