The Arkansas Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (ADLEST) offers the following resources and training opportunities to the state’s law enforcement officers:

ALERRT

ALERRT – We are the statewide training coordinators, in partnership with the ALERRT Center in San Marcos. Currently teaching all new officers 44 hours of ALERRT-based training, to include Level 1 Response to an Active Attack, Active Attack Integrated Response, First Responder Medical, Solo Officer Rapid Deployment, and Civilian Response to Attack Shooter Events.

In the last 18 months, we have trained nearly 2000 officers across the state in active attack response.

We have full-time, dedicated, advanced staff members who bring this training regionally to everyone for free.

Active Attack Integrated Response

The Active Attack Integrated Response Train-the-Trainer Course (AAIR) is a performance level course designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, tele-communicator and emergency medical services (EMS) in active attack / shooter events. The course provides law enforcement officers with key medical skills based on tactical emergency casualty care (TECC) guidelines, which can be used at the point of injury (POI) to increase survivability of victims. The course also provides a model framework for law enforcement, fire, and EMS to integrate responses during an active attack / shooter event through the rescue task force concept. This course has been designed to improve the safety and survivability of victims of active attack / shooter events and increase the effectiveness, coordination, and resource integration between law enforcement, fire, tele-communications and EMS when responding to these events.

Active Attack Incident Command

This, Active Attack Incident Command, course provides a model framework to improve incident management and the integration of law enforcement, fire and EMS, public safety communications, public information officers, and emergency management responders during active shooter event response, improving time to threat neutralization, medical intervention, and survivability of victims. This is an integrated response course for a cross-discipline audience. The framework utilizes the Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist(TM), a validated and recognized National Standard for active shooter event response, integrating best practices guided by principles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC), and Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT). Participants will learn organizational building blocks for an integrated response including Contact Team, Rescue Task Force, Tactical, Perimeter, Triage, Transport, Intelligence, and Reunification through progressively challenging full-length Active Shooter Event functional exercises utilizing the multi-responder NIMSPro TM 3D virtual reality simulator in multiple response roles. The course also introduces participants to Complex Coordinated Attacks (CCA) which includes the complexities of improvised explosive devices; an attacker who becomes static, barricades, or takes hostages; and a multi-modal CCA.

Level 1

Level 1, This dynamic course of instruction is designed to prepare the first responder to isolate, distract, and neutralize an active shooter. This course will cover shooting and moving, threshold evaluation, concepts and principles of team movement, setting up for and room entry techniques, approach and breaching the crisis site, secondary responder tactics, improvised explosive devices, and post engagement priorities of work. The course will culminate with dynamic force‑on‑force scenarios.

First Responder Medical

First Responder Medical, this train‑the‑trainer course includes the complete delivery of the Tactical Medical for Patrol Officers course of study as well as instructional techniques and methodology for delivering the course, scenario development, safety protocols and procedures, graded participant teach‑backs, graded skills assessments, remediation, course critiques, and evaluations. Participants are provided with all lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, student manuals, and related courseware so that they are immediately prepared to deliver the Tactical Medical for Patrol Officers course at their home agency.

SORD

SORD, this dynamic course of instruction is designed to provide the solo officer (off-duty/plain clothes /uniform) with the knowledge, physical skills, and mind set on how to isolate, distract, or neutralize an armed threat like an active shooter. This course will cover reasons to carry for off-duty and plain clothes officers, levels of intervention, deadly force policies and case studies, ergonomic considerations for plain clothes carry, options for mitigating the occurrence of blue on blue shootings, concepts and principles of solo officer movement, threshold evaluation, setting up for and room entry techniques, post engagement priorities of work, and incident management. Day one includes live fire training and day two culminates with dynamic force‑on‑force scenarios.

Incident Command/Unified Command

We can teach Incident Command/Unified Command, utilizing tabletop scenarios. We will build your scenario, coach you through the process, and debrief the event with law enforcement officers who have experience in critical incident response. Using their lessons learned, both successes and failures, we will help you accomplish your mission.

Scenario-Based Exercises

We provide resources and instructors for Scenario-Based Exercises. All equipment, instructors, and debriefs of these activities will be free.

Facility Threat Assessment Evaluations

Facility Threat Assessment Evaluations: We will work with workplaces, churches, and educational facilities to help identify security failures andprovide recommendations for enhancements.

Coming Soon: Simunition Shoot Houses

In January 2026, two new state-of-the-art training facilities with Simunition Shoot Houses and virtual reality training will be available for use when needed. These facilities will be in Springdale and East Camden.

Critical Incident Speakers

ADLEST will provide law enforcement officers with critical incident experience to speak with community stakeholders when needed in support of the mission.