About us

Pretoria Tactical Solutions

Born of a passion for security. Driven by a need to share knowledge.

It all started with two friends who for years had shared common interests, similar values and a passion for security in the broadest sense.

We used to say, half-jokingly, that one day we would set up our own training company. Over the years, as we gained professional experience in various areas of security, we kept coming back to the idea more and more often.

In the end, we decided to stop just talking about it.

That is how PRETORIA TACTICAL SOLUTIONS was born — a brand that brings together our experience, our knowledge and our passion for teaching others.

Our mission

We want to help make Poland safer through education, raising awareness and fostering responsible attitudes among both citizens and members of the uniformed services.

PRETORIA training participants shooting pistols on the range, wearing hearing protection and safety glasses

We believe that safety does not start with owning a firearm or knowing advanced techniques. It starts with knowledge, the ability to recognise threats, responsible decisions and proper preparation.

Shooting is our main speciality, but we take a much broader view of safety.

We combine experience from diplomatic protection, training security personnel, the military, self-defence and crisis preparedness. This allows us to pass on knowledge that is not limited to the shooting range.

Our work is aimed at two groups:

Civilians

People who want to take conscious care of their own safety and that of their loved ones.

Uniformed services

Officers of the uniformed services who want to sharpen the skills they use on duty.

This is not just a plan for the future. We already put our experience to use in training people who are professionally responsible for the safety of others.

We want every participant in our training not only to develop their skills but, above all, to understand why particular rules and actions matter.

Our aim is not to create a sense of threat. It is to build awareness, responsibility and the confidence that comes from proper preparation.

Because more aware citizens and better-prepared services make for a safer society.

Knowledge breeds vigilance, courage silences fear.

This is the motto of PRETORIA TACTICAL SOLUTIONS and the foundation of our approach.

Knowledge breeds vigilance

The better we understand the world around us, potential threats and our own capabilities, the more easily we recognise situations that call for attention. Awareness allows us to prevent problems before they escalate.

Courage silences fear

Courage does not mean the absence of fear. It means being able to make conscious decisions and act appropriately in spite of it.

We believe that knowledge, preparation and responsible training help to build this mindset.

PRETORIA is you, too

From the very beginning, we wanted PRETORIA to be more than a brand created by two instructors.

That is why, while it was still taking shape, we invited you to help create its identity. You had a say in choosing the name and the logo, and your feedback helped us make our first decisions.

That was no accident.

We believe that a good training brand should, above all, listen to the people it wants to help.

It is your questions, problems, experiences and needs that show us in which direction we should develop our training.

We do not want to build our offer solely around what we ourselves enjoy teaching. We want to respond to the real needs of the people who have placed their trust in us.

That is why PRETORIA is not just us. It is also the people who want to develop their knowledge, skills and safety awareness together with us.

Participants holding their Pistol — Level A course completion certificates, together with the instructor — Participants of the Pistol — Level A course

The people behind PRETORIA

Krzysztof

co-founder and instructor

From the outset, my career has been tied to security, training and working with people.

I graduated in national security with a specialisation in counter-terrorism. I also gained military experience and then went on to develop my career in the security sector.

From 2020, I worked in diplomatic protection connected with the US Department of State and the Diplomatic Security Service in Germany.

In that role, I also served as a Field Training Officer (FTO), responsible for training and preparing new security staff to carry out their duties.

Krzysztof among soldiers in dress uniforms in front of flags; the other people’s faces are blurred

One of my main areas of responsibility was running regular shooting training, covering both skills development and periodic checks of staff readiness.

I also ran refresher training on security procedures, crisis response, regulations and rules of duty, and elements of self-defence.

I am also a Krav Maga instructor.

It was years of working with people that made me realise just how much the way knowledge is passed on matters.

A good instructor is not there to show how much they can do. They are there to teach someone else.

This is the principle I follow in every training session.

Soldier in combat gear with a carbine and a night-vision device on his helmet

Marek (pseudonym)

co-founder

The second co-founder of PRETORIA is a long-standing friend of mine, currently serving in a combat team of the Polish Special Forces.

Owing to the nature of his service, we are not currently disclosing his real personal details or the details of his professional experience. In the future, we plan to expand his involvement in PRETORIA’s training activities.

Our greatest strength is that our professional experience is complementary.

On the one hand, many years of practice in diplomatic protection, staff training, shooting and self-defence. On the other — military experience gained in a demanding operational environment.

This enables us to build a brand that looks at security more broadly than through the lens of a single discipline.

We are also united by something more important than professional experience — a shared passion for passing on knowledge and helping others.

Our approach to training

We do not believe in training where participants simply follow commands and fire shot after shot without understanding what they are doing well and what they need to improve.

We focus on safety, understanding the fundamentals, individual error correction and conscious progress.

Civilians

In training for civilians, we help people build the right habits, develop their skills and make responsible decisions about safety.

Uniformed services

In training for the uniformed services, we focus on honing professional skills, applying procedures consciously and preparing for demanding situations on duty.

Whatever our participants’ experience, we follow the same principle: training should translate into real skills, not just the number of hours spent on the range.

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Knowledge breeds vigilance, courage silences fear.

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