About Front Range Training
Front Range Training and Consulting, LLC, (FRTC) is a Colorado-based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that was founded by a retired U.S. Marine with considerable experience in the Special Operations (Force Reconnaissance) and U.S. Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (ATA and MSG) community. FRTC has been in business since October 2003, and since its first course was conducted in 2004, FRTC has shown tremendous growth coupled with numerous repeat customers. This growth and market capture is a direct result of FRTC’s view that training must be built on three basic concepts: it must be meaningful, it must be effective, and it must be sustainable.
- Meaningful – The training provided must be built upon principles that are relevant to the students, whether they are military or civilian law enforcement personnel. Additionally, the training must be supported by current law and acceptable operating standards and all courseware, where applicable, must reflect current case law and credible statistics. Furthermore, the training provided must be usable immediately at the completion of the training.
- Effective – The training program will use the adult learning principles first developed by Malcolm Knowles. Adult learners comprehend differently than younger students and therefore the training conducted must be executed at a pace at which the participants can assimilate the information and skills, and the accompanying courseware must be able to support this pace. Range cards and practical exercises must be designed so that they reinforce training and occur in a logical, thought-provoking, and effective order. There can be no, “what do we do now?” discussions among the Instructor Staff in the classroom or in the practical application environment. All training is pre-planned and executed toward the attainment of the terminal performance objective.
- Sustainable – Too many times students attend courses where they receive worthwhile instruction; however, the student guide or handout is lacking and consists of nothing more than a condensed version of a Power Point presentation next to a few lines on which to take notes. This concept does not allow the students to utilize the handout as a reference in the future. All classroom and practical application instruction will be fully supported by a comprehensive and detailed Student and Instructor Guide that can be used as a reference both during and after the training.
FRTC has quickly and effectively demonstrated that we are a leader in the training industry. We have trained thousands of Law Enforcement professionals across the country and have been continuous providers of training to the US Marshal’s Service, the United States Marine Corps and we recently deployed a team of Instructors to Iraq to train eighty members of a protection detail charged with protecting members of the Iraqi Ministry of Justice.
