My Training and Experience at a Glance
Why should my background be important to you? It’s because I’m going to pass to you techniques, tactics, and training methods that would take you literally 40 years to get yourself. I did the work for you.
MILITARY BACKGROUND
Security Forces (SECFOR)
Position: Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Security Forces (NCOIC SECFOR)
Rank: Master Sergeant (Reserve)
Location: Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California USA
Duties: In charge of patrol, perimeter security, and dispatch. Team Leader Special Response Team (SRT). Team Leader Executive Protection. Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO). Law enforcement and combatives instructor
Military Police (MP)
Position: Soldier, instructor cadre
Rank: Staff Sergeant (Reserve)
Location: Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California USA
Duties: Military Police, combat, law enforcement, and combatives instructor. Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO)
Combat Radio Operator
Position: Private
Location: HHC 43rd Engineer Battalion, Combat, Heavy, Fort Benning, Georgia USA
Duties: Combat communications
LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND
U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service
Position: Federal agent
Location: Los Angeles Field Office
Duties: Counterterrorism
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Position: Team Leader Dignitary Protection Unit (DPU), Patrol Supervisor
Rank: Sergeant (Reserve)
Location: Orange County, California USA
Duties: Executive protection, patrol supervisor
Costa Mesa Police Department
Position: Police Officer
Rank: Corporal
Location: Costa Mesa, California USA
Duties: Patrol, Special Weapons And Tactics (S.W.A.T.), Bicycle Patrol, “Mall Cop,” Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Citizen’s Police Academy defensive tactics instructor, custody officer (jail)
EXECUTIVE PROTECTION BACKGROUND (Tier One principals I have protected)
Entertainers
Angelina Jolie (director/actress)
Brad Pitt (actor)
Matthew Perry (actor)
Mel Gibson (director/actor)
Randy Travis (singer)
Scott Bakula (actor)
Tom Arnold (actor)
Politicians
Hecor Barreto (Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration)
Rosario Marin, (41st Treasurer of the United States)
Sebastian Gorka (Former Deputy Assistant to the President)
Tony Perkins (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Law Enforcement
Sheriff Michael Carona (Orange County Sheriff’s Department)
Sheriff Lee Baca (Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department)
Military
Brigadier General Baldwin (General of the California Army National Guard)
Media
Ben Shapiro (Commentator)
Religious Leaders
Greg Laurie (evangelist/author)
Franklin Graham (President of Samaritan’s Purse)
Sports
Joe Cortez (boxing referee)
PRIVATE SECURITY BACKGROUND
Blizzard Entertainment (Blizzard Security/Allied Universal)
Position: Post Commander
Location: Irvine, California USA
Duties: Security supervisor of patrol, perimeter, dispatch, security and defensive tactics instructor
SECURITAS
Position: Field Supervisor
Location: Orange County, California USA
Duties: Security supervisor of patrol and perimeter
Walt Disney Company
Position: Security Officer II
Location: Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California USA
Duties: Patrol, perimeter, French translator
TRAINING COMPANIES BACKGROUND
Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection (since 2003)
Position: Founder
Location: International
Duties: Training of law enforcement, military, corrections institutions, private security companies, executive protection, and martial arts instructors
HSS International, Inc.
