Serving Greater Lansing • West Michigan • Metro Detroit • Flint
DON’T JUST GET CERTIFIED. GET
PREPARED.
Michigan’s Personal Protection & Preparedness
Academy
A CPL is one step. Real preparedness requires a
toolbox of skills—including awareness,
avoidance, de-escalation, emergency
preparedness, medical response and defensive
skills.
New Shooter -> CPL -> Defender -> Prepared
Defender -> Family/Community -> Advanced
Training
WHY TRAIN WITH BROOKS DEFENSE?
Meet Your Instructor
Samuel Brooks
Samuel Brooks founded Brooks Defense Solutions, LLC
with a simple belief: preparedness should be about
capability, not fear.
His approach combines personal protection,
emergency preparedness, medical response,
security, and adaptive instruction into one
comprehensive training philosophy.
Multiple Instructor Certifications | Security Experience |
Adaptive Training | Reality-Based Curriculum
Featured Security Expert
Samuel Brooks was featured as a
security expert providing practical apartment
security guidance.
Every Situation Requires the Right Tool
At Brooks Defense Solutions, we don’t believe
there’s a one-size-fits-all answer to personal safety.
We teach what we call The Toolbox Principle:
every skill you develop becomes another tool you
can draw from when it matters most.
Awareness
↓
Avoidance
↓
De-escalation
↓
Medical Aid
↓
Physical Defense
↓
Defensive Tools
Every class adds another tool to your personal
safety toolbox.
More Than a Certification
A concealed carry permit doesn’t automatically
make someone prepared. Neither does tactical
training alone.
Brooks Defense Solutions takes a broader approach
—developing the knowledge, judgment, skills, and
tools needed to respond to a wide range of
emergencies.
| Typical CPL School | Tactical Training Company | Brooks Defense Solutions |
| Permit focused | Incident response focused | Complete preparedness |
| One-day certification | Tactical skill development | Lifelong academy progression |
| Firearms emphasis | Tactical emphasis | Integrated protection system |
| Individual skills | Tactical skills | Individual, family, church, business and community readiness |
| Large classroom | Small coaching environment | Small coaching environment |
| One-size-fits-all approach | One-size-fits-all approach | Adaptive instruction; provide personalized program |
| Generic curriculum | Generic curriculum | Toolbox Principle methodology |
BEST VALUE • COMPLETE BEGINNER PATHWAY
Where Are You in Your
Preparedness Quest?
| I’M STARTING OUT | I WANT TO PROTECT MYSELF & FAMILY |
| • New Shooter Experience • Michigan CPL • The New Defender | • Defender Academy • Prepared Defender • Family Defender • Trauma First Aid |
| I WANT ADVANCED SKILLS | I’M RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ORGANIZATION |
| • Defensive Carbine • Defensive Shotgun • Surviving Hell • Protector Qualifications | • Community Defender • Active Threat Training • Emergency Operations Planning • Physical Security Assessments |
Not sure?
What Our Alumni Say
For more general information on emergency preparedness and self-defense, please visit our blog.
Preparedness Guarantee
If you finish a course and don’t feel more prepared,
you may attend a single session
of the same course again
at no additional instructional cost within 12 months.
Brooks Defense Solutions
Based in Mulliken,
we’re Michigan’s complete
personal protection and
preparedness company—
combining self-defense,
emergency preparedness, medical response,
active shooter response,
and adaptive training solutions for
individuals, families,
businesses, and houses of worship.
Hours
Our hours are by appointment.
We’re closed on New Year’s Day,
Easter Sunday, Memorial Day,
Opening Day of Deer Season,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
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