ARRANGING FOR THE CONTROL TACTICS INSTRUCTOR COURSE. The basic entry level instructors course is ten (10) days in length, usually from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but times can be modified if necessary. Classes are conducted on Monday through Friday for two weeks with the weekend off.
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1. countable noun. 1  A quill is a pen made from a bird's feather. 2  A bird's quills are large, stiff feathers on its wings and tail. 3  The quills of a porcupine are the long sharp points on its body. 4  any of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail of a bird. 5  the long hollow central part of a bird's feather; calamus.