Serving Greater Lansing • West Michigan • Metro Detroit • Flint
Michigan’s Complete
Personal Protection &
Preparedness Academy
Build the confidence, judgement, and practical
skills to protect yourself, your family, and your
community—before an emergency happens.
You’ll leave knowing how to…
Train with Samuel Brooks
Training should build confidence—not
intimidation.
Samuel Brooks combines practical defensive skills,
emergency preparedness, medical training, and
adaptive instruction to help students make sound
decisions under stress.
✓ Hundreds of students trained
✓ Multiple instructor certifications
✓ Adaptive specialist
✓ Reality-based curriculum
✓ Security professional
| 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 |
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:
ever 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.
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What Problem Are You
Trying to Solve?
| Foundations | Preparedness |
| • New Shooter Package • Basic Handgun • Gun Cleaning 101 • Concealed Carry • Defender Academy • Adaptive Defender Academy | • Prepared Defender Academy • Family Defender Academy • Trauma First Aid Academy • Surviving Hell Academy • Build My Safety Plan |
| Advanced Skills | Organizations |
| • Defensive Carbine Academy • Defensive Shotgun Academy • Trauma First Aid Academy | • Survive the Threat Academy • Emergency Operations Plan • Trauma First Aid Academy • Church Safety Teams Academy • Community Defender Academy • Build My Safety Plan • Physical Security Assessments |
What Our Alumni Say
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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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