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John served 14 years in the Army, the last 6 years with the 6th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team Texas Army National Guard Honorably discharged as a noncommissioned officer.
John is regarded as an “Expert Operator and Robotics Program Development Specialist” of Small Unmanned Air and Ground Robotics Programs for public saf
John served 14 years in the Army, the last 6 years with the 6th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team Texas Army National Guard Honorably discharged as a noncommissioned officer.
John is regarded as an “Expert Operator and Robotics Program Development Specialist” of Small Unmanned Air and Ground Robotics Programs for public safety and military. John has over 26 years of experience as a Master Peace Officer for the Austin Police Department (APD) working in the Bomb Squad/SWAT, as a Chemical/Biological/Radiological Specialist, in the Organized Crