Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
wir freuen uns, Euch mitteilen zu können, dass wir die EUROPÄISCHE POLIZEITRAINER KONFERENZ am 23. / 24. Februar 2026 auf dem Messegelände in Nürnberg durchführen.
Dabei kooperieren wir mit der ENFORCE TAC (https://www.enforcetac.com/de-de), die parallel dazu stattfindet (23. – 25.02.2026). Für den ersten Konferenztag am 23.02. steht uns das Congress Center und am 24.02. eine Messehalle für praktisches Training zur Verfügung (https://www.enforcetac.com/de-de/alles-ueber-die-messe/hallenplan).
EPTK-Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer erhalten kostenfreien Zugang zur ENFORCE TAC® (23 – 25.02.2026).
Veranstaltungsdetails
Datum
23. / 24.02.2026
Eintritt
199,02 – 297,50 € inkl. MwSt.
Ort
NürnbergMesse GmbH
Messezentrum 1
90471 Nürnberg, Deutschland
Veranstalter
Polizeitrainer in Deutschland e.V.
Telefon: +49 (0) 61 28 97 09 49
E-Mail: info@polizeitrainer.de
Programm - 1. Konferenztag
Programm – 1. Konferenztag
Montag, 23.02.2026, 09.00 – ca. 17.15 Uhr
Begrüßung durch den ersten Vorsitzenden PiD Eckhard Niebergall
Eckhard Niebergall
1. Vorsitzender des Polizeitrainer in Deutschland e.V.
- 1975 – 2017 Angehöriger der Hessischen Polizei
- bis 1998 Dienst beim Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main
- Lizenzierter Waffenausbilder (national & international)
- Ausbilder für Taktik, Nahkampf, Personenschutz
- Mitentwickler des INTERACT DEFENSE® TRAININGS
- 1998 – 2017 Fachlehrer an der Hessischen Polizeiakademie
Angriffe auf Einsatzkräfte
- Die Situation in europäischen und deutschen Großstädten
- Der Einfluss von Medien und „Experten“
- Die Rolle von Politik und Justiz
- Ausblick auf zukünftige Entwicklung und Maßnahmen
Referent: Manuel Ostermann
Manuel Ostermann (* 29. September 1990 in Rheine) ist Polizeibeamter bei der Bundespolizei und seit 2023 erster stellvertretender Bundesvorsitzender der Deutschen Polizeigewerkschaft Bundespolizei und Politiker (CDU) mit dem Schwerpunkt Innenpolitik.
Ostermann ist als Polizeibeamter der Bundespolizei dienstlich der Mobilen Kontroll- und Überwachungseinheit der Bundespolizeidirektion Sankt Augustin am Dienstort Essen zugeordnet.
Er ist Sachverständiger im Innenausschuss diverser Landesparlamente und im Bundestag.
Gewaltkriminalität als Lifestyle
- Bandenkrieg in der Hauptstadt / Bandenkrieg in Europa
- Die „Mocro-Mafia“
- Verteilungskämpfe und Kriegermentalität
- „Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn“ – Schusswaffen und Messer
Referent: Ralf Schmidt
Kriminalhauptkommissar a.D.
- Einsatztrainer und Schiessausbilder f. SE
- Hochschule für öffentliches Management und Sicherheit Hessen
SafeWrap: A Modern, Airway Conscious Approach to Subject Control
SafeWrap™ is a next generation method of subject restraint that allows officers and medical personnel to gain rapid control while protecting the airway and reducing the risks associated with traditional prone control. Built on principles of leverage, positional safety, and evidence based mechanics, SafeWrap offers a clear path for agencies that want to modernize their defensive tactics, reduce preventable injuries, and align their practices with current medical and legal expectations. It replaces outdated high risk control positions with a stable lateral configuration that gives officers more control with less force while also enabling continuous medical monitoring.
Key advantages include:
- Improved airway protection and reduced exposure to high risk prone positions
- Faster control with fewer personnel and lower physical strain
- Greater compliance with current medical guidance, accountability standards and community expectations
Referent: Rener Gracie
Rener Gracie is the founder of the SafeWrap system and a third-generation member of the family that created Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With more than 20 years of experience teaching Gracie Survival Tactics to law enforcement professionals throughout the U.S. and abroad, he has dedicated his career to helping agencies reduce risk, improve outcomes and modernize their approach to subject control.