Position: Corporate officer, tactics, firearms, defensive tactics and combatives instructor
Location: International
Duties: Training of law enforcement, military corrections institutions, and probation
AGENCIES & UNITS I HAVE TRAINED AT THEIR FACILITIES
4th Battalion Military Police, California State Military Reserve, Los Alamitos
1/18 Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve, Los Alamitos California
1/185 AR Support Detachment, California State Military Reserve
21st Security Forces Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
30th Security Forces Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
40th Military Police Company, JFTB, Los Alamitos, California
693rd Quartermaster Company, JFTB, Los Alamitos, California
Akademie Aegis, Prague, Czech Republic (private security academy)
Amtrak Railroad Police, Phoenix, Arizona
Ausbildungszentrum Spezielle Operationen, Pfullendorf, Germany (Special Operations Training Center)
Blizzard Entertainment, Irvine, California (Blizzard Security)
Brigada Militar do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Batalhão de Operações Especias, Porto Alegre, Brazil (Special Operations Battalion of the Military Police of the State of Rio Grande do Sul)
British Columbia Sheriff’s Department, Vancouver, Canada
Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior
Специално оперативно милиционерско поделение (СОМП), Special Unit for Combating Terrorism, Sofia, Bulgaria
Национална Служба за Охрана, National Service for Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria
Calackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon
California Department of Corrections, California
Clark County Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., Jefferson, Indiana
Communauté Urbaine de Montréal Police, Montréal, Canada
Dallas Police Department, S.W.A.T., Dallas, Texas
Dignitary Protection Unit, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, California
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), San Diego Office, California
Escambia County Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., Pensacola, Florida
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE), Polícia de Misiones, Misiones, Argentina (Special Operations Group)
Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (GATE), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Special Actions and Tactics Group)
Grupo Especial de Polícia da Aeronáutica, Batalhão de Infantaria, Comando da Aeronáutica, Quinto Comando Aéreo Regional, Canoas, Brazil (Special Air Police Group, Infantry Battalion, Air Command of the 5th Regional Air Command)
Grenzschutzgruppe 9, Sankt Augustin, Germany (GSG9 national counterterrorist team)
Grenzschutzschule, Lübeck, Germany (Federal Border Police Academy)
Grossmont/Cuyamaca District Police, Community College District, Grossmont, California
Harbor Police, Unified Port District, Port of San Diego, California
Helsinki Police Department, Helsinki, Finland
Israel Police Operational Fitness Academy, Havatselet Hasharon, Israel
Lakeport Police Department, Lakeport, California
Los Angeles Airport Police, Los Angeles
London Metropolitan Police, London, United Kingdom
Marine Security Guard Detachment, American Consulate General, Frankfurt, Germany
Matsqui Institution, Abbotsford, Canada (prison guards and Emergency Response Team)
McCook Police Department, McCook, Nebraska
North Miami Beach Police Department, S.W.A.T., North Miami Beach, Florida
Oakland Police Department, Oakland, California
OE Investigation Services, Zürich, Switzerland (private security)
Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Dignitary Protection Unit, California
Pensacola Police Department, Pensacola, Florida
Polícia Local, Almería, Spain
Poliisikoulu,Tampere, Finland (National Finnish Police Academy)
Placentia Police Department, Placentia, California
Playas de Rosarito Seguridad y Carcel Publica Municipal, Baja California, Mexico (Security and Public Municipal Jail)
Politie, Korps landelijke Politiediensten, Leusden, Holland (National Police Force)
Politie, Regiopolitie Amsterdam-Amstelland, Holland (Police Training Center)
Prime Minister Protection Detail, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Canada
Quinault Nation Police, Quinault, Washington
Royal Dutch Marechaussee, Holland (Schiphol Airport Counterterrorism Police and S.W.A.T. team)
Royal Westminster Regiment, Canadian Army Reserve, New Westminster, Canada
Security Forces, Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California
Security Police, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Los Angeles, California
Security Police, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington
Scout Sniper School, Division Schools, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton
Skagit County Sheriff’s Department, Mt. Vernon, Washington
Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago
Special Response Team, Housing Authority Police Department, Los Angeles
Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK-Einsatz), Polizei Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (Special Deployment Commando)
Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., Boston, Massachussettes
Tel-Aviv University Sports Club, Tel-Aviv, Israel
United States Air Force Auxiliary / Civil Air Patrol, Los Alamitos, California
United States Coast Guard, Sector Los Angeles and USCG Cutter Sherman
United States Marine Corps, Division Schools, Camp Pendleton
United States Marine Corps, Provost Marshal Office Special Enforcement Branch, Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma)
United States Marine Corps Special Operations Training Group (SOTG), Camp Pendleton, California
Université Paris X, Nonterre, France (University Security)
Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, Washington
University of Washington Police, WSU, Washington
AGENCIES & UNITS THAT OFFICIALLY SENT THEIR PERSONNEL TO MY TRAINING COURSES
19th Special Forces Group, Military Intelligence Detachment, Camp Pendleton
184th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, California National Guard
759th Military Police Battalion, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Baldwin Park Police Department, Baldwin Park, California
Beverly Hills Police Department, Beverly Hills, California
Boston Police Department, Special Operations, Boston, Massachusetts
Brea Police Department, S.W.A.T., Brea, California
Brinks, Berlin, Germany (Security)
Calexico Police Department, Calexico, California
California Highway Patrol, Yuma, Arizona
Cambridge Health Alliance Police, Boston, Massachusetts
Canadian Forces Military Police, British Columbia, Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway Police, British Columbia, Canada
Capitol Police Department, Washington, D.C.
