About these courses

These courses were prepared for Hire Police, a licensed security company serving Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.

Your instructor

Nate Ulmer

Hire Police instructor

Nate Ulmer teaches Hire Police's hands-on classes for officers and staff, including de-escalation and trauma care. The videos in these courses come from his in-person classes.

Nate has been a Maryland police officer since 2010 and a SWAT officer since 2013, handling high-risk warrants, barricaded suspects, hostage situations and active shooter calls. He has taught active shooter response courses for police and school police officers.

Before police work he served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps (2002 to 2006) as a squad leader and platoon sergeant, including combat tours in Iraq, then three years as a sergeant in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

Training

• Active Shooter Threat Instructor Training Program, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2016
• Basic Active Shooter Level I (ALERRT), Texas State University, 2018
• Basic Tactical Medical Instructor Training Program, 2016
• Combat Lifesaver Course, U.S. Army, 2008
• SWAT School, 2013
• Behavioral Emergency Services Team, 2011
• Field Training Officer Program, 2014

Resources

Every course is built from official and published sources. See every resource link, grouped by course, with what each one is for.

Want to go further?

If you’re interested in:

• Becoming a licensed security officer (armed or unarmed). Each state sets its own required training and license. Look up any state, or go straight to DC, Maryland or Virginia: License Finder (U.S. Department of Labor) DC Maryland Virginia
• Firearms, use of force, restraint and arrest powers. These are taught hands-on in your state's approved security training (in DC, the Special Police Officer course). Your state's licensing agency (see the License Finder above) explains how to get it.
• CPR and first aid. Find a class near you: American Red Cross American Heart Association
• Hands-on bleeding control. Stop the Bleed runs in-person classes across the country: Find a Stop the Bleed class
• Active threat and workplace security. FEMA offers free online courses that end with a FEMA certificate: IS-907.A: Active Shooter IS-906: Workplace Security
• Hands-on classes for your officers or staff. Hire Police's instructors teach in-person classes, including de-escalation and trauma care. Email [email protected].