Experienced Executives will Assist in Company Expansion

Montreal, Quebec--(November 1, 2011) - 

The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) (Pink Sheets:CTTG).

The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new executives.

On October 31, 2011, the Company appointed the following as officers of the Company:

George Tsolakos, Vice President Business Development

In his position of VP Business Development, Mr. Tsolakos will define and implement CTTA’s new global solutions business strategy in order to achieve the best fit with our clients’ needs and expectations. Mr. Tsolakos will be based at CTTA’s head office in Montreal (Quebec-Canada) and will be responsible for the development of an integrated approach to the applied security solutions business in addition to working closely with the Company's R&D and Operations services in identifying new opportunities within this market.

Mr. Tsolakos, a seasoned executive with extensive experience in business development at the international level, has managed business initiatives in the security, pharmaceutical and biotech fields. Prior to joining

CTTA, Mr. Tsolakos held senior level positions in business development and project management at various international companies, most recently he was Director of Business Development at Algorithme Pharma for EU and US based clients.

Mr. Tsolakos holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Concordia, and a Diploma in Project Management from McGill University.

Larry Kurlender, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Kurlender is a Chartered Accountant (CA), and also holds Bachelor of Commerce and MBA degrees from

McGill University. Mr. Kurlender is a practicing CA and has managed his own firm since 1996. During his career he has held executive level positions in finance and in management in four major enterprises including multi-national public companies.

Mr. Jocelyn Moisan, President of the company commented “We are very pleased to have these two very experienced executives with the company as we expand our products and services as well as our geographical reach.”

Contacts:

Jocelyn Moisan, Angelo Marino and John Farinaccio

Canadian Tactical Training Academy

7000 Cote de Liesse, Suite 8

Montreal, Quebec, H4T 1E7, Canada

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Loaded Gun Slips Through Security Screening

Airport security officials at Los Angeles International Airport failed to detect a loaded handgun that was contained in a traveler's checked bag Sunday, according to several law enforcement sources.

An airport ramp crew discovered the loaded .38-caliber handgun Sunday after it tumbled from an unzipped compartment in a duffel bag they were loading onto Alaska Airlines Flight 563, according to the sources. The aircraft was leaving the terminal at LAX at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, bound for Portland, Ore.

Workers called Los Angeles Airport Police to report the discovery. The owner of the gun was questioned at the LAPD's Pacific station and released and allowed to board a later flight to Portland. The gun was turned over to Los Angeles police, the source said.

The law enforcement sources declined to speak for attribution on the case, saying they were not authorized to speak for their departments.

A TSA spokeswoman said she was unfamiliar with the incident, but was seeking details and would comment later in the day.

TSA spokeswoman Lorie Dankers said the TSA had screened the bag for explosives and there were none.

"It's the airline and passenger's responsibility to ensure that firearms are transported correctly," she said. Dankers noted that since the firearm was in a checked bag, the passenger would not have had access to it on the flight].

According to the law enforcement sources, the traveler had not given the airline required notification that he was traveling with a gun in his checked bag on the trip from Los Angeles to Portland.

The traveler told authorities that he had flown out of Portland with the same bag, with the gun inside, three days earlier. It was not immediately clear whether he had notified the airline about the gun when he flew out of Portland.

Marshall McClain, president of the union representing Los Angeles Airport Police, said the incident showed that the Transportation Safety Administration had not focused on its core mission, to thoroughly screen passengers, while expending too much effort on duties that police perform.

"TSA must do their primary mission and do it well," McClain said. "Local law enforcement needs to know that TSA is doing their part and not continuously trying to duplicate the law enforcement side of the airport screening program while their primary mission suffers."

About the Canadian Tactical Training Academy

Security forces play a very important role in emergency management as well as in the daily operations of any airport and/or airline.  A safety department’s ability to successfully deal with a crisis situation depend directly upon the preparedness of its officers.  In this day and age, the field of airport and airline security is considered to be a specialization for which officers must combine both proper training and pertinent experience.  Although some officers represent private entities, generally this is a service carried out under the supervision of a government entity.  This training offers the participant the opportunity of acquiring the fundamental notions and necessary instruction from experts in the fields of Airport and Airline Protection, having operated both locally and internationally.