Carlsbad Police Department, Carlsbad, California
Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva (CIGS), Comando Militar da Amazônia, Amazonas, Brazil (Jungle Warfare School for Military Leaders)
Clovis Police Department, Clovis, California
Clark County Sheriff’s Department, Washington
Coalinga Police Department, Coalinga, California
Concord Police Department, Concord, California
Correctional Services, Ontario, Canada
Crown Point Fire-Rescue, Indiana
Delta Police Department, Surrey, Canada
Detention Services, North Las Vegas, Nevada
Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (Police), Exeter, United Kingdom
Diplomatic Security Service, Department of State, San Diego, California
El Centro Police Department, El Centro, Californa
Esquimalt City Police Department, British Columbia, Canada
Federal Bureau Investigations, S.W.A.T., Phoenix Office, Arizona
Federal Protection Service, Washington, D.C.
Feldjäger (German Military Police)
Fire Service, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Fisheries and Oceans, British Columbia, Canada
Flagstaff Police Department, Emergency Special Response Team (E.S.R.T.) Flagstaff, Arizona
Fort Worth Police Department, S.W.A.T., Forth Worth, Texas
Gabinete Militar Do Governador, Roraima, Brazil (Government Cabinet Office)
Golden West College Criminal Justice Training Center, Huntington Beach, California
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales II, Sante Fe, Granada, Spain (Spanish Army Special Forces)
Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (GATE), São Paulo, Brazil (Special Actions and Tactics Group)
Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE), Polícia Civil, São Paulo, Brazil (Special Operations Group)
Hawthorne Police Department, Hawthorne, California
Hemet Police Department, S.W.A.T., Hemet, California
Honolulu Police Department, Special Response Team, GOPLAT & live-fire range, California
Huntington Beach Police Department, S.W.A.T., Huntington Beach, California
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), San Diego, California
Infanteriebataillon 13 KP III, Swiss Army, Switzerland (13th Infantry Battalion)
Infranterie-Ausbildungszentrum, Walenstadt/St. Luzisteig, Swiss Army, (Infantry Training Center)
Justice Institute of British Columbia, Police Academy, Canada
Kantonspolizei, Zürich, Switzerland
Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Kern County, California
Kreispolizeibehöde Siegen – Wittgenstein (District Police), Siegen, Germany
La Habra Police Department, S.W.A.T., La Habra, California
Lewisville Police Department, Lewisville, Texas
Los Angeles County Probation, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California
Madera County Corrections, Madera, California
Milpitas Police Department, Milpitas, California
Navajo Nation Police, S.W.A.T., Arizona
Nebraska State Game & Parks Commission, Nebraska
Nebraska State Patrol, Nebraska
New Jersey Department of Correction, New Jersey
New York State Unified Court System, New York City, New York
North Bay Village Police Department, North Bay Village, Florida
North Bergen Police Department, North Bergen, New Jersey
North Las Vegas Police Department, Nevada
Norton Police Department, Kansas
Oberlin Police Department, Kansas
Offenbach Stadtpolizei, Offenbach, Germany (City Police)
Oklahoma City Police Department
Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Lexington, Oklahoma
Placer County Sheriff’s Department, Placer, California
Polismyndigheten i Skåne Länspolismästarens stab Kompetens & utvecklingscentrum, Malmö, Sweden (Skåne County Police Instructor Staff)
Polícia Civil, Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Polícia Civil Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Polícia Local, Adra, Spain
Polícia Local, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Polícia Militar, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Polícia Rodoviária Estadual, Espirito Santo, Brazil (Federal Highway Police)
Polizia di Stato, Squadra Volante, Ravenna, Italy (State Police Emergency Squad)
Polícia Militar Santa Catarina, Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Pretrial Services Office, United States District Court, Southern District of California
Rancho Mission Viejo, Ranch Deputy, Orange County, California
Redwillow County Sheriff’s Department, Nebraska
Reggimento “Nizza Cavalleria” (1st), Italian Army
Riverside County Sheriff Department, Riverside, California
San Bernardino Fire Department & Fire Prevention, San Bernardino
San Diego Police Department, Special Response Team, Prisoner Transportation Unit, and custody officers
San Diego Regional Public Safety Training Institute (police academy), San Diego, California
San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., San Francisco, California
San Jose Police Department, San Jose, California
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department, Santa Cruz, California
Seattle Police Department, Seattle, Washington
Sheriff Coroner Marshal Placer County, Placer, California
