BACKGROUND

After having thoroughly reviewed H.R. 218, the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (now

public law 108-277) and the new changes to the AZPOST (Arizona Peace Officer

Standards Training) courses of fire for the state of Arizona, a few things have become evident:

Per H.R. 218:

  1. The only legal LEOSA qualification is one that is administered, certified, applied for, and issued in the state in which you presently reside
  2. The only legal course of fire that meets the requirements for the state of Arizona
  3. LEOSA certification is the AZPOST course of fire
  4. As of January 2024, this AZPOST course of fire now consists of and requires:

a. 40-Shot Daytime Semi-Automatic Qualification Course

b. Target Identification and Discrimination Course

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?

  • The ONLY state in which you can receive a LEOSA certification is the state in which you presently reside
  • The ONLY course of fire that satisfies the requirement for the issuance of an Arizona LEOSA certificate is the 40-Shot Daytime Semi-Automatic Qualification Course with the Target Identification and Discrimination Course included. These must be passed consecutively in one sitting. This is now the ONLY course of fire Prescott Shooting Range will administer.

Now that the course of fire now includes a movement element that cannot be done within one of our bays, we now need to schedule and hold these starting outside of our regular business hours.

OUR RECOMMENDATION 

The 40-Shot Daytime Semi-Automatic Qualification Course is a scored course of fire with a minimum required passing score. ALL phases have required time standards; there are no makeups for missed shots, shots that you failed to fire, or shots that fell outside of the time limit.

For this reason, we highly encourage you to practice shooting prior to the course of fire and review and practice the course of fire prior to your testing day to ensure the greatest likelihood of passing on the first try.

You will be held to the letter of the law regarding the requirements as listed for the course of fire and the course of fire will be administered as described. Any failure to meet time, accuracy, safety, or any other standards as described in the course of fire will be accounted for accordingly and may result in a failure to pass the course of fire. Any instructor who signs off on a LEOSA certification that the applicant has failed to pass is falsifying a federal certification and could be charged with a felony for such actions. Failure to pass, withdrawing from a partially completed course of fire, choosing to reshoot at another date or time, or failure to show up to a scheduled course of fire will result in your paying for an additional appointment and rescheduling for another date.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

  1. Closed-toed shoes and no large open-collared shirts
  2. A sturdy belt to support your holster
  3. An inside or outside the waistband hip holster which protects the trigger guard
  1. Outside-the-waistband holsters are recommended
  2. SERPA holsters, small-of-the-back, appendix, and shoulder holsters are not allowed due to range policy
  1. At least 2 magazines 
  2. The firearm with which you seek to qualify 
  3. Eye and ear protection (Prescott Shooting Range can provide a rental pair for $3). If you wear corrective lenses, please use these in place of regular shooting glasses if they will help you perform better during the course of fire.
  4. A minimum of 50 rounds of ammunition for your firearm. We can sell you ammo at regular retail cost if you don’t have/did not bring your own.

AZPOST COURSE OF FIRE

Pertinent information to the student is covered on pages 1-10, 14-15:

https://post.az.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Firearms%20Rules%20and%20Procedures%20May%202023%20%281%29.pdf.

The course of fire starts on page 9. We have also excerpted the course of fire in a pdf available at the bottom of this website page under “Prescott Shooting Range Forms.” The target used for the course is TQ-21-PHX-V2; it can be purchased in our store for practice.