The tactical duty knife

[Rifleman]

I finished eight hours of tactical duty knife training with George Williams from Cutting Edge Training yesterday. Williams is a good instructor and I recommend the courses from Cutting Edge Training that I've had so far. I also went to Cutting Edge Training's civil disturbance (riot control) training a few years ago.

The tactical duty knife course covered both employment and defense. We also touched on liability and legalities. Of course, more time would have been better but we crammed about as much into eight hours as it's possible to do. I'm a little stiff and sore today (I've got a bad case of middle age) from rolling around during the weapon retention drills. The course contained none of that fine motor skill stuff that you can never remember in a pig pile.

If your department can send people to Cutting Edge Training, or host a course, it's very worthwhile.