Dennis Kennedy is President and Director of Training for the Institute. He has more than 30 years experience as a weapons and tactics Instructor. He has served in the military as an Army Special Forces weapons NCO, Military Police SRT Instructor and Air Force Security Forces SRT Leader.
As a Peace Officer, he worked in Utah and California depts. where he served in patrol, jail, vice, warrants and K9. He is a Utah POST certified Instructor as well as certified NRA Law Enforcement Patrol Rifle Instructor. He is also certified as an Instructor in Taser, OC, Defensive Tactics, Impact weapons and PPCT and Explosive Detection Dog Handler.
INSTRUCTOR - TJ Herbert
USMC 8 years
USMC Infantry Training School
USMC Scout/Sniper Instructor
UTAH Police Officer 18 years
POST Firearms instructor
POST Police Carbine Instructor
POST Police Sniper Instructor
NRA Law Enforcement Patrol Rifle Instructor
X-26 Taser Instructor
SIG Armorer
Colt Armorer
Glock Armorer
COBRA weapons of mass destruction response
NRA Law Enforcement Precision Rifle
TJ has instructed firearms and tactics since 1987. He served as a US Marine Sniper in support of Operation Desert Storm and has served in several deployments during his service in the USMC. He has served in SWAT and has supervised as SWAT team leader.
INSTRUCTOR - Rich Clawson
Rich is an Eagle Scout and Veteran police Officer with more than 14 years experience. He currently works for a police dept. in N. Utah. Rich holds a wealth of experience that he loves to pass along to other good citizens. Rich is a highly experienced Instructor with numerous professional certifications, including:
Police officer with assignments in DARE, patrol, SWAT
Olympic Public Safety Command
SWAT certified officer and Asst. Team Leader
International Police Advisor to the Afghan National Police Academy
Utah POST Handgun Instructor
Utah POST Long Gun Firearms Instructor
Utah POST Field Training Officer
Utah POST Defensive Tactics Instructor
Taser Intl. Instructor
Colt AR-15 Armorer
Swanson Tactical Training Center Range Safety Officer
Viking Tactics Match House Instructor
T.E.E.S Explosive Handlers and Breaching Course
FBI Firearms Instructor School
Rich is available for personal instruction in the northern areas of the Wasatch front.
INSTRUCTOR - Lance Harris
Lance is a real world Operator with more than 30 years experience. He has performed protection duties for many of Hollywood’s most elite, Kings and royalty of all kinds. He has operated all over the world in high risk environments for 3 letter government agencies as well as the private sector. He has performed PSD duties in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Gulf of Aden as well as Pirate Security (P.E.S.T.) details for the U.S. DOD as well as other government and private BLACK details.
Lance has attended innumerable tactical schools, including;
Protective Driving & Motorcade Operations
Gunsite
Blackwater
ITTS
Storm Mountain
TEES Dignitary Protection course
TFTT
Within Arms Reach
Inosanto Academy
Counterterrorism Institute
Lance specializes in Dignitary Protection related courses for CTIA, firearms and CQB. He is available for personal instruction in the S. California area.
INSTRUCTOR - Davin Halvorsen
Davin Halvorsen is a local SWAT medic certified as a Journeyman Firefighter, WMD specialist, Law Enforcement Officer, and Advanced Life Support EMS provider. Over the past 15 years, Davin has instructed thousands of police officers, firefighters, professionals, and citizens in austere rescue operations in the United Sates and the Middle East. Davin is assigned to local Arson, SWAT, and Bomb teams as an LEO and EMT-Tactical where he practices what he instructs his students.
Instructors Wanted ! The Institute is seeking applicants as firearms Instructors to help us teach our courses. Candidates should be well qualified and experienced. An NRA certification in multiple weapons is required. Additional certifications with POST, Military, FBI, etc is desirable. All positions are Adjunct/Part Time contractors along the Wasatch Front area. Please send your resumes to the Director, Dennis Kennedy via email.
"Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict;
for it is better for
us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar"!
~
Winston Churchill,1940
