The NRA as an organization has been providing firearms training, competition, and safety programs since its inception in 1871. Political issues aside, it has long been considered the leading authority in the promotion, instruction, and certification of safe, effective, firearm handling, and has been doing this longer than any other organization in the world.

The Law Enforcement Division (LED) of the NRA was established in 1960 specifically to provide the law enforcement community with a “certified” and standardized law enforcement firearm instructor training program. Over the last 50 years, we have trained more than 50,000 law enforcement firearm instructors and currently have over 11,000 instructors.

We in LED take this commitment very seriously. Each of our instructors are former police officers from around the country and are highly trained, well-respected professionals in this arena. We understand that the NRA can be a very political subject for many departments, but let us assure you, politics are not part of our lesson plans. Providing the best training possible to our law enforcement officers is our number one priority. Politics are left completely out of the classroom. We have only one goal in mind -- to provide every law enforcement officer in the country with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to WIN a lethal encounter!

The NRA is a non-profit organization, and as such, our programs cost significantly less than those offered by various other training organizations. We have spent a considerable amount of time and energy over the last several years revising and updating our current course curriculums. Our firearm instructor courses are state-of-the-art, and can be successfully defended in any court of competent jurisdiction, should the need arise.  We stand ready to assist you and/or your department with all of your firearm instructor needs.