With training comes peace of mind.
Firearms, tactical and active-threat training for law enforcement agencies, organizations and private groups across the United States.
We train the people who stand between a threat and the public. Instruction is built on military, law enforcement and federal counter-terrorism experience, and measured by one thing: performance when it matters.
Who we train
Every program is built for one of three groups: government agencies, organizations and private groups.
Law enforcement
Sponsored carbine and LPVO, patrol rifle and sniper development courses at no cost to your agency, plus pistol, tubular assault and firearm instructor development courses.
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Workplace violence and active-threat response, plus security staff training, built around your site and your people.
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Two to four days of exclusive, high-touch training for small groups, at a site near you or a confidential training site in Montana.
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Tuition cost to your agency. Industry sponsors fund our carbine and LPVO, patrol rifle and 2-day sniper development courses. You provide the officers, the range and the ammunition. We bring the instructors and everything else.
Request a course
Submit a request from your official agency email address.
Confirm the details
We set dates, range location and class size with your training coordinator.
Train on your range
Our instructors travel to you and run the course.
What we teach
Carbine, LPVO and patrol rifle
No-cost rifle courses for agencies, built for distance, barriers and time pressure.
Sniper development
A no-cost two-day course for agency snipers and precision marksmen.
Suck Less with a Pistol
A full day breaking down the shot process to find and fix individual performance gaps.
Tubular assault
Tactics for SWAT teams operating in aircraft, buses and trains.
Firearm instructor development
Not just what to teach, but how to teach it, using the Archway Defense methodology.
Workplace violence and active threat
Prevention and response training for employers and their teams.
Security staff training
Active-shooter and mass-casualty response for security officers, tailored to their post.
Private group training
Two to four days of exclusive instruction for small groups serious about getting better.
Security consulting
Assessments and recommendations to strengthen security protocols at your site.
Founded by a former Federal Air Marshal.
Our instructors are drawn from a network of professionals serving in military, law enforcement and federal units.
| Military | U.S. Air Force, Air Base Defense. Six years, with deployments for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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| Federal service | Federal Air Marshal Service, international team leader. Five years of counter-terror missions worldwide. |
| Distinction | Top Gun, Federal Air Marshal Academy, 2010 |
| Education | B.A. Criminal Justice, counter-terrorism emphasis |
| Founded | Archway Defense, 2014 |
“The quicker we get rounds on target, ultimately, more people survive.”
Peter Johnson, to WCCO-TV
O’Hare and Midway International Airports.
Universal Security, a Chicago security firm, hired Archway Defense to train its aviation security staff in active-shooter and mass-casualty response.
Peter Johnson built the curriculum specifically for aviation security officers, reflecting threats to transportation hubs worldwide. The program was commissioned to exceed industry training requirements and better protect officers, the airports and the traveling public.