PMCI July 2015 | Page 10

pmcimagazine.com TRAINING: TRAINING TACTICAL SECURITY TRAINING FIREARMS COURSES ALL PICTURES COURTESY OF EUROPEAN SECURITY ACADEMY TRAINING TACTICAL SECURITY TRAINING FIREARMS COURSES A number of us that contribute to PMCI are actively involved in tactical training and the product development that goes hand in hand with it. We speak to others involved in the worldwide industry on a regular basis and it’s always superb to work with global professional course providers. This issue we speak to Bartosz and the team at Tactical Security Training from the UK. P MCI: Bartosz, in your own words tell me what led you to set up Tactical Security Training in the UK? I was looking for Firearms and Close Protection Courses in the UK as I wanted to get trained myself to expand my knowledge and understanding of firearms and personal protection. I could not find any suitable course providers here in the UK due to strict UK firearms laws , all the courses I found were done either on .22 RF, airsoft or paintball. I was interested in “The Real Deal”. After weeks of research I realized that if I wanted to be professionally trained as a civilian with live ammo I needed to go abroad. I found a place in my native Poland, went there, trained with them and came back very satisfied. PMCI: When and where did you start running your courses? We launched our first basic 3 day firearms course in 2014, but from 2015 we have much more than that to offer. You can now do City & Guilds Level 3 Close Protection Operative (CPO) and Maritime Security Operative Courses (MSO) plus much more with us now. Just recently we gained accreditation from the Pearsons awarding body and from now on we will offer FPOS-I 10