HTTG’s STAR course equips School Resource Officers with essential solo skills to respond to active threats on school property. This 3-day course combines tactical training, decision-making, and force-on-force exercises to ensure officers are thoroughly prepared for school-related threats.
Enrollment and hosting are managed exclusively through NASRO. Contact your NASRO representative to register or host this course at your agency or school district. For questions, contact HTTG at contact@highthreattraining.com.
The S.T.A.R. course is designed to equip SROs with the essential solo skills needed to respond to active threats on school property. Participants will learn to navigate various environments including parking lots, hallways, stairwells, classrooms, and indoor/outdoor transitions.
The course highlights use-of-force decision-making, including de-escalation strategies and the appropriate application of force in dynamic, complex environments. Officers gain proficiency in threat isolation and precision engagement near innocent bystanders.
The training prepares officers to handle threats ranging from individuals who are dangerous but not visibly armed, to armed suspects posing immediate danger. To complete the course, officers must meet Critical Task Evaluation.
The STAR course is delivered by High Threat Training Group and administered through NASRO. All class sign-ups and hosting are coordinated through NASRO. Contact your NASRO representative to register or host. For questions: contact@highthreattraining.com.
Registration via NASRO
All class sign-ups and hosting arrangements are managed through NASRO. Contact your NASRO representative to register or host this course.
Questions? contact@highthreattraining.com
Officers must meet Critical Task Evaluation standards to complete the STAR course and receive their certificate.
The STAR (SRO Tactical Assailant Response) course is a 3-day intensive training program designed specifically for School Resource Officers. It equips SROs with the essential solo skills needed to respond to active threats on school property, combining tactical training, decision-making, and force-on-force exercises. The course is delivered by High Threat Training Group and all enrollment and hosting is managed through NASRO.
All class sign-ups and hosting arrangements for the STAR course are managed directly through NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers). Contact your NASRO representative to register for an upcoming course or to arrange hosting at your school district or agency. For general questions, contact HTTG at contact@highthreattraining.com.
SROs face a unique challenge: they typically respond solo, with only a handgun, in a complex school environment before additional resources arrive. Standard active shooter training focuses on the coordinated response after multiple units arrive — which does not address the SRO’s Phase 1 challenge. STAR is built specifically around the SRO’s operational context, including de-escalation, use-of-force decision-making, and handgun-only dynamic scenarios.
The STAR course prepares SROs to handle: individuals dangerous but not visibly armed; armed suspects willing to surrender; suspects posing immediate danger to others; threats in transition between indoor and outdoor spaces; and situations requiring threat isolation and precision engagement near innocent bystanders.
Required: duty belt; note-taking materials; airsoft pistol with pellets/CO2, OR Force on Force NLTA (150 rounds), OR agency FoF equipment; PPE (long-sleeve, hoodie/jacket, head/neck/groin protection, gloves); blue or orange non-firing training pistol or SIRT pistol; safety glasses; weather-appropriate clothing. No rifles required or permitted.
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