Soteria Defense
Premier firearms and tactics training for law enforcement, Military, corporate security, executive protection, CCW, and private sector persons and groups.
Safety & Medical
Pistol Courses
Rifle Courses
Tactics Courses
Check our calendar for upcoming courses.
For groups, private courses, law enforcement & military:
We are a California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) approved training entity.
Mission:
Our mission is to provide premier firearms and tactics training for military, law enforcement, corporate security, executive protection, CCW, and the private sector. We believe that every training course should be safe, realistic, and meet the needs of organizations and end users.
Vision:
Our vision is to increase the capabilities and core competencies of our students. Training should be affordable, accessible, and provide a tangible benefit for your investment. All training comports to applicable local, state, and federal law, and organization policies.
Values:
We value training safety, work ethic, and the progression of everyone we have the opportunity to interact with.
Philosophy:
Our courses identify the current needs of the end users. We conduct ongoing research across multiple sources including both open source and direct information, and job task analysis. We analyze patterns and trends of societal violence, crime statistics including active shooters, law enforcement and CCW use of force, and debriefs of incidents. This information drives the constant evolution of our courses to give you the most up to date information and training available, benefiting you and your organization. We believe that all training must serve you in a multi-disciplined and mindful approach of training and operational safety, identifying gaps and creating solutions, reducing liability, and training documentation and direct feedback. This assists in the total effort of providing you with the tools you need to mitigate threats, and any after action review or potential litigation.
We accomplish this with terminal learning objectives, performance objectives, demonstrated competency, and knowledge testing. We guarantee you will receive maximum value in your time training with us.
Disabled Veteran Owned Business
FEDERAL CERTIFIED: SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB)
CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED: DISABLED VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DVBE)
CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED: SMALL (MICRO) BUSINESS
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Supporting Companies
We’d like to thank our supporting companies for supplying fantastic products and services. Please consider them for your future needs!
1791 Gunleather
North American Rescue
Salomon Boots
Shellback Tactical
Outdoor Research
Safariland
Quest winter boot- keeping my feet warm in Iceland @salomon @tactical_distributors for the support!
Iceland Adventurers, incredible time here!
Here for the day & do have time for some meetings. Text me.
EP EDC @1791edc @sogknives @streamlightinc @theneomag @glockinc @federalpremium
Close Quarters Tactics – Rifle (CQT-Rifle).
December 27th at Sac Valley Shooting Center. 8am – 4pm, FULL DAY. This is an advanced course. Check website for full description.
This course provides advanced understanding and techniques necessary to operate a rifle in a tactical environment.
Sign up today, course size is limited & this course will sell out.
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🇺🇸 Disabled Veteran Owned & Certified Small Business
✅ Federal SDVOSB / California DVBE (micro) business
🥇Industry standard for safe, effective, dynamic training
✅ www.soteriadefense.us
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How you train and how you fight matters. How you demonstrate and convey to your students matters even more. Proper instruction results in the what, how, why, and when TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, Procedures) are deployed. See you on the range.
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🇺🇸 Disabled Veteran Owned & Certified Small Business
✅ Federal SDVOSB / California DVBE (micro) business
🥇Industry standard for safe, effective, dynamic training
✅ www.soteriadefense.us
#veteran #executiveprotection #corporatesecurity #training #tactics #police #lawenforcement #sacramento #EP #security #consulting #firstaid #safety #firstaid #edc #ccw #2A #firearm #firearms #protection #molonlabe
Basics of room cleaning / CQC. These are core competencies for Mil, LE & security. EP & RST agents should know how to safely clear rooms!
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🇺🇸 Disabled Veteran Owned & Certified Small Business
✅ Federal SDVOSB / California DVBE (micro) business
🥇Industry standard for safe, effective, dynamic training
✅ www.soteriadefense.us
#veteran #executiveprotection #corporatesecurity #training #tactics #police #lawenforcement #sacramento #EP #security #consulting #firstaid #safety #firstaid #edc #ccw #2A #firearm #firearms #protection #molonlabe
Ron McCarthy was a legend and pioneer of law enforcement and SWAT tactics since the 1960’s. He took a genuine interest in others around him and spent the remainder of his career giving back as a subject matter expert. Ron shaped the future of tactics and officer safety, and the positive impact he made will continue indefinitely. I knew Ron from the conferences, he was always a soft spoken gentleman and professional. Rest easy Sir.
Personal training on multiple shots & multiple targets. Maintaining proficiency, competence & confidence saves lives if you need to rely on these skills.
