This is exclusive training event for female law enforcement officers. We are excited to provide you with advanced-level firearms training as part of the A Girl & A Gun “Back the Women in Blue” Program Presented by GLOCK. Thank you for your service to your community!

Officers will have live-fire and simunition firearms training with pistols and/or rifles. A block of training will be focused on defensive tactics, groundfighting, and/or handcuffing techniques. Additional training may also include low-light or other skills for situations that are common for officers’ lives back home. Drills on the range and/or in the shoot houses offer opportunities for decision-making exercises and tactics proficiency. Officers also participate in team-building exercises, such as rappelling from the 5-story tower! These activities help promote personal beliefs in oneself and trust in their fellow officers, and they return home as stronger officers and motivated leaders.

The only cost is for officers to arrange for their own travel to/from Round Rock, TX, either through their departments, personal funds, or donations. The rest of the entire event is funded by contributions from generous sponsors and AG & AG chapters that want to #giveback.  Hotel, meals, range fees, training supplies, ammunition, and instructor fees are covered.  Officers even receive gifts and swag for attending!

Although this training is for an individual female officer, the impact on her department is tremendous. She will return with new skills and drills to share with her department, as well as increased knowledge and confidence in firearms and tactics so that she can encourage and mentor others.  The attendee will gain leadership development training and insight from female leaders (Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs, and Commanders) on how they foster positive relationships with others in their agencies that have shaped their personal and professional journeys. The attendees will overcome challenges, hone a growth mindset, and return with the ability to add value to other people, officers, and programs. 

The hotel reservations are managed and paid for by AG & AG and are not published for security reasons. Officers who are attending will receive in advance all of the details, including instructors, confirmed agenda, housing arrangements, and dinner plans.

In 2016 we were seeing an uptick in female LEOs at our competitive matches and events. These ladies were seeking additional trigger time and training that they were not getting from their departments.

We sent a nationwide survey to female LEOs not assigned to tactical units, and learned that 63% of the respondents’ agencies did not offer mandatory firearms training post-academy and only 66% of the officers were required to annually qualify on their duty guns. Shockingly 89% of the responsdents had not attended any outside firearms training in the last 5 years!

With the increased violence towards law enforcement and lack of mandatory firearms training provided to them, A Girl & A Gun stepped up to provide training to keep LEOs safe. We started a fundraiser of BTWB tshirts and asked our sponsors and LE instructors to get on board. We have been able to offer this event for several years and it has become an invaluable opportunity to the women who attend. In addition to the firearms training, defensive tactics, verbal judo and communication skills, low-light techniques, and other training that we offer, officers are able to network with other women from around the country, who share their passion for service. The AG & AG culture ensures that friendships grow strong and women remain a part of a valued sisterhood.

All women are welcome, including non-members! It is a women’s event open to individuals whose sex was assigned female at birth. Participants must be currently serving as law enforcement officers with arrest authority.
Interested in membership? Join A Girl & A Gun today!

TCOLE is the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which serves as the regulatory agency for all peace officers in Texas, which includes sheriffs and their deputies, constables and their deputies, police officers, marshals, troopers, Texas Rangers, enforcement agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission, investigators of the Attorney General, game wardens, county jailers, and public security officers. All Texas peace officers must meet mandatory standards for training hours through TCOLE.

Texas officers will receive TCOLE hours for their training time at our Back the Women in Blue event. Officers outside of Texas will receive documentation that can be submitting to the appropriate agency in order to log training hours.

Sgt Brian Quick is the Lead Instructor. He has a laid-back personality but is extremely focused on training. He has spent countless hours training firearms and tactics to chart a path to success. He was assigned to the RRPD Training Division for over 9 years. He is currently the department’s SWAT Team Leader and supervises the Traffic Division. He has been in Law Enforcement for nearly 30 years and sits on the board of the Texas Tactical Police Officers Association.

Ashley Daley is bigger than life itself and has a positive personality and energy to match. Her personality attracts to a variety of different students, which makes learning fun. She is currently a full-time trainer with RRPD and primarily focuses on defensive tactics. She is a lifelong student of mixed martial arts and spends most of her time on the mats or with her dogs. She has been in Law Enforcement for 12+ years.

AJ Rivera is a dynamic instructor with an exciting personality who possesses a love for the craft and is a constant student. He is a member of RRPD’s SWAT Team and holds several responsibilities on the team. He is currently assigned to the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit in their Special Operations. He has been in Law Enforcement for 15+ years.

“Sometimes you take a training course, and you leave retaining one piece of good information. Then you take A Girl & A Gun sponsored training course and you return to your law enforcement duties with skills that will save a life and make you truly reflect on how important it is to train with your firearm,” said Sgt. Nichole Brimhall of the Elgin (TX) Police Department.

“I came away from this training with renewed purpose and confidence. That sort of thing can’t really be bought. I can’t thank everyone involved enough,” said Officer Cynthea Gunderson of the Crested Butte (CO) Marshal’s Office.

“Between the laid back environment, the excellent instruction, and phenomenal training facility, this was the best post-academy experience I’ve received so far. It impresses me that an organization like A Girl & A Gun with its sponsors was able to put on this event and create much needed support for women in law enforcement,” said Officer Lindsey Baker of the Hanover County (VA) Sheriff’s Office.

“A Girl & A Gun is such an incredible organization. The ‘Back the Women in Blue’ event gives females in law enforcement the chance to become more confident in skills that could save their life one day. I was honored to be a part of such an event,” said Officer Falynn Monk of the Nacogdoches (TX) Police Department.

“This event was by far some the best training I’ve had in my law enforcement career. The environment is amazing. A Girl & A Gun has not only provided this amazing training that I can use every day on the job, but has also allowed me to make long lasting friendships!” said Officer Amanda Jeske, Pflugerville (TX) Police Department.

“The ladies that came together for this training are some of the best female officers that I have ever met. We often have a hard time in this male-dominated profession, but these women are great examples for female officers everywhere,” said Sgt. Kat Silvia of the Dallas (TX) Police Department.

“It was extremely gratifying to see a tremendous amount of support for the badge that I’m very proud to put on every day to protect and serve my community. Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer. Being afforded stellar training like this aids us in carrying out our mission with honor and integrity,” said Officer Meghan Vold of the Park Forest (IL) Police Department.

“The friendship bonds and camaraderie I made this week will stay with me forever. The incredible generosity of the event sponsors and the gracious efforts by A Girl & A Gun was awe inspiring,” said Sgt. Kimberly Gill of the Sunset Valley (TX) Police Department.