Vehicle Assaults

Vehicle Assaults Training
Vehicle Assaults Training

Vehicle Assault Operations are the tactical interdiction of suspects traveling by passenger vehicle. They are only an option when a suspect is barricaded inside a vehicle, holding hostages inside a vehicle, or demands a vehicle during hostage negotiations. While generally regarded as a safer option than a dynamic entry into a structure, vehicle assaults carry inherent risks. The confined space of the vehicle’s interior places suspects, unknown individuals, and hostages in close proximity. To dominate this space and subdue the suspect, operators must overcome visual impairments created by the vehicle’s frame and window tinting through a coordinated assault.

GTI’s Vehicle Assault Course equips students with a solid understanding of the tactics, techniques, and procedures used in assaulting passenger vehicles, including sedans, crossovers, SUVs, pickup trucks, and vans. The course combines PowerPoint-based lectures with scenario-driven practical exercises conducted in both Simunition and live-fire training environments. Students will gain hands-on experience and learn the advantages and disadvantages of the three most common vehicle assault techniques: rear assault, column assault, and front assault. Upon completion of the course, students will have mastered the following operational concepts and procedures:

  • The vehicle assaults’ place within SWAT tactical options for crisis resolution.
  • Team organization.
  • Controlling crisis site space—the vehicle and its surrounding environment.
  • Employment of Tactical Marksmen.
  • Anticipating and mitigating the suspect’s potential courses of action—most probable and most dangerous.
  • Blocking techniques which control the suspect vehicle’s movement.
  • Tactical angels and cover and concealment relative to threats within and around a suspect vehicle.
  • Deployment of NFDDs.
  • Team approach on foot and by vehicle.
  • Team assault and individual operator movement around the suspect vehicle.
  • Breaching methods for accessing the suspect vehicle’s interior.
  • Controlling and extracting vehicle occupants.
  • Clearing the vehicle.
  • Accounting for personnel and equipment and turning scene over to investigations.

Student Comments

  • "Sign up now!" This course was outstanding, in whole. I was very impressed with the instructors and the amount of collective tactical knowledge is quite impressive.
  • Get ready for great training! Some of the best training I've been to. Very positive instructors with a lot of experience to impart.
  • Excellent course, excellent instructors. They are professional and know their stuff. I would recommend we get to shoot nice cars like a Porsche or BMW.
  • DO IT!!! Great class! I have learned the basics of vehicle assaults and the rest is on me to get to my unit, polish the tactics on what I've learned.
  • The class was definitely worth the travel and the time the instructors taught was great, we will be able to train the rest of our team when we get home.
  • They are very good at teaching and will make sure you get the right knowledge.

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Contact GTI, by calling 803-259-1935 or emailing info@gtitraining.org, and we can provide written proposal to attend training. An option to assist with funding to attend this course is GTI's Asset Trading Program (ATP). Click the link in the menu above to find out more about this program.