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department, Washington
Southlake Police Department, Southlake, Texas
Southwestern Community College Police, San Diego, California
Spanish Foreign Legion, Viator, Spain
Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK-Einsatz), Polizei Berlin, Germany (Special Deployment Commando)
Tustin Police Department, Tustin, California
United Nations Security, New York City, New York
United States Border Patrol, San Diego
United States Army Reserve Center, El Monte, California
United States Attorney’s Office Anti-Terrorism Task Force, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), California
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police, Los Angeles Field Office
United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Germany
United States Marshals Service Special Operations Group, San Diego and Washington, D.C. Field Offices
United States National Park Service, California
United States Secret Service, Los Angeles and San Francisco Field Offices
University of British Columbia, Campus Security, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, Canada
Ventura Police Department, Ventura, California
Washington State Patrol, King County, Washington
Yorba Linda Police Department, S.W.A.T., Yorba Linda, California
HONORS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED
Letter of Appreciation, House of Commons, Canada
Politie, Regiopolitie Amsterdam-Amstelland, Holland (Honorary Amsterdam Police Officer Instructor of the Police Training Center)
Membro Honorário da Força Aérea Brasileira, Canoas, Brazil (Honorary Member of the Brazilian Air Force)
Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame UMAHoF – Defensive Tactical Instructor of the Year 2015
Martial Arts History Museum – Excellence in the Martial Arts 2013
Masters Hall of Fame – Silver Life Achievement Award 2011
Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame – Self-Defense Instructor of the Year 2006
Budo International Hall of Fame – Outstanding Achievement 2006
MY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Active Shooter Preparedness
Air Assault, helicopter, U.S. Customs Aviations Operations & USMC HRST
Aircraft Interdiction, Canoas, Brazil / Colorado Springs, Colorado / Sankt Augustin, Germany
Anti-Terrorism
Bag Searches, Magnetometer, and Metal Detector
Boat Interdiction, Port of Los Angeles
Bomb, IED, biological, and chemical weapons threats, searches, and response
Cold Weather Tactical Operations, Norwegian Army course
Command Post Operations (military, law enforcement, private security)
Counterterrorism
Correctional Institution Procedures
Crowd Control and Riot Procedures (military, law enforcement, private security)
Customer Service (private security)
Drone Security Response
Emergency Management (military, law enforcement, private security)
Emergency Vehicle Operations (military, law enforcement)
Evacuation Procedures (military, law enforcement, private security)
Executive Protection (military, law enforcement, private security)
Firearms (pistol, assault rifle, sniper rifle, and shotgun)
First Aid, CPR, AED and Combat Casualty Care
Gas/Oil Platform (GOPLAT) Interdiction, Platforms Esther & Eva, California
Human Trafficking Awareness
Liability and legal aspects for the use-of-force and security issues
Loss Prevention
Media Management
Military Urban Terrain Operations (M.O.U.T.), MCB Camp Pendleton, California
Patrol Procedures (military, law enforcement, private security)
Perimeter Security (access control, check points, and inspection)
Public Relations (community & customer)
Radio Communications (military, law enforcement, private security)
Report Writing (military, law enforcement, private security)
Self-defense (military, law enforcement, private security and private schools)
Ship Interdiction, Port of Los Angeles & Naval Base San Diego
Special Response Team (SRT)
Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT)
Scout Sniper, MCB Camp Pendleton, California and Sankt Augustin, Germany
Supervisor (military, law enforcement, private security, corporate)
Surveillance (military, law enforcement, private security)
Tactical Diver (SCUBA), Port of Los Angeles
Tactical Climbing and Rappel (Rope)
Tactical Medic (military, law enforcement)
Tactical Swimmer, Port of Los Angeles, & PortMiami
Video Monitoring System
MARTIAL ARTS I HAVE FORMALLY STUDIED
Reality-Based Personal Protection
U.S. Army Combatives
U.S. Marine Corps Line Training
Law enforcement defensive tactics and arrest & control
KAPAP (Israeli)
LOTAR (Israeli)
HISARDUT (Israeli)
KRAV MAGA (Israeli)
Boxing (Western)
Jeet Kune Do (Bruce Lee’s system)
Filipino Kali/Arnis/Escrima (Filipino)
Wing Chun (Chinese)
Chinese Kickboxing (Chinese)
Savate (French)
Thai Kickboxing (Thai)
Aikido (Japanese)
Tai Chi Chuan (Chinese)
Kenpo (Hawaiian)
Tae Kwon Do (Korean)
Karate (Japanese)
Judo (Japanese)
Kendo (Japanese)
Greco-Roman Wrestling (Western)
Fencing, foil (European)
Archery (European)
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