Combat Clearance techniques provide infinite flexibility and increased safety for operators / officers. If you aren’t incorporating Combat Clearance into your tactics, feel free to reach out for training. @tees_usa @aciprotection
SFPD Motors. Great to see officers with pride in who they are and what they do.
2023 Veterans Day – never too late to make important changes.
Proud to have graduated @tees_usa CQB Instructor course with Alan and John @aciprotection as instructors. I’ve worked for DAG and with TEES for 2 decades, I consider these instructors to be mentors, and friends. I knew this course would be fast paced and challenging, and it was. We worked hard during the day, wrote lesson plans and studied at night, and helped each other as team mates. The rifle and pistol qualification were intense and the periods of instruction were cutting edge. The Clarksville TN chief had words of wisdom for us, and this course means a lot to me. The Combat Clearance methods of CQB provide infinite flexibility to operations and operator safety. I’m looking forward to deploying these skillsets and information for organizations where I may bring value. I recommend this course to anyone and any organization who needs to certify instructors and increase their capabilities.
Packing up. @tees_usa CQB instructor course. Love being a student & thrilled to be traveling out to Nashville.
Teaching a Small Team Tactics Rifle Class today. Great job to my amazing private group. Train hard, build and maintain competency & we are always here to help!
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🇺🇸 Disabled Veteran Owned & Certified Small Business
✅ Federal SDVOSB / California DVBE (micro) business
🥇Industry standard for safe, effective, dynamic training
✅ www.soteriadefense.us
#veteran #executiveprotection #corporatesecurity #training #tactics #police #lawenforcement #sacramento #EP #security #consulting #firstaid #safety #firstaid #edc #ccw #2A #firearm #firearms #protection #molonlabe
Societal Violence is increasing exponentially, and we need to take action. Crime rates and ecosystems of violence will continue to climb. I will tell you that I am very concerned personally and professionally. There are steps we can take and the first step is information.
I have a 2 hour presentation on “Pathways to Violence” – Active Assailant / Active Shooter Awareness, Detection, Prevention and Mitigation. This presentation is suitable for deployment from small organizations to the enterprise level from workers to executive management. I have conducted these presentations on a number of occasions at various locations including workplaces, organizations, law enforcement, Public-Private Partnership groups, and more.
The slide deck is updated and I contend this talk is the pathway to immediate reduction in violence and strategy to safeguard people. Please reach out, I will conduct these talks and do have some time for free engagements in the Sacramento and San Francisco / Bay Area, or via technology.
Let’s save lives.
Fantastic Tactical Casualty Care (TCC) – EMSA & LEMSA FRO – class this weekend teaching with Stephen and Rick. Stephen is an EMS professional with 20 years experience, Rick is a tactical expert with over 20 years experience. Our student mix included security and executive protection agents, and medical professionals.
These skills are growing ever more critical as societal violence increases. The reality is that you are the first line of defense to render life saving medical care when violence or trauma is the mechanism of injury. Arm yourself with the knowledge and ability to save a life.
Courses coming up soon!
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🇺🇸 Disabled Veteran Owned & Certified Small Business
✅ Federal SDVOSB / California DVBE (micro) business
🥇Industry standard for safe, effective, dynamic training
✅ www.soteriadefense.us
#veteran #executiveprotection #corporatesecurity #training #tactics #police #lawenforcement #sacramento #EP #security #consulting #firstaid #safety #firstaid #edc #ccw #2A #firearm #firearms #protection #molonlabe
Tactical Casualty Care this weekend in Sacramento! If you are a first responder, security officer, or armed citizen – this course is a core competency you must have. If your certification isn’t current this is a great time for a renewal.
We have trained hundreds of students in these skills ranging from armed citizens to law enforcement and military.
Course discounted to $350, multiple instructors. CAEMSA & LEMSA certified / Medical CE hours.
Website link in bio!
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🇺🇸 Disabled Veteran Owned & Certified Small Business
✅ Federal SDVOSB / California DVBE (micro) business
🥇Industry standard for safe, effective, dynamic training
✅ www.soteriadefense.us
#veteran #executiveprotection #corporatesecurity #training #tactics #police #lawenforcement #sacramento #EP #security #consulting #firstaid #safety #firstaid #edc #ccw #2A #firearm #firearms #protection #molonlabe
Had an absolutely amazing trip to NY, fantastic tour of the PD & some fantastic meetings with important stakeholders. The NYPD academy is absolutely state of the art and their ballistics lab was fantastic. See you on the next one!
Speaking tonight Folsom VFW 7PM. Presentation on Social Violence & Active Shooter.