Annual Training Conference (ATC)
The 2025 Annual Training Conference:
Expand your Knowledge in Current Firearm Tactics
Join us in-person in Houston, TX from September 14 – 19
Pre-register to get your first choice on class picks when they become available for $595.00.
Apply to teach at the 44th IALEFI Annual Training Conference in Houston, TX! Complete submissions with lesson plans are required. Don’t miss this chance. Submit Your Proposal!
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, Inc. Annual Training Conference 2025 Start Date: Sunday, September 14th, 2025 End Date: Friday, September 19th, 2025 Pre-Register Here 2025 Scholarship Request 2025 Instructor of the Year Shipping Labels – TBD when available Battle of the Badges
Spouse/Guest Meet & Greet Breakfast Memorial Match ($20 donation fee) Thursday Night Banquet (included w/tuition, guest additional) Corn Hole Tournament Vendor Social Scholarship Raffle Evening Drop-In Discussion Forums After Hours Social Events And more!
Sheraton North Houston at George Bush Intercontinental for 113 USD per night Book your group rate for International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, Inc. 2025 Last Day to Book: Thursday, August 21, 2025
Submittals for the 2025 Scholarship are being accepted, criteria for submittal is current membership with IALEFI, a one page letter (on Agency letterhead) describing your need, and what you will do with the training upon returning. If awarded a scholarship, the conference fee of $595.00 will be covered and up to a $500.00 stipend to assist with travel/lodging or food will be awarded. If the scholarship is not used, there is no cash value. Deadline for submission is July 1, 2025, awardees will be notified by the Committee immediately following the closing date. Email requests to info@ialefi.com with Scholarship in the subject line.
Battle of the Badges is a law enforcement-only shooting competition designed to challenge officers’ skills while fostering camaraderie among those who serve. Active law enforcement officers can compete for free, while retired officers are also welcome to participate with a small registration fee. This event brings together LEOs from across the country for a high-energy, skills-based competition that pushes them beyond the range and into real-world scenarios.
Event Info:
- May 28, 2025 – Templeton, PA (Ben Franklin Range)
- July 12, 2025 – Christiansburg, VA (Izaak Walton League)
- September 13, 2025 – Houston, TX (Deputy Mike Faas Firearms Training Complex) hosted by IALEFI
- TBD – Orlando, FL (Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. Training Facility)
Opening Speaker: Monday – 9am – 12pm
Lt. Brian Murphy (retired) from the Oak Creek Police Department in Wisconsin. Lt. Murphy was the first officer on the scene on August 5, 2012, after 40-year-old Wade Michael Page fatally shot six people and wounded four others at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Lt. Murphy will go through the incident in detail, showing actual video footage and lessons learned. Lt. Murphy later earned the Congressional Badge of Bravery and Presidential Medal of Valor.
Training will cover:
- History of the White Supremacist Movement
- Department lead-up to active shooter events
- Complete debrief of the shooting, including response from multiple agencies and disciplines
- Mindset to survive deadly force encounters
- PTSD and its effects on family
- Preparation for deadly force encounters
We provide you with the opportunity to meet, network, exchange information, and ideas with fellow firearms instructors.
The Annual Training Conference (ATC) is IALEFI’s annual seminar providing informative individual classes and dynamic live fire range exercises that are topical, relevant, and dependent to law enforcement, military, and private sector firearms instructors. Topics include:
Handguns Shotguns Rifles Defensive tactics Armorers courses
Experts from across the international law enforcement training community are invited to introduce and expand your knowledge in current firearm tactics, skills or evaluate the need for additional training and equipment. These trainers encourage you to adapt their information to in-service training for your department.
The ATC will also provide you with the opportunity to meet, network, exchange information, and ideas with fellow firearms instructors. You will also have the opportunity to see and evaluate firearms-related products and technologies presented through corporate sponsors and manufacturers’ displays.
Lifelong professional relationships begin at our training events and this networking only serves to advance the goals of our members.
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