Instructor: John Bowden

No image available Biography: John Bowden is the founder and director of Applied Police Training And Certification. He is a retired veteran of law enforcement, retired from the Orlando Police Department as a Master Police Officer In 1994. His career spans a period of 21 years in law enforcement overlapping 25 years of law enforcement instruction. His total of over 37 years of experience includes all aspects of law enforcement to include: uniform crime scene technician, patrol operations, investigations, undercover operations, planning and research for departmental development, academy coordinator, field training officer, and field training supervisor.

He received over 90 awards of recognition in his career with the Orlando Police Department. As the director of APTAC, he is responsible for coordinating operations, and conducting training for law enforcement organizations across the United States. The clients of APTAC include law enforcement agencies, state police academies, sheriff departments, correctional institutions, military law enforcement and colleges and universities across the United States. As the director of APTAC Publications, he publishes and markets law enforcement text books to schools and criminal justice organizations. John has developed numerous training programs and training curricula for law enforcement. Among these programs, he developed a State Grant Course for Florida on DUI Checkpoints that is taught to Law Enforcement officers. He developed a Review Course for the Florida State Examination for law enforcement and corrections that has been offered at criminal justice academies. The course achieved a 100% pass rate for the students that successfully completed the program. John is a recognized expert in the field of police report writing. He developed the "Time Line Model" as a system of report writing that has revolutionized the methods for writing police reports as well as the methods and materials for teaching report writing. As a writer, John has written the following books: "Report Writing for Law Enforcement & Corrections"; "Advanced Report Writing"; Report Writing And Review For Supervisors and FTOs"; "Interview to Confession, The Art of the Gentle Interrogation" textbook; "Today's Field Training Officer," text book for both Law Enforcement & Corrections, "Management Techniques For Law Enforcement Supervisors"; "Tactical Street Interviews For Law Enforcement.";"Introduction To Body Language For Law Enforcement." He also edited and published the text "English Grammar For Criminal Justice Professionals," written by Dr. David Hernandez. John has written and published articles for law enforcement that have appeared in professional publications. John writes articles for "Police One Magazine" and regularly contributes to "Caliber Press". John is featured in two one-half hour programs on report writing for the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN). John also produced a one hour video program on interviews and Interrogations used in conjunction with training courses in Interviews and Interrogations. John graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rollins College, in Winter Park Florida with an A.A. in Criminal Justice and a B.S. in Business Administration. He has post graduate work in Law, Management and Computer Science. He was originally certified as an instructor in the state of Florida where he is qualified to teach defensive tactics, police driving, firearms, human diversity and general subjects. He is included among a small group of Trainers without a law degree to teach legal subjects in Florida police academies. He is a certified instructor in numerous states qualified to teach a wide range of criminal justice subjects. John is certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) commissions in numerous states, where he teaches criminal justice programs. John has taught courses across the United States at Universities, Colleges, Police Academies, Military institutions, Seminars and Private Enterprise. His vast experience in numerous training subjects give him a unique perspective of law enforcement operations that complements all of his training courses. John's enthusiasm and dedication to quality guarantees the highest level of performance and the satisfaction of his students as demonstrated by their excellent course reviews. As the director of APTAC he coordinates training operations, publications and seminars. He now lives in Oklahoma where he occasionally rides a horse.


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