The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) is an organization devoted to the training of law enforcement, security, investigation, protection officers, and all those who dedicate themselves to maintaining peace.

CTTA Training Programs include but are not limited to:

Airport Security Operations:

-       ICAO and IATA security standards

-       Perimeter protection and access control

-       Protecting public areas (parking, ticket counters, restaurant, shops, restrooms, etc.)

-       Protecting restricted areas (lounges, restaurants, duty-free shops, restrooms, etc.)

-       Vehicle and pedestrian patrols, (public and restricted areas)

Airline Security Operations:

-       ICAO and IATA security standards

-       Passenger profiling

-       Passenger and employee screening

-       Dealing with unruly passengers

-       Cargo, courier and mail security

 Training courses can be customized according to specific needs.

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Syrious Crimes

REPORTING FROM BEIRUT -- Heavy fighting was reported Tuesday in Syria as security forces mounted an offensive in the city of Homs, where activists said seven people were killed.

The government said “armed terrorist gangs” had assaulted a police station, a hospital and a roadway, and tried to assassinate the head of the hospital’s emergency room. Authorities confiscated heavy weapons and explosives and arrested more than 100 “wanted men,” said the official Syrian Arab News Agency.

The city of more than 1 million in west-central Syria has been a hub of the opposition to the rule of President Bashar Assad since anti-regime protests broke out across the country in March. But anti-regime activists say attacks by government security forces in Homs and surrounding communities have escalated in recent days.

The Local Coordinating Committees, a grass-roots group seeking Assad's ouster, accused the government in a statement of “targeting anything that moves in the streets,” describing “continuous shooting,” outages of electricity and water, and plainclothes security units “roaming the residential neighborhoods.”

Activists have blamed Syrian security forces for attacking peaceful demonstrators, prompting some civilians and army defectors to take up arms. The official news agency blames “terrorist” gunmen for the apparently escalating violence.

The Syrian government has barred most journalists from entering the country, making it difficult to obtain independent verification of reports of casualties and damage.

Almost 3,000 people have died in violence in Syria since March, according to the United Nations. The Syrian government says more than 1,000 security personnel have been killed.

CTTA Teaches Intelligent Crowd Control Methodology


Intelligent Crowd Control Methodology (Trade Mark Pending) is an important aspect of CTTA`s training curriculum. This approach adheres to Canadian government guidelines respecting human rights.

Intelligent Crowd Control Methodology allows law enforcement personnel to effectively maintain the peace in a manner that protects the individual demonstrator from injury. CTTA developed this comprehensive proprietary methodology in response to legal requirements in Canada. Acceptance and demand for this approach in world markets soon followed. Governments, armed forces, and police departments desire to maintain the respect of its citizens even under adverse conditions. News clips of bloodied demonstrators on the evening news do not engender respect; quite the opposite, they produce an even more violent response by the crowd.

Intelligent Crowd Control Methodology helps the law enforcement officer control the situation without causing unnecessary harm to the subjects in a manner which ensures his own safety.

The Canadian Tactical training Academy (CTTA) is an organization devoted to worldwide training of peace and law enforcement officers, as well as all other professionals involved in the fields of security, investigation, protection and the maintenance of order.

The Academy also provides tailored security and safety oriented civilian training at both the individual and corporate levels.

 Training courses can be customized according to specific needs.

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Hamas calls for seizing Israeli soldiers to swap for Palestinian prisoners

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A senior official of the Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza on Friday called on Palestinian militants to seize Israeli soldiers and exchange them with Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

The popular, political, media and diplomatic efforts inside and outside "can never be an alternative to the military efforts to rescue our prisoners from the oppressive occupation's prisons," said Ahmad Bahar, a Gaza-based Hamas leader and deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, in a press statement.

"We should be tireless of making every possible effort to seize Zionist soldiers and exchange them through prisoners swap deals," Bahar said.

