Larry J. Nichols retired in 2011 with 27 years of honorable service as the Senior Rangemaster/Armorer from the Burbank Police Department in California. Larry served five years with the Orange County Sheriff's Department as their Firearms Instructor/Armorer before moving to Burbank. He has more than 40 years of experience as a professional firearms instructor, with more than 32 years as a law enforcement lethal and less-lethal force instructor. He is internationally noted for his innovative and pioneering work in the planning, development and implementation of realistic law enforcement firearms training programs.
In addition to being a published author, Larry is a charter member and current president of the California Rangemasters Association, TREXPO Advisory Board member, listed in Strathmore's "Who's Who 2003-2004" and held the appointment of Region 7 Training Representative from 1994 to 1997 for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors. Larry is certified by federal, state, national and internationally recognized institutions as a use of force, less-lethal, lethal force and SWAT weapons and tactics instructor. He is a certified armorer by all the major firearms manufactures used by law enforcement in the United States. Larry has provided specialized firearms training for several thousand federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement officers. He is also recognized as an expert witness by municipal, state and federal courts. Larry began his firearms training in 1963 with the United States Marine Corps, where he earned instructor ratings with several military small arms and is a decorated combat helicopter Vietnam veteran.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
The following techniques should be practiced with empty handguns until the officers are confident in their ability to draw and not cross any portion of their bodies with the muzzle. The drawing techniques will start with the officer seated in a car (chair) with the door closed, both hands on the steering wheel and the seat belt secured.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Bushwhacked, dry-gulched, ambushed, waylaid — whatever you want to call it, law enforcement officers are being attacked and killed while seated in their patrol vehicles. The Officer Down Memorial Page lists 146 police deaths in the line of duty in 2016, and 16 of those centered on ambush-style killings, matching 2014 as the deadliest year for such attacks, according to USA Today.
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Friday, June 02, 2017
Of all the basic shooting principles being taught, trigger control — or better yet lack of trigger control — is the No. 1 shooter error. Trigger control is, by far, the hardest to teach and the most difficult for the trainee to become conscious of and then develop the skills necessary to master it.
