ILETSB-40Hr Mandatory Firearms Training Program

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Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Ends On: Sunday, October 19, 2025
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Instructor Location:
Springfield Police Academy
3501 Water Works Rd
Springfield, IL 62702
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Instructor: Ryan Maddox
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $0
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This training covers the following mandates:
De-escalation Techniques 6.5hrs + 6.5hrs scenario hours
Officer Safety Techniques, Including Cover, Concealment, and Time 2hrs + 1hr scenario hours
Procedural Justice 17 hours
COURSE OVERVIEW: Training time will be devoted to such topics as firearms safety, nomenclature of the pistol and shotgun, range conduct guidelines, malfunctions, fundamentals of shooting both the pistol and shotgun, care and cleaning of weapons, decision making, shotgun orientation, and night firing orientation. Four hours of classroom time will be devoted to the legal responsibility of the use of weapons, particularly the peace officer’s use of force in making an arrest, Illinois Revised Statutes Chapter 38, Sec. 7-5.
Trainees will be required to achieve a score of 70% during two qualification rounds.
Officers will be given one opportunity to pass the MFT written exam and three chances to qualify with their service weapon, if they fail to pass the written exam and/or the qualification, they may have to complete the entire 40-Hour MFT course. Full & Part Time Police Officers successfully completing this course will have complied with Public Acts 70-652 and 84-487 (40 hr. curriculum)
Students Required to Bring:
• Duty handgun - 3 magazines
• Duty belt & all related gear
• Flashlight
• Eye protection - Mandatory!
• Hearing protection
• Cleaning kit for handgun
• Ammunition
Handgun: 650 rounds - Factory new or commercially re-manufactured ONLY!
To Register: Email registration to register@letac.org. You may also fill out and submit our online registration form through the website at www.letac.org or call 217-726-7014 to register by phone (be sure to include all pertinent information). MTU #10 local member department officers will be given registration preference until seven days prior to the date of class. After that date, registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of MTU status. We cannot accept registrations from individual officers. All registrations must go through your Chief, Sheriff, or department training office, even if you are attending class on your own time.

Cancellation: If a class must be canceled for any reason, every effort will be made to do so at least 2 weeks before the class is scheduled to begin. However, there are circumstances where last minute cancellation is out of our control. All officers who have been registered for training will be contacted at the email address given at registration, so please be sure to provide an email address which is checked often