Neue Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten durch die Virtuelle Realität
- VR-gestütztes Handlungstraining der Bundeswehr
- Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für polizeiliches Einsatztraining
Referent: Frank Jaspers
ist seit mehr als 30 Jahren bei der Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle für Waffen und Munition tätig. Nach Verwendungen im Bereich der Fernmeldetechnik und der Ergonomie, beschäftigt er sich seit über 10 Jahren mit der Entwicklung neuer Extended Reality Anwendungen für die Bundeswehr. Durch diese Arbeit konnte er das Sachgebiet AR, VR und MR auf der WTD 91 etablieren. Neben der Leitung des Sachgebiets ist er Projektleiter für die erste digitale Pilotschießbahn.
Schusswaffengebrauch gegen Messerangreifer
- Beurteilung von polizeilichen Einsätzen durch Staatsanwaltschaften und Gerichte
- Die Rolle von Vorgesetzten und Politik
- Auswahl von Strafverteidigern & Aussageverhalten im Strafverfahren
- Einfluss der Medien auf öffentliche Wahrnehmung
- Analysen, Fazit und Konsequenzen für Einsatzkräfte und Trainer
Referent: Helgo Martens
geb. 1968 in Kiel; nach dem Abitur 1989 Dienst als Zeitsoldat in der Feldjägertruppe der Bundeswehr; anschließend Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Kiel und Ausbildung für den höheren Polizeivollzugsdienst im BGS an der Polizeiführungsakademie in Münster-Hiltrup; seit 2002 mehrere Führungsverwendungen in der Bundespolizei (bis 2005 BGS); derzeit Leiter der Bundespolizeiinspektion Kriminalitätsbekämpfung Hamburg; langjährige nebenamtliche Tätigkeit in der Lehre, u.a. Dozent in der gemeinsamen Ratausbildung von Bundespolizei und BKA und in der kriminalpolizeilichen Spezialfortbildung des Bundes und der Länder; Herausgeberschaft und redaktionelle Mitarbeit in Kommentierungen des BPolG und des LVwG SH sowie mehrere Aufsätze in Fachzeitschriften zu rechtlichen und polizeitaktischen Fragestellungen;
privat seit 1983 Kampfsportler, u.a. Karate, Kickboxen und FMA.
New Technology for Low-Light Operations
- The effects of low light on the human body
- New technologies in lighting systems.
- The use of lighting systems in response to ambushes.
- High-performance candela technology.
- The basics of how to deploy the correct techniques and equipment in a low-light environment.
- How other new technologies affect low-light operational readiness
Referent: Robert Cole
Robert is a United States Marine Corps Veteran with 10 years of service. He was an infantry Sergeant and deployed to multiple countries, including Afghanistan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Guam, and Australia. His personal awards include the Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat distinguishing device, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal 2nd award. He served as the Assistant Operations Chief for the Regimental Operations office aboard The Basic School at MCB Quantico, Virginia, training new Marine Corps officers, where he oversaw all logistical support for training. Robert currently teaches Team One Networks Low Light/ Laser Instructor course, Shoot House Instructor course, Pistol Mounted Optics Workshop, Mechanical Breaching Instructor course, and Tactical Ballistic Instructor course. Robert is currently a certified armorer instructor for: Benelli M1,2&4, CZ P-10, Springfield XD/XDm/MOD.2, S&W M&P pistol, and S&W M&P rifle. Robert currently serves on the IALEFI (International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors) Board of Directors and is the Director of Training for Team One Network.
The Police Instructor as Leader in Law Enforcement
- Leadership in the Moment: Decisions you make today define the leader you are becoming and the legacy you will leave behind.
- Credibility and Consistency: Trust and competence are the foundation of influence in every training environment.
- Modeling Excellence: Your behavior, attitude, and preparation set the standard for others to follow.
- Communication with Purpose: Clear, values-based communication strengthens relationships and builds respect.
- Resilience and Growth: The best instructors adapt, learn, and lead through change without losing sight of their values.
- The Oak Tree Legacy: Reflect on how strength, stability, and self-discipline allow you to plant the seeds of leadership in those you train. The difference we make tomorrow is determined by the seeds we plant today.
Referent: Joe Willis
Joe Willis is a retired US Army Military Police First Sergeant who currently serves as Deputy Executive Director for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) and was a founding board member of First H.E.L.P. From 2005 to 2009, Joe was an Operations Sergeant for Military Police at Wiesbaden Army Airfield.
