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Dave Young

Director of Specialized Programming

Dave Young is the director of specialized programming for RedMan Training at Northcentral Technical College. He has more than 20 years of combined civilian and military law enforcement and training experience, having served as a certified corrections and law enforcement officer in Florida, and as a gate sentry, patrol officer, watch commander, investigator, and Special Reaction Team leader and commander in the U.S. Marine Corps. Young is recognized as one of the leading defensive tactics instructors specializing in crowd management, chemical munitions, specialty impact munitions, protocol and selection of gear and munitions, ground defense tactics, and water-based defensive tactics. He is a member of the Police Magazine Advisory Board and a technical advisory board member for the Force Science Research Center.

Inside the Badge •by Dave Young•May 9, 2007

How to Mark Your Training Weapons

In the last decade, there has been a significant rise in the number of officers killed in training by live weapons. This is documented in Ken Murray’s book “Training at the Speed of Life.”

Inside the Badge •by Dave Young•May 9, 2007

Striking Shield Drills

There are more than 100 drills a trainer can use to teach officers how to use striking shields. This article will give you some quick examples. It covers such key topics as developing power, enhancement of movement skills, and target placement for strikes.

Articles•by Dave Young•August 1, 2006

How to Evaluate a Training Program

You have many opportunities for training outside of your agency. But how do you tell which classes are suitable for you and whether what you learn in those classes will work on the street?

Articles•by Dave Young•April 1, 2006

Taking the Plunge

Chances are that at some point during your law enforcement career you will work around water. Are you prepared to work around water? Are you trained to stay alive in water, and to fight and prevail in water?

Articles•by Dave Young•January 1, 2006

How to Train with Simulators

Anyone who has ever watched “Star Trek: The Next Generation”—that’s the one with Picard, not Kirk—has probably noticed a special room on the Enterprise called the “Holo-Deck.” The Holo-Deck uses holograms, transporters, replicators, and other unlikely science-fiction technologies to create an immersive virtual reality that can be used by the Enterprise crew for both recreation and ultra-realistic training.

Articles•by Dave Young•November 1, 2005

Special Deliveries

For generations law enforcement has been seeking the perfect round, the so-called “magic bullet.” The ideal police weapon is a munition that could be fired at a distance to temporarily incapacitate a suspect so that he or she could be taken into custody without injury to either the suspect or the arresting officer. It would work every time, and it would be a substitute for deadly force.

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