“This is excellent training that provides SWAT Teams the knowledge to execute complex tasks at an elevated level higher than they ordinarily start with. I would definitely recommend this as a must have training. Dennis O'Connor's approach to HRT (Hostage Rescue Theory) and the tactics behind it is second to none. These concepts have greatly improved the quality of our team. " ~ Daniel Walczak; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type 2 SWAT
"Had little training with active shooter incidents prior to this training. I came away from this training with the confidence to be able to handle an active shooter incident. I thought the training and Instructors were Great. Instructors were truly concerned that we were learning what they were teaching." ~ William Rowell; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"During the entire course it was very clear that we were receiving instruction from experienced instructors who are enthusiastic about SWAT. Anything asked was fully explained and /or demonstrated. The lead instructor, Dennis O'Conner, was extremely knowledgeable and represented your company as a true professional." ~ Matthew A Taggard; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Basic SWAT
“I thought that all the instructors were excellent and displayed upmost professionalism when it came to business. All information taught to us was done at a pace that all personnel would follow no matter what level or how experienced. " ~ Chris Ginnane; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type 2 SWAT
"Excellent course! I would encourage every partol officer and SRO to attend. This is a fast pace course and you learn a lot about yourself and how you lose critical skills in stressful situations!" ~ Jennifer Pratt; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
“Dynamic Entry -- The concept / theory which GTI presented to our team was great! " ~ James E Kelley; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type 2 SWAT
"This class was one of the best classes I have taken in 17 years as a police officers. I feel my survivability in a gun battle has increased substainally. I thank all instructors." ~ Chris Bates; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"All 3 instructors were well prepared and ready to work with us. We put in long days and they never quit. All had lots of info to pass on (real experience) one of the best schools I'be been to in 28 years." ~ Joseph Steyer; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Basic SWAT
"Coming from a Swat Team, I learned different (good) tactics on clearing rooms with minimul numbers." ~ AJ Knight; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"Good mixture of personalities. Best of all, all material was backed up, teaching from experience, instead of book, skills learned in last 6 days are better than last 2 years of team training." ~ Craig Miller; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Basic SWAT
"Had a great experience and have learned a lot in the corse of 3 days. Every instructor was awesome in their input and experiences they have shared with us! Will definitely take future classes" ~ Chris Doveas; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"I have been to many training schools while serving in the Marine Corps. Without hesitation I would rate this school towards the top. The instructors are subject matter experts in the skills they teach and they do so with passion and interest. They are patient and provide useful constructive critiquing when needed. Excellent on all grounds!" ~ Joseph W. Sciutto Jr.; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Basic SWAT
"Excellent course – The extensive experience of the instructors enhanced what was already a solid foundation course. I will definitely recommend that we send future operators to GTI." ~ Nick Morrison; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Basic SWAT
"I am a SWAT operator and am familiar with GTI's tactics. I am truly impressed with your company. Once I saw this course was taught by GTI I immediately enrolled myself and coworker. Some of the best training I've attended has been from GTI. All the instructors I've been taught by (from GTI) are "TOP NOTCH"" ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"This was absolutely the best training I have ever attended. The instructors were extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter. Unlike most training courses, the instructors were all from real world applications of the material. The GTI instructors were all very professional and made the course as fun as it was informative. The instructors of GTI are truly the ‘real deal’. This was a no BS, nut and bolts course that gets right to the nitty gritty at CQB. I would recommend this course to all SWAT members." ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"This is a great curse that should be attended by every police officer. I will be advising my training department to send all SWAT and Patrol Officers in my department. Great topic, course and instructor. Thank You" ~ Augie Rocha; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"In my 8yrs. in the Army as high-speed infantry w/ one deployment to Iraq, this is the best training I’ve ever had for CQB, and I’ve had some good prior training. This training outweighs all prior. Too bad it’s only a week long!" ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Basic SWAT
"I feel the CQB portion of this course will have the most effect on how I conduct future SWAT operations. I feel that I mentally understand “processing” and “clearing my corner” and will utilize these skills throughout my career. I also enjoyed the rappelling and fast roping week; I feel that I now have the skills and mental toughness to do these in a real mission." ~ Keith D. Thrower; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type I SWAT