Chancen und Risiken im Bereich der IT für den Einsatz und in der Überwachung
- Zukunft in der IT-Überwachung
- Eigensicherung unter dem Aspekt eigener IT – Erkennen von Einsatzkräften durch die Gegenseite
- Absicherung polizeilicher Einsätze (AAO/BAO)
- Moderner Sicherheitstechnologie im Funkstreifenwagen der Zukunft
Referenten: Ingo Leunissen & Jörn Graser
Ingo Leunissen
PID-Mitglied und BKA Wiesbaden
- Referatsleiter OE23 TKÜ
- Fachliche Leitung von verschiedenen Projekten im Aufgabenfeld TKÜ
- Langjähriges Mitglied der KomGÜT (Kommission IuK-Grundlagen in der Überwachungstechnik) und der daraus resultierenden Bund/Länder-Arbeitsgruppen
- 1988 Masterstudium für Luft und Raumfahrt an der OHS „Otto Lilienthal“ in Bautzen
- 1993 Bachelorstudium an der FHB – Köln/Brühl mit der Studienrichtung „Allgemeine/Innere Verwaltung”
- 1996 Eintritt in das BKA, zuletzt stellvertretender Referatsleiter OE23 – TKÜ
- 2019 Referatsleiter von T4 „Senior Experts TKÜ/ITÜ“ bei der ZITiS in München
- 2022 bis Mai 2023 kommissarischer Geschäftsfeldleiter des Geschäftsfeldes TK in der ZITiS
Spezialist im Handlungsfeld Telekommunikationsdienste und IT der Zukunft
Jörn Graser
PID-Mitglied und 40 Jahre bei der Hessischen Landespolizei
- 2023 Stellvertretender Leiter der Spezialeinheiten im Hessischen LKA
- Langjähriges Mitglied der KomGÜT (Kommission IuK-Grundlagen in der Überwachungstechnik) und der daraus resultierenden Bund/Länder-Arbeitsgruppen
- 1985 Ausbildung und Bereitschaftspolizei – Aufklärungszug und BFE
- 1991 Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt, Kriminalpolizei
- 1995 Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt/Main – Spezialeinheiten – MEK
- 2005 Landeskriminalamt Wiesbaden – Beratergruppe Technik – MEK-OT
Stress und Regeneration für Einsatz- und Führungskräfte
- Belastung besser steuern und langfristig leistungsfähig bleiben
- Biofeedback für nachhaltige Einsatzfähigkeit im Polizeialltag
Referentin: Corinna Rott
- Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologin mit Schwerpunkt auf Stress, Emotionsregulation und Führungsverhalten in Hochrisiko- und Einsatzkontexten (Polizei, Militär, Notfallmedizin).
- Doktorandin im Doppel-PhD (Maastricht & Antwerpen), spezialisiert auf multimodale Stressmessung (HR/HRV, Smart Wearables) sowie Einsatzforschung unter Realbedingungen.
- Gründerin des FieldLAB, das sich auf die Nutzung von Biofeedback in Spezial- und Interventionskräften fokussiert; Forschung zu Stressverläufen, Teamdynamiken und Erholungsprozessen bei Einsatzleitenden.
- Vortragende für Polizeikorps in Deutschland, der Schweiz, den Niederlanden, Belgien, den USA und China.
- Ehemalige Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegerin, spezialisiert auf Krisenintervention und psychophysiologische Stressmuster – mit ausgeprägter Leidenschaft für die Verbindung von Praxiswissen und Forschung.
Fit for Duty: Human–System Integration in Law Enforcement Fitness and Operational Readiness
- Poor fitness in recruits and officers creates a mismatch between human capacity and policing tasks, leading to injuries, reduced performance, and higher attrition.
- Systems (roles, equipment, environments) must be designed with realistic human performance thresholds in mind.
Referent: Robin Marc Orr
Professor Rob Orr joined the Australian Army as an infantry soldier before transferring to the Australian Defence Force Physical Training Instructor (PTI) stream and subsequently to the physiotherapy stream. Finishing full time service as a Human Performance Officer, Rob joined the team at Bond University in 2012.
Professor Orr is currently the Director of the Tactical Research Unit, a Health Sciences and Medicine faculty research centre at Bond University with international collaborations designed to provide research, consultancy, and education services to tactical professions. Rob’s fields of research, consultancy, and education provision spans physical conditioning, reconditioning, rehabilitation, and injury prevention for law enforcement, defence forces, firefighters / first responders, and paramedic agencies around the globe and across the occupational lifespan (initial trainee to specialist).
Professor Orr served as editor for the National Strength and Conditioning Association Tactical Strength and Conditioning Technical Report (2015-2020) and on committees for the International Physical Employment Standards Conference, the International Congress on Soldiers’ Physical Performance, and the World Physiotherapy Congress. With over 350 academic research papers and technical reports for tactical agencies, Rob has won awards for research outcomes, publications, presentations, and teaching. Professor Orr has presented keynote presentations at internationally renowned organisations.
Edged Weapon Attacks in 2025 Policing
- What we now know, and how it can help us prepare
- The Zero Pressure principle for counter weapon tactics, and how it can save your life
- The TRICOM A.C.T. formula for Close Quarters Conflict. A guideline for training and tactics
Referent: Jared Wihongi
Jared Wihongi is a full-time International Close-Quarters Combat (CQC) Instructor. For 20+ years, his TRICOM self-defense system has been taught to police/ military trainers and special operations personnel around the world. It was first introduced to police trainers in Germany in 2006 and has been taught go German police at an institutional level as recently as 2024. The TRICOM system is a full integration of empty-hands tactics, weapon and counter-weapon tactics (both edged and impact) with a full integration of firearms tactics at extreme close-quarters. Jared has worked 25+ years as a police officer, police academy trainer, and operator on three U.S. SWAT Teams (both full-time and Reserve status). He was contracted as an Army Special Forces Combatives Instructor for almost two decades, and has trained police trainers across North and South America, Europe, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. In addition to these experiences, Jared has trained in multiple traditional martial arts for 40+ years, and holds multiple Black Belts to include a Grandmaster rank (Grand Tuhon) in the Filipino martial art of Pekiti Tirsia Kali. These experiences collectively have heavily influenced his approach to teaching defensive tactics and CQC.
Präventive Verhaltenserkennung – vom menschlichen Wahrnehmen zur technischen Assistenz
Präventive Verhaltenserkennung umfasst die Fähigkeit, Verhalten zu beobachten, einzuordnen und Abweichungen vom situativen Kontext zu erkennen – das sogenannte Baselining.
Sie basiert auf Grundlagenwissen zu Gestik, Mimik, Bewegungs- und Arousalverhalten.
Darauf aufbauend wird dargestellt, wie KI-gestützte Assistenzsysteme diese Fähigkeit unter Einsatzbedingungen unterstützen können. Die Systeme dienen der strukturierten Erfassung, dem Vergleich und der Stabilisierung von Beobachtungen, ohne eigene Entscheidungen zu treffen. Insbesondere bei hoher Belastung, Zeitdruck oder Ermüdung tragen sie dazu bei, ein konstantes Wahrnehmungs- und Bewertungsniveau aufrechtzuerhalten.
Am Beispiel der von Dr. Andreas de Jonge entwickelten Systeme wird aufgezeigt, wie solche Assistenzlösungen praxisnah in sicherheitsrelevanten Kontexten eingesetzt werden können. Das zugrunde liegende EdgeBrain ist dabei nicht ausschließlich auf die Präventive Verhaltenserkennung beschränkt, sondern findet auch Anwendungen in Industrie und sicherheitsrelevanten Systemen.
Für polizeiliche Einsatzszenarien ist von zentraler Bedeutung, dass die KI vollständig lokal auf dem eingesetzten Gerät arbeitet, ohne Cloud-Anbindung und ohne Internetverbindung. Sensible Daten verlassen das System nicht. Dadurch werden Datenhoheit, Nachvollziehbarkeit, Betriebssicherheit und Einsatzrobustheit gewährleistet.
Die vorgestellten Systeme dienen der Entscheidungsunterstützung, nicht dem Entscheidungsersatz, und markieren damit den Übergang der Präventiven Verhaltenserkennung in eine technisch gestützte, praxistaugliche Weiterentwicklung.
Referenten: Dr. Andreas de Jonge & Ralf Krüger
Dr. Andreas de Jonge
- Gründer und Geschäftsführer der de Jonge GmbH, mit Fokus auf Edge-KI und FPGA-basierte Inline-Systeme für robuste, einsatznahe Anwendungen
- Promotion im Schnittfeld von Physik, Neurowissenschaften und datengetriebener Modellierung
- 15+ Jahre Erfahrung mit lernenden Systemen, kognitiven Architekturen und der Übertragung biologischer Prinzipien in technische Systeme
- Entwicklung von KI-Lösungen für anspruchsvolle, sicherheitskritische Einsatzfelder
- Kernkompetenzen: Edge-KI, hardwareoptimierte KI, FPGA-Systemdesign sowie deterministische, energieeffiziente Echtzeitarchitekturen mit hoher Integrationsfähigkeit in bestehende Systeme
- Berater für europäische Organisationen, Verbände und Unternehmen zu sicherer KI-Integration, Taxonomie und regulatorischen Themen sowie zu strategischen Aspekten der digitalen Transformation (Verlässlichkeit, Nachvollziehbarkeit, Sicherheit, kontrollierte Datenflüsse)
- Vision: Bestehende Plattformen und Sensorsysteme mit lokalen, deterministischen KI-Fähigkeiten ausstatten, um resiliente, vernetzte und entscheidungsfähige Systeme für den Einsatz in herausfordernden Umgebungen zu ermöglichen
Ralf Krüger
Polizeihauptkommissar (a. D.)
- 1974 – Eintritt in den Bundesgrenzschutz (heute Bundespolizei)
- Seit 1983 – Versetzung an die Bundespolizeiakademie, Fachbereich Aus- und Fortbildung
- 2002 – Wechsel in den Bereich der Luftsicherheit mit Qualifikation als „Sky Marshal“ und Einsatz als In-Flight Security Officer (IFSO) an Bord deutscher Luftfahrzeuge; verantwortlich als Trainer für IFSO-Taktiken und Verhaltenserkennung
- Ausbildung und Qualifizierung ausländischer Spezialeinheiten zu IFSOs (Niederlande, Polen, Frankreich, USA, Australien, Japan)
- Seit 2010 – Mitwirkung in internationalen Arbeitsgruppen im Bereich der Luftsicherheit zum Thema Behavior Detection (BD)
- Beteiligung an Forschungsprojekten der Bundespolizei im Bereich der Verhaltenserkennung
- Referent und Trainer nationaler und internationaler Polizeibehörden im Bereich Behavior Detection
- Seit 31. Januar 2021 – Versetzung in den Ruhestand
- Gründer der RKS (Anbieter von Fortbildungen für Polizei- und Sicherheitsbehörden)
Teilnahmeberechtigt sind Angehörige von Behörden mit Sicherheitsaufgaben, der Berufsfeuerwehr, Richter, Staatsanwälte und Berufssoldaten.
Seminarsprache:
Deutsch / Englisch mit Simultanübersetzung
Programm - 2. Konferenztag
Praktisches Training – 2. Konferenztag
Dienstag, 24.02.2026, 08.45 – ca. 17.00 Uhr
Praktisches Teamtraining in der Virtuellen Realität
Frank Jaspers
ist seit mehr als 30 Jahren bei der Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle für Waffen und Munition tätig. Nach Verwendungen im Bereich der Fernmeldetechnik und der Ergonomie, beschäftigt er sich seit über 10 Jahren mit der Entwicklung neuer Extended Reality Anwendungen für die Bundeswehr. Durch diese Arbeit konnte er das Sachgebiet AR, VR und MR auf der WTD 91 etablieren. Neben der Leitung des Sachgebiets ist er Projektleiter für die erste digitale Pilotschießbahn.
Michael Obermaier
Ausgebildeter Artillerist und Offiziersanwärter, später Umschulung zum Infanteristen im Zuge der mittlerweile 25 jährigen Miliz-Tätigkeit beim Österreichischen Bundesheer. Seit knapp 6 Monaten verantwortlich für den Vertrieb bei RE-liON, einem Anbieter von VR-basierten Lösungen für Ausbildung sowie Einsatzplanung & -durchführung bei Militär und Strafverfolgung.
CQB and Corner Training
«Sly»
Seit 27 Jahren im Polizeidienst, davon 20 Jahre in der Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS bei fedpol. Einsatzleiter und Chef Instruktor für Nahkampf, dazu internationaler Experte für Personenschutz, Schiessen und operative Taktik. Weltweit als Einsatztrainer für Spezialeinheiten im Einsatz.
Low Light Operations
Robert Cole
is a United States Marine Corps Veteran with 10 years of service. He was an infantry Sergeant and deployed to multiple countries, including Afghanistan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Guam, and Australia. His personal awards include the Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat distinguishing device, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal 2nd award. He served as the Assistant Operations Chief for the Regimental Operations office aboard The Basic School at MCB Quantico, Virginia, training new Marine Corps officers, where he oversaw all logistical support for training. Robert currently teaches Team One Networks Low Light/ Laser Instructor course, Shoot House Instructor course, Pistol Mounted Optics Workshop, Mechanical Breaching Instructor course, and Tactical Ballistic Instructor course. Robert is currently a certified armorer instructor for: Benelli M1,2&4, CZ P-10, Springfield XD/XDm/MOD.2, S&W M&P pistol, and S&W M&P rifle. Robert currently serves on the IALEFI (International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors) Board of Directors and is the Director of Training for Team One Network.
Abwehr von Hieb- und Stichwaffen in der Mittel- und Nahdistanz / Polizeilicher Nahkampf und Abwehr von Messerangriffen
TRICOM Edged Weapon Countermeasures for Law Enforcement
- Pragmatic, real-world solutions to edged weapon based attacks.
- Dynamic decision making processes that drive techniques, tactics and procedures.
- Police specific weapon integration tactics to enhance survivability.
Jared Wihongi
is a full-time International Close-Quarters Combat (CQC) Instructor. For 20+ years, his TRICOM self-defense system has been taught to police/ military trainers and special operations personnel around the world. It was first introduced to police trainers in Germany in 2006 and has been taught go German police at an institutional level as recently as 2024. The TRICOM system is a full integration of empty-hands tactics, weapon and counter-weapon tactics (both edged and impact) with a full integration of firearms tactics at extreme close-quarters. Jared has worked 25+ years as a police officer, police academy trainer, and operator on three U.S. SWAT Teams (both full-time and Reserve status). He was contracted as an Army Special Forces Combatives Instructor for almost two decades, and has trained police trainers across North and South America, Europe, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. In addition to these experiences, Jared has trained in multiple traditional martial arts for 40+ years, and holds multiple Black Belts to include a Grandmaster rank (Grand Tuhon) in the Filipino martial art of Pekiti Tirsia Kali. These experiences collectively have heavily influenced his approach to teaching defensive tactics and CQC.
SafeWrap with Rener Gracie
During the practical skills session, participants will receive hands on instruction in the foundational mechanics of SafeWrap, beginning with safe approach, positional transitions and leverage based control. Students will practice moving a resistant subject from standing to the lateral SafeWrap position with an emphasis on airway protection, communication and teamwork. The session will include progressive partner drills, scenario based repetitions and coaching on common errors to ensure participants can apply the method efficiently and with confidence. By the end of the session, attendees will demonstrate improved control, smoother transitions and a clear understanding of how to use SafeWrap to reduce risk while increasing officer and subject safety.
Rener Gracie
is the founder of the SafeWrap system and a third-generation member of the family that created Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With more than 20 years of experience teaching Gracie Survival Tactics to law enforcement professionals throughout the U.S. and abroad, he has dedicated his career to helping agencies reduce risk, improve outcomes and modernize their approach to subject control.
PiD-Trainingsteamleiter:
Eckhard Niebergall
1. Vorsitzender des Polizeitrainer in Deutschland e.V.
- 1975 – 2017 Angehöriger der Hessischen Polizei
- bis 1998 Dienst beim Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main
- Lizenzierter Waffenausbilder (national & international)
- Ausbilder für Taktik, Nahkampf, Personenschutz
- Mitentwickler des INTERACT DEFENSE® TRAININGS
- 1998 – 2017 Fachlehrer an der Hessischen Polizeiakademie
Ralf Schmidt
Kriminalhauptkommissar a.D.
- Einsatztrainer und Schiessausbilder f. SE
- Hochschule für öffentliches Management und Sicherheit Hessen
PiD-Instruktorenteam:
Aktive und ehemalige Angehörige von Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben, die in Spezialverwendungen tätig sind oder waren und über langjährige Einsatz- sowie Ausbildererfahrung verfügen.
PiD-Gastinstruktoren & -Berater:
John T. Meyer Jr.
John is President of Team One Network, LLC a company established to test, evaluate, train and market various manufacturers‘ products to the Law Enforcement community as related to officer survival. John led a team of instructors that pioneered the integration of formalized training doctrine with practical field experience. These cutting edge, realistic tactical training courses have become an industry standard. John was a Lieutenant with the DOD Police, where he served as a special reaction team leader and is a past President of FOP Middle Forge Lodge 100. He is Vice President of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI) John has written numerous articles that have been published on police training related subjects.
Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson currently works with the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association as a part-time employee assisting with the coordination of many of the Association training programs and has served in this position since 2006. He has been responsible for managing many of the Association Conferences to include Annual Training Conferences and the Spring and Fall meetings. Prior to joining the staff of the Association, Steve spent 34 years with the North Carolina Department of Justice, with 29 of those years at the North Carolina Justice Academy. Steve’s primary responsibility at the N.C. Justice Academy was as the lead instructor for all the firearms programs offered by the Academy. Steve was one of the co-authors of the N.C. Concealed Carry Handgun Training Model Program. He continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors where he served as President from 2000 to 2016 and currently serves as 2nd Vice President. He continues to teach the Law Enforcement Sniper Course for Durham Technical College as well as other firearms related programs for Team One Network. He has been fortunate to be able to teach, not just across the United States, but in Germany, Italy, and China as well. Steve served in the North Carolina National Guard for 35 years as a range instructor and a member of the Guard’s rifle and pistol teams. Steve served as a member of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards Commission from 2009 – 2021. He still serves as a certified law enforcement officer, a criminal justice instructor and as a member of the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board.
