Boondocks FTA™ will be hosting Ed Monk with Last Resort Firearms Training for a series of Active Shooter Threat Response Courses in May of 2023

With experience as a law enforcement officer (LEO), schoolteacher, firearms trainer, and Army officer, Ed Monk has researched and provided training on the Active Shooter threat for over 14 years. He has trained School Resource Officers and other Law Enforcement Officers, armed staffs of public schools, and church security teams on countering the Active Shooter. He has served as a consultant for school districts, churches, and businesses as they develop their policies, plans, and training for this threat. He has provided presentations on the Active Shooter threat to universities, schools, churches, LE & government agencies, businesses, conferences (list below), and other audiences across the country. In 2007, Ed retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and Battalion Commander after 24 years of active duty in the US, Europe, and Iraq. He then taught high school and served as a deputy sheriff in Kentucky. He now serves as a city police officer in Arkansas. Ed’s formal education includes a BS in US History from West Point, an MS in Adult Education from Kansas State U., and he is a graduate of the US Army’s Command & General Staff College.
Friday MAY 12th - Lecture on Critical Law Enforcement Lessons-Learned from Active Shooter Attacks
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
$25 Per Person
Max Class Size 32.
This presentation will help law enforcement officers better understand the Active Shooter, his attack, the environment in which we will fight him, what is most likely to happen, how attacks in some types of locations differ from others, and demonstrate over 20 law enforcement lessons-learned from successes and failures in efforts to interdict this threat. This information will improve the law enforcement officer's mental, skill, and tactical preparation to stop this threat.
For Law Enforcement Officers
Friday MAY 12th - Active Shooter Threat & Response Lecture
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
$50 Per Person
Max Class Size 32
The US has been failing at Active Shooter response for over 30 years. Because of these failures, we continue to see high victim counts in most attacks. This fast-paced, information-packed presentation includes both a detailed study of the Active Shooter threat and recommendations for how we can reduce victims in future attacks. These recommendations are for individuals and organizations, and are based on historical data, math, and logic. It will cover who the attacker is, weapons he uses, usual attack start locations, and the importance of math & time in planning a response.
Saturday May 13 - Sunday May 14th - Active Shooter Threat & Response -2 Days
TIME 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
$550 Per Person
Max Class Size of 10
This 2-day class will improve the student’s mental & physical abilities to quickly identify and stop an Active Shooter. Classroom portions will cover a study of many Active Shooters, their attacks, lessons learned from successful and failed responses, and the absolute importance of TIME. Topics also include mental preparation, gear, skills, tactics, fratricide, options for organizations and individuals, and other considerations.
Live-fire range training is progressive and includes assessment of skills and accuracy, shooting accurately while advancing, and scenarios stressing speed and 100% accuracy. Scenarios will use 3D and photo targets.
Needed for this class:
-Defensive service pistol (no pocket pistols) and at least 3 magazines
-Secure waist holster that remains open when gun is removed, and capable of 1-handed re-holstering (No shoulder, pocket, or SOB carry)
- 400 rounds of practice ammo; at least 10 rounds of your self-defense (carry) ammo
-eye & ear protection
-cap with brim
-clothing & footwear adequate for outdoor range activity
-lunch options will be available for purchase the day of the class, or you may bring your own lunch/snacks, and hydration
This not a beginner-level class. Students must be fully competent in safe gun handling on a live-fire range.