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Products, Services, Classes and Seminars for On The
Breaking down the 1-2-3s of HQC
Critics have often found fault with the New Jersey State Attorney General guidelines regarding
the mandatory HQC qualifications and the lack of
beneficial training accompanying the qualifications. As the Training Coordinator at RTSP in Randolph, I believe that additional training is always a
good thing, and the State guidelines do in fact
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encompass the minimum needs of law enforceNICOLETTI ment officers as a whole.
The first aspect of the training I’d like to discuss
is the timed shooting. Some feel that the time is inadequate and
others feel that the time allotments are too lax. Regardless, the
time is not supposed to be an exact science, but instead meant
as a tool to increase anxiety for the shooter to learn to operate
under pressure. Whether or not the time is too long or too short,
I do not know. However, the goal of increasing the shooter’s anxiety does seem to be effective.
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