Joe Willis
Joe Willis is a retired US Army Military Police First Sergeant who currently serves as Deputy Executive Director for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) and was a founding board member of First H.E.L.P. From 2005 to 2009, Joe was an Operations Sergeant for Military Police at Wiesbaden Army Airfield.
Robert Cole
Robert is a United States Marine Corps Veteran with 10 years of service. He was an infantry Sergeant and deployed to multiple countries, including Afghanistan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Guam, and Australia. His personal awards include the Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat distinguishing device, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal 2nd award. He served as the Assistant Operations Chief for the Regimental Operations office aboard The Basic School at MCB Quantico, Virginia, training new Marine Corps officers, where he oversaw all logistical support for training. Robert currently teaches Team One Networks Low Light/ Laser Instructor course, Shoot House Instructor course, Pistol Mounted Optics Workshop, Mechanical Breaching Instructor course, and Tactical Ballistic Instructor course. Robert is currently a certified armorer instructor for: Benelli M1,2&4, CZ P-10, Springfield XD/XDm/MOD.2, S&W M&P pistol, and S&W M&P rifle. Robert currently serves on the IALEFI (International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors) Board of Directors and is the Director of Training for Team One Network.
Jared Wihongi
Jared Wihongi is a full-time International Close-Quarters Combat (CQC) Instructor. For 20+ years, his TRICOM self-defense system has been taught to police/ military trainers and special operations personnel around the world. It was first introduced to police trainers in Germany in 2006 and has been taught go German police at an institutional level as recently as 2024. The TRICOM system is a full integration of empty-hands tactics, weapon and counter-weapon tactics (both edged and impact) with a full integration of firearms tactics at extreme close-quarters. Jared has worked 25+ years as a police officer, police academy trainer, and operator on three U.S. SWAT Teams (both full-time and Reserve status). He was contracted as an Army Special Forces Combatives Instructor for almost two decades, and has trained police trainers across North and South America, Europe, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. In addition to these experiences, Jared has trained in multiple traditional martial arts for 40+ years, and holds multiple Black Belts to include a Grandmaster rank (Grand Tuhon) in the Filipino martial art of Pekiti Tirsia Kali. These experiences collectively have heavily influenced his approach to teaching
defensive tactics and CQC.
Rener Gracie
Rener Gracie is the founder of the SafeWrap system and a third-generation member of the family that created Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With more than 20 years of experience teaching Gracie Survival Tactics to law enforcement professionals throughout the U.S. and abroad, he has dedicated his career to helping agencies reduce risk, improve outcomes and modernize their approach to subject control.
Bill Sandman
Bill is a retired police sergeant with over twenty-nine (29) years of civilian law enforcement experience, and prior to his civilian position he also served (3) years of active duty in the U.S. Army military police corps. As civilian police officer he was employed by the City of West Palm Beach Police Department. During his career he served as a patrol officer, field training officer, and as an adjunct and full-time staff instructor, specifically the duties as firearms instructor and Rangemaster. Bill was promoted to the rank of sergeant of police and assumed the position of training sergeant. His duties also included service with the department S.W.A.T. Team both as an entry team member, assistant team leader, team leader, and operations sergeant.
Bill was also employed as an firearms instructor by Heckler & Koch International Training Division, Off-Shoots Training, Sage Ordnance, Gunsite Academy and Palm Beach State College/Criminal Justice Institute and was an initial instructor with Team One Network.
Bill recently retired from General Dynamics-Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), Simunition® Operations as the Manager of International Training. During his tenure with GD-OTS Bill conducted hundreds of reality-based training courses to domestic, international law enforcement, and military forces around the world.
Gary J. Monreal
Gary retired in May 2010 after twenty-three years of law enforcement experience in corrections, patrol, SWAT, and training. As a patrolman with the City of New Berlin (WI) Police Department, his duties also included SWAT Team Leader, specializing in explosive entry. Gary is an instructor-trainer and currently teaches Active Shooter, defensive tactics, firearms, high-level simulations, submachine gun, and SWAT. Gary has given various presentations at conferences throughout the United States, Germany, and China. A former adjunct instructor with Heckler & Koch®, International Training Division. Gary has taught with Team One Network since its inception and teaches for Simunition®. Gary has been recognized as an expert witness in the Use of Deadly Force and Force-on-Force simulation training; having given opinions in both State and Federal courts. Gary is recipient of multiple department awards and citations, including City of New Berlin Police Department Medal of Honor.
