• Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA - Associate of Science Degree
• California State University, Los Angeles, CA
• University of California, Los Angeles, CA - lifetime teaching credentials

Professional Experience:

• 1974 - La Palma Police Department - Reserve Officer
• 1976-1978 - EI Monte Police Department
• 1978-Present - Los Angeles Police Department
  • Southeast Division Patrol
  • Hollywood Division Patrol
  • Narcotics Division - Undercover Officer
  • Southeast Division Patrol- Field Training Officer
  • Metropolitan Division (1981-1994 SWAT)
  • Narcotics Division - (1994 - 2008)

Certificates:

• Handgun Instructor
• Shotgun Instructor
• Crisis Negotiation
• Basic, Intermediate and Advanced POST (EI Monte and LAPD)
• ASP, side handle and straight baton instructor
• Bean Bag
• Lifetime teacher credential (UCLA)
• Arrest and Control instructor
• OC instructor
• Thunder Ranch handgun and shotgun (Texas)
• CSTI (San Luis Obispo)
• Instructor Development Course
• Rifle instructor (M-16)

Training Experience:

• Firearms (handgun and shotgun, Ithaca, 870, M-16 and Benelli)
• Self-defense instructor
• Physical Training instructor
• Narcotics instructor
• Crowd Control
• Officer safety tactics
• Less lethal munitions
• 45 caliber transition
• Breaching (Search Warrants)
• Team movement (Dynamic and Stealth)
• Barricaded suspect
• Instructed police reserves in-service, USMC, DEA, ATF, FBI, other outside agencies
• Rio Hondo College Police Academy Instructor (recruits and in-service) since 1979
• Fullerton Police Academy Instructor (recruits and in-service) since 1988
• Primary instructor for LAPD Narcotics Division and other LAPD divisions that assist in
  search warrant service. Also numerous outside agencies.

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