Use of Force
Real-world, scenario-based training that sharpens officers’ decision-making under pressure. This hands-on course strengthens lawful, ethical use-of-force skills—integrating communication, de-escalation, and tactical options in full alignment with Minnesota law and agency policy. No cost to officers and agencies, grant-funded through the Minnesota Legislature.
Location:
Prerequisites:
Full-time and part-time police officers
Great For:
• Full-time and part-time peace officers
• Officers seeking realistic, defensible decision-making training (does not meet annual in-service use-of-force training requirements)
What This Course Is About:
This Use of Force Training course provides peace officers with realistic, scenario-driven instruction designed to reinforce lawful, ethical, and effective use-of-force decision-making. Officers participate in hands-on, reality-based training that mirrors real-world encounters and requires critical thinking under pressure.
Through whole-task clinical scenarios, officers integrate verbal commands, de-escalation strategies, defensive tactics, intermediate weapons, and deadly force—when legally justified—in alignment with Minnesota statutes and agency policy.
What You’ll Learn:
Training Emphasis
• Duty to intervene and duty to report
• Authorized use of force and deadly force under Minnesota law
• Tactical communication and de-escalation
• Mental and physical readiness under stress
• Defensive tactics and force transitions
• Judgment, timing, and decision-making in dynamic incidents
Why EDGE?
Training is provided by experienced instructors and is at no cost to agencies or police officers through the MN State Legislative Use of Force grant.
Additional Info/FAQs
A required two-hour online course must be completed before the in-person session.
Course Details
• Scenario-based and force-on-force exercises
• Controlled role-player scenarios using nonlethal training ammunition
• Instruction delivered by experienced law enforcement instructors