Kati Cole
Kati serves as the Director of Operations at Team One Network. She possesses a strong educational background and a range of managerial and event planning experiences have prepared her well for this position. As Director of Operations, Kati oversees day-to-day operations, special projects, bookkeeping, social media, and event planning for Team One Network.
Paul Wassill
Paul is a recently retired Sergeant from a major Canadian police department with 32.7 years of operational police experience including: uniform patrol officer, firearms/use of force/tactics instructor, Criminal Investigations Branch, uniform patrol supervisor, Tactical Support Unit operator and supervisor, and the implementation, strategies, equipment and training of the department’s Nuclear Security Division. Paul has instructor certifications in law enforcement handgun, shotgun, rifle, precision rifle, Taser© Master Instructor, and use of Simunition© non-lethal training ammunition. He is also a court qualified subject matter expert and lecturer on firearms and other offensive weapons. Paul also has completed police mentoring and training missions in Bosnia & Herzegovina, as a Canadian Civilian Police (CivPol) member of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia & Herzegovina (UNMIBH), and the Canadian Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (KPRT) in Afghanistan. Paul also assists in the training of Canadian police contingents assigned to Afghan National Police training in Afghanistan.
Pete Ebel
Lt. Pete Ebel retired in 2022 after a 33-year career as a law enforcement officer in two Florida agencies, with his service focused on training, tactical and investigative positions Pete worked his last six years as executive officer and supervisor of major cases in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division. He was previously the commander of the PBSO Homicide and Firearms Investigative Units, Tactical Unit, Gang Unit, and executive officer of the Violent Crimes Division. His career began at the Lake Worth Police Department in 1989. There, he served as a Road Patrol and Tactical Officer, FTO, Detective, Training Sergeant, Lieutenant, and SWAT team leader. In his last 5 years at LWPD, he was the Special Operations Division commander (Tactical, Narcotics and K9 units and SWAT Team). Pete has been a firearms and general topics instructor for 24 years, with the Palm Beach State College Criminal Justice Institute, where he teaches advanced and academy classes. He specializes in the areas of use of force, excited delirium, tactics and safety. He teaches leadership for FDLE. Pete is a certified Force Science Institute Analyst.
Mark Suchy
Mark Suchy has been working with Team One Network as an Adjunct Instructor since 2018. He instructs Low-Light tactics and live fire training for the pistol, rifle and shotgun. He also instructs pistol mounted optics classes.
Mark is a retired Patrol Sergeant and 30 year veteran with the West Palm Beach, Florida Police Department. He has worked as a Patrol Officer, Auto Theft and Property Detective, and Field Training Officer. In 2008, Mark was promoted to Sergeant and put in charge of the Field Training Program. He supervised the Field Training Program for his last 12 years.
Mark was a member of the S.W.A. T. Team for 15 years. He served in numerous positions on the team from Entry Team Member and Sniper to Sniper Team Leader and Sniper Team Instructor.
Mark was an Adjunct Firearms Instructor for the Department, specializing in basic and advanced tactical pistol and rifle instruction. Mark is a State of Florida and N.R.A. certified Firearms Instructor.
Mark was a Firearms and Classroom Instructor at the Palm Beach State College Criminal Justice Institute from 2008 to 2015. He has instructed at several conferences including ILEETA, IALEFI, and Florida’s Highway Patrol Public Safety Conference. Mark actively competes in USPSA, Steel Challenge, IDPA, 2 Gun and 3 Gun competitions.
Das Training findet auf mehreren Stationen im rotierenden System statt. Alle Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer trainieren alle Inhalte.
Teilnahmeberechtigt am praktischen Training sind ausschließlich Angehörige von Behörden mit Sicherheitsaufgaben, die dienstlich mit Schusswaffen ausgerüstet sind.
Hinweise
Allgemein:
EPTK-Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer erhalten kostenfreien Zugang zur ENFORCE TAC® (23 – 25.02.2026).
Flyer und Programm zum Download:
1. Konferenztag:
Teilnahmeberechtigt sind Angehörige von Behörden mit Sicherheitsaufgaben, der Berufsfeuerwehr, Richter, Staatsanwälte und Berufssoldaten.
Seminarsprache:
Deutsch / Englisch mit Simultanübersetzung
2. Konferenztag:
Das Training findet auf mehreren Stationen im rotierenden System statt. Alle Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer trainieren alle Inhalte.
Teilnahmeberechtigt am praktischen Training sind ausschließlich Angehörige von Behörden mit Sicherheitsaufgaben, die dienstlich mit Schusswaffen ausgerüstet sind.