"Great program - changed my whole outlook on CQB. I feel we are a safer team due to this training and are able to handle a broader variety of missions. I feel it was a great team building course & it improved our confidence in one another. I never knew our team was as capable as you showed us we could be! I would like to continue to learn from you guys or at least to be able to contact you with any questions on further training. Bottom line is it sucks that the class is over. I loved it and wish I could do this full time. " ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"I feel this course has helped me as well as the Layton city SWAT team function on a more tactical way that is safer, simpler, and in a way to get the job done. This course has taught us how important it is to be aware of your surroundings (tactical), to have the element of speed, and the ability to be able to communicate with each other in different ways. I am grateful for the opportunity I had to attend this course." ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"This course is very intense and a very good training for patrol and I think it will save a lot of lives." ~ Michael Wilson; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"Hopefully when I get back to my department we will change our method of entries and training to mirror what we've done in the past 15 days. This was not a course where you just had to show up. It was a huge accomplishment to complete this class. All of the instructors were extremely knowledgeable and interesting. This class by far was the most informative and fun class I have attended. I learned more tactics and fundamentals over the last 15 days that will make me safer on our team and on the road. THANK YOU!" ~ Andrew Hudak; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"As a fairly new member on our team I found the entire course effective. There was a great atmosphere for learning and helped form a mindset of not only being police officers but also ‘gun fighters’ which in all actuality is what we are within our departments. Being at a location away from our departments allowed for time to focus. Although the days were long, much different than other LE training which usually is cut short because they are ‘long days’ the time was used to benefit our learning experience. This is a great location for training and I am disappointed that we will be missing SWAT I & II. Great school!" ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"The instructor was very knowledgeable in the material that was covered. The live fire exercises helped improve my response and accuracy while presented with minor stressors. The AS drills that were conducted allowed me to think on my feet with the use of my classmates. When mistakes were made the instructor took the time to explain what happened and why; he also explained better ways to accomplish that objective. This is possibly the best training that I have received, with by far the best instructor; top notch training. Thank you." ~ Joseph Peavy; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"The knowledge that you all have as instructors is incredible. You have no problems sharing any of it either which has made this class so successful. Only having 2 years as /on SWAT has made my learning easy, however, even for the guys that have 10+ years on SWAT, it looked easy for them to learn. No bitching/gripping from anyone made this course again incredible. Thanks a lot!!" ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"Excellent course, I would recommend to all patrol personnel. Great use of hands on training and scenarios; I benefit more when I can apply what I have been taught." ~ Kevin Graham; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"This is the best course regarding SWAT theories, tactics, shooting, etc. I have ever attended in 5-1/2 years at SWAT training and 10 years in law enforcement. Keep up the good work." ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"This is an excellent course and I would highly recommend it to anyone. All employees were professional and Mr. Peterson was a very good instructor. I will come back for additional HRST training and breaching / CQB." ~ SSgt. Melissa Aubrey; Military ~ Training Course; Custom Rappel and Fast Rope
"Hands down the best SWAT training I have had. Everything was explained well and the hands on only added to the experience. Great class highly recommended." ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Custom SWAT
"Great class and I have already recommended to my supervisor that each SWAT agent must attend. A must for new and older SWAT agents." ~ Chip Steppe; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type I SWAT
"The knowledge and skill level of this staff is the best that I have had the pleasure of meeting in my 17 years in law enforcement and 11 years as a SWAT operator. These techniques are definitely the way my team will go and I will try to get our operators a ‘refresher’ course within 1-2 years. Everyone here goes out of their way to do whatever it takes to get the job done." ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"This was a great course for myself and opened my eyes to a lot of things. It also showed me that I have to be mentally and physically fit to perform any my best. This is the best course of instruction that I have ever received." ~ Jonathan M. Williams; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type I SWAT
"Great course! I wish we could stay for 8 weeks. The CQB blocks are immensely valuable! You can really tell that the whole staff here is really serious about improving SWAT teams across America. Good job guys, thanks a bunch!" ~ GTI Student; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Type III SWAT
"A very well put together course. As an active ERT member, I feel the tactics that were discussed and used can be put into action over a multitude of scenarios and with several mixed agencies." ~ Stephen C. Schaffer; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
"All I can say is WOW! I have learned more in the past week about CQB than in 4 years of the Marines. Awesome Course." ~ Patrick Schmucker; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; DHS Basic SWAT
"I felt that this was an excellent course for any police officer. The drills that were taught should be implemented into every academy across the country. The information learned in this class will not only save police officer’s lives but the lives of civilians, suspects and hostages." ~ Matthew McNichol; Law Enforcement Officer ~ Training Course; Immediate Action Teams (Active Shooter)