In June 2006, Hamas militants and two other minor armed groups seized the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in a cross-border raid southeast of the Gaza Strip. Shalit's captors asked for the release of 1,000 prisoners in exchange for him.

However, the mediation of Egypt and Germany had so far failed to finalize a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel. Both sides traded accusations that the other was hindering the deal.

Around 6,000 Palestinian and Arab prisoners have been holding a gradual hunger strike in all the 25 Israeli jails for 10 days, protesting tightened measures imposed by the Israeli Prisons Authorities.

Bahar called on the Arab League and its secretary general as well as international rights organizations "to play a more important role to activate the prisoners' question and help release the Palestinian prisoners."

"It's unreasonable that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki- moon visited Shalit's family but ignored thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails," Bahar said.

Strong Business Potential Uncovered in High Level Meetings

 

MONTREAL, Oct 5, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) was the featured company in a recent trade mission to Brazil sponsored by the province of Quebec.

The trade mission took place from August 29 until September 2, and included visits to Sao Paulo and Brasilia. Angelo Marino, VP of Operations of CTTA represented the company.

CTTA conducted worthwhile meetings with a number of world class Brazilian companies and government agencies including Petrobras, Embraer, Flight Technologies, Dimensao, The Port authority of Santos, the Brazilian Association of Defence and Security Industry, the Sao Paulo Department of the Defence Industry, and Union of State Highway Patrols, among others.

Mr. Marino was extremely pleased with the quality and content of the discussions and indicated that "The companies and government departments that we met were very interested in our products and services. There are a great many opportunities in Brazil for CTTA and I believe that important contracts will be signed in the future."

Mr. Marino added that he was pleased with the efforts of the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, competently represented by Quebec based Karine Couture and Brazilian based Jose Castro, for organizing the trade mission.

CTTA also met with the Canadian Vice Consul and Trade Commissioner in Sao Paulo as well as the regional Manager for the Canadian Export Development Corporation.

CTTA participated in many discussions regarding Risk Management and intends to negotiate consulting contracts to provide services based on its extensive expertise and experience in this sector of the security industry.

Going forward, CTTA will follow up specific requests by providing additional information to various companies and agencies.

Mr. Marino indicated that he expects Mr. Castro, Quebec's commercial attache in Sao Paulo, to visit CTTA's headquarters in Montreal in the next few weeks.

During the next few years Brazil will spend more than $1 Billion on all aspects of public security as it prepares to host many very important international events. Security expenditures will include training, risk assessment consulting, and surveillance devices for all levels of the military, police, and events security.

Upcoming events include:

- The Brazilian Grand Prix, held annually at Interlagos, is part of the Formula One world Championship.

- World Youth Day to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 which will include a visit by Pope Benedict XVI.

- The FIFA World Cup of Soccer to be held in 12 cities in 2014.

- The Summer Olympics will be hosted by Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Brazil normally attracts 5 million tourists per year who spend more than $6 Billion dollars. These numbers are expected to rise sharply over the next years.

About The Canadian Tactical Training Academy

The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) is an organization devoted to the training of law enforcement, security, investigation, protection officers and all those who dedicate themselves to maintaining peace.

CTTA offers applied security devices for surveillance and counter-surveillance activities as well as consulting services related to security risk assessments.

Risk factors and cautionary statement about forward-looking information

This press release includes forward-looking statements about our plans and future performance, including those under Outlook for 2011. These statements use such words as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "plan," "anticipate," "contemplate," "target," "continue," "intend," "estimate," "project," and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. They reflect our expectations and speak only as of the date of this press release. We do not undertake to update them. Our expectations (or the underlying assumptions) may change or not be realized, and you should not rely unduly on forward-looking statements.

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SOURCE: Canadian Tactical Training Academy Inc.

CONTACT: Jocelyn Moisan, Angelo Marino and John Farinaccio
        Canadian Tactical Training Academy
        7000 Cote de Liesse, Suite 8
        Montreal, Quebec, H4T 1E7, Canada
        Phone: 514-373-8411
 
http://www.ctta-global.com            info@ctta-global.com
        Twitter @ CTTAGLOBAL