I would look for a gun club in the area and see if they have someone that is a qualified instructor or a competition handgun shooter. Your aveage police officer isn't all that great of a shot. I can say that because I was one for 17 years and saw how much some practiced and what kind of shots some of them were. If you don't have the passion for shooting then you just shoot to qualify and that's good enough. Then on top of that they have to be able to teach and pick out what you are doing right and wrong. So I guess what I'm saying is find a good teacher. Also video taping yourself shooting is good way to pick yourself apart too. You will see some of the things you do wrong. We used to video officer doing defensive tactics and then play them back for the officer and let them tell us what they thought they were doing right and wrong. Very interesting most of them are pretty hard on themselves. Just my drug inducted 2 cents. LOL