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WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL
(MTU 9)
303 West Exchange Street, PO Box 6
Jerseyville, IL 62052
Phone: 618.498.5611
Fax: 618.498.2264
Email: training@gtec.com
Director: Eric Pingolt
Chairman: Sheriff Don Schieferdecker
Vice-Chairman: Sheriff Don Albrecht
Website: www.mtu9.org
Funded in Partnership with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board
(Serving the Counties of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler and Scott)
OCTOBER 15, 2014
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
West Central IL Criminal Justice Council – MTU 9 Office
303 West Exchange
Jerseyville, IL
About the Instructor
Derrick Bartlett is a twenty-eight year veteran of law enforcement. In Illinois, he spent eight years on SWAT,
both as an entry operator and sniper. As a member of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, he served as a
SWAT/Sniper for over sixteen years, and was responsible for team training.
He is state-certified instructor in firearms and SWAT-related fields. As Director of Snipercraft, Inc., he has
provided instruction for snipers and supervisors for nearly one thousand law enforcement agencies throughout
the US and Canada. He is the author of the books, Snipercraft: The Art of the Police Sniper, Riding the Recoil and
Staring at the Crosshairs, and is a contributing author to the training manual, Police Sniper Training and Operations.
Derrick is the creator and primary instructor of Tactical Vision, an observation skills course for police officers
and tactical personnel. This program is the next progressive step in officer safety training.
About the Course
In lethal confrontations, including domestic or international terrorist acts, an officer’s ability to see and
accurately process visual input in high speed will define that thin line between life and death, between
apprehending dangerous criminals and failure. It is the first step, and the most important step, in the OODA loop
decision-making process: An officer must Observe the threat, Orient to its circumstance, Decide upon an
appropriate response, then Act on that decision. If an officer cannot observe a threat efficiently and accurately,
before it happens, he will be forced to react to the assailant, potentially in a lethal encounter.
Vision is passive. Without paying attention, an individual may see an object without perceiving and
recognizing the object. It’s the brain’s way of filtering the massive amount of stimulus from its senses, received at
any given moment. Without this ability, an individual will experience sensory overload. When the brain selectively
ignores a critical set of stimuli, it’s called perceptual blindness.
This workshop will immerse police officers in concepts and exercises designed to make them better “trained
observers.” It offers an awareness of perceptual blindness and a set of drills, including flash recognition drills that
will teach offices to guard against this blindness and observe the necessary stimuli to maintain officer safety.
Learning Objectives
♦ Make officers aware of the scope of the problem of Perceptual Blindness, and how it affects their
performance and safety.
♦ Teach officers the mechanics of vision.
♦ Introduce officers to the various components of Perceptual Blindness.
♦ Teach officers how to recognize the limitations of their vision, and give them the training tools to overcome
the problem.
♦ Teach officers how to integrate their new visual skills into daily activities like investigations, handling
service calls and driving, both routine and pursuit.
To Register: Email registration to register@mtu9.org. You may also visit our website at www.mtu9.org and go to the ‘Forms’ tab,
complete the form and submit; or call 618-498-5611 to register by phone. All registrations must go through your Sheriff, Chief, or
Training Officer.
This project is supported by Homeland Security Funds awarded by the Illinois Terrorism Task Force through the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive Institute
MTU 9’s request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board