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TRAINING

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2026 WOMEN IN COMMAND Nov 16, 2026 08:00am CT - Nov 17, 2026 05:00pm CT - Savage, MN ​ Being a female leader in a male dominated profession has its own distinct sets of challenges and today’s climate has created more unique obstacles than ever before. Both our 2-Day In-Person and 6-Hour Live, Interactive Online programs will focus on assisting women in becoming more effective leaders focused on relationships, organization and community. Female leaders have unique ideas, insight and solutions. We will examine these qualities and offer tools to assist Current and Future Women in Command in implementing effective skills to inspire and motivate their staff with a focus on maintaining a professional, positive and inspiring climate. Designed to help leaders maintain a professional, positive and inspiring climate, this program will offer examples of the traits and skill sets of proven, successful leaders and accomplished agencies. During both of these delivery methods, our team of executive level female instructors will engage in lively discussions in an open forum populated by current and future women law enforcement leaders. Topics covered: ​ The Principles of Effective Leadership Leading in Today’s Unique Climate Creating and Maintaining Effective Organizational Culture Leadership Qualities Unique to Women Learning from Successful Female Leaders Leading in a Male Dominated Profession Supervising other Females Building your Credibility Mentoring and Leading by Example Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling Self Examination

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2026 ADVANCED FEMALE PISTOL SKILLS

Jun 23, 2026 08:00am CT - Jun 24, 2026 05:00pm CT - Saint Paul, MN

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This 2-day course is designed to build on fundamental shooting skills for female officers. The course will include refresher material from basic courses and will build into more advanced application of those skills. The class is designed for officers who are comfortable with their shooting, but have a desire to increase their abilities in a friendly environment. The course covers shooting at various distances, one-handed pistol manipulation, shooting from cover, shooting while moving and other related skills.

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2026 FEMALE RIFLE SKILL

 

Sep 23, 2026 08:00am CT - Sep 24, 2026 05:00pm CT - Saint Paul, MN

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This 2-day course is designed for the female officer to refine and build patrol rifle skills in an environment that is open and encouraging. It will cover the fundamentals of using a patrol rifle such as loading, unloading, manipulation of the fire controls, three types of reloads, malfunction clearance techniques, transition from rifle to handgun, sighting considerations, positional shooting, ballistics, rifle set-up and related equipment selection.
 

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Female Firearms Fundamentals – Female LE/Military Only

July 15 @ 8:00 am - July 16 @ 5:00 pm $550.00

 

MISSION CRITICAL CONCEPTS, hosted by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a combined handgun and patrol rifle fundamentals course for female law enforcement officers at the Wright County Training Center. This course is for all female officers looking to improve their firearms skills (grip/vision/trigger, speed, accuracy, and movement) in a low-stress, confidence-boosting learning environment.

Attendees will dedicate one day to pistol training and one day to rifle training. This course will increase the attendees’ confidence (through self-assessment) in running a patrol rifle and in their issued handgun, with speed and accuracy, and will develop the skills needed to move and shoot in dynamic situations.

Lead instructor is Orie Oksendahl, a seasoned Firearms and Tactics instructor for a state agency in Minnesota. She has experience on multiple tactical teams and in high-risk operations. Oksendahl is also a licensed Tactical Strength & Conditioning Facilitator and certified Health & Wellness coach.

Social Events and Networking

Events that MAWP hosts are part of our mission. To build relationships, network and find your tribe. We encourage if you are looking for mentorship and peer support to attend one of the events. We do a range of activities from attending sporting events, paint parties, physical activity, firearm practice and more! Our members go on to have lots of social events outside of MAWP as well!

 

If you are someone who would like to host an event or want to be involved in a planning committee, reach out to us at mawpcommunications@gmail.com.

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