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This one-day class is the starting point for the Public Safety Training Center's handgun-skills curriculum. It requires no prior handgun knowledge or experience. Understanding the principles of basic firearms safety is emphasized throughout PST 101 in a classroom lecture and on the range. The fundamentals of marksmanship are a focus of the class, in both dry- and live-fire exercises. A legal guardian has to take the class with minors age fifteen - eighteen.

Classes are scheduled each month on selected Saturdays or Sundays, beginning at 9 a.m. Though completion of this class satisfies the statute requirements for application for an Oregon concealed handgun license, it is strongly recommended that the student seek additional training in Oregon's Use of Force laws, presented in the PST 100 class.

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Basic self-defense is the first course in a three-part series; it prepares students for intermediate and advanced self-defense classes.  Students are given a variety of strategies, including some survival level fighting skills, designed to help defend against sexual assault attacks. Classroom portion to cover key concepts of personal safety and awareness. Skills taught include multiple strikes to target areas, as well as escapes from chokeholds, body grabs, and wrist grasps, and defense techniques from the ground.  Basic concepts of use and proper deployment of pepper spray.

This series is taught by two Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputies who bring a vast range of real world experience and perspective. Our DT trainers train the best and incorporate various fighting/defense styles learned in course of training law enforcement personal and personal practice of various martial arts.

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Participants will gain practical knowledge to plan appropriately, avoid common mistakes, use current & primitive technology, and gain foundational skills to survive being lost or stranded in the Oregon wilderness.

This section is taught by Clackamas County Sheriff's Deputies who work on our Search & Rescue Team in the wilderness of Western Oregon- most notably the Mount Hood National Forest. With years of training experience and firsthand knowledge of countless survival scenarios, these survival experts will teach you essential preparedness concepts and key survival skills for the wilderness of the Northwest. Designed for outdoor enthusiasts, hunters, hikers, and campers alike who frequent the back county of Clackamas County. The class covers a range of subject matter including planning/preparation/survival essentials, navigation/GPS, shelter building, fire building, wilderness first aid concepts, natural survival aids of the PNW. Classroom-based instruction with hands-on demonstration and activities.

• One 8-hour session

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This full-day course is intended for graduates of PST 101 (or students who wish to bypass PST 101 after an instructor waiver) and who wish to continue their training and achieve entrance to PST 102. Picking up where PST 101 leaves off, this class introduces some basic defensive-handgun skills.

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This one-day class is the starting point for the Public Safety Training Center's handgun-skills curriculum. It requires no prior handgun knowledge or experience. Understanding the principles of basic firearms safety is emphasized throughout PST 101 in a classroom lecture and on the range. The fundamentals of marksmanship are a focus of the class, in both dry- and live-fire exercises. A legal guardian has to take the class with minors age fifteen - eighteen.

Classes are scheduled each month on selected Saturdays or Sundays, beginning at 9 a.m. Though completion of this class satisfies the statute requirements for application for an Oregon concealed handgun license, it is strongly recommended that the student seek additional training in Oregon's Use of Force laws, presented in the PST 100 class.

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This one-day class is the starting point for the Public Safety Training Center's handgun-skills curriculum. It requires no prior handgun knowledge or experience. Understanding the principles of basic firearms safety is emphasized throughout PST 101 in a classroom lecture and on the range. The fundamentals of marksmanship are a focus of the class, in both dry- and live-fire exercises. A legal guardian has to take the class with minors age fifteen - eighteen.

Classes are scheduled each month on selected Saturdays or Sundays, beginning at 9 a.m. Though completion of this class satisfies the statute requirements for application for an Oregon concealed handgun license, it is strongly recommended that the student seek additional training in Oregon's Use of Force laws, presented in the PST 100 class.

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This one-day class is the starting point for the Public Safety Training Center's handgun-skills curriculum. It requires no prior handgun knowledge or experience. Understanding the principles of basic firearms safety is emphasized throughout PST 101 in a classroom lecture and on the range. The fundamentals of marksmanship are a focus of the class, in both dry- and live-fire exercises. A legal guardian has to take the class with minors age fifteen - eighteen.

Classes are scheduled each month on selected Saturdays or Sundays, beginning at 9 a.m. Though completion of this class satisfies the statute requirements for application for an Oregon concealed handgun license, it is strongly recommended that the student seek additional training in Oregon's Use of Force laws, presented in the PST 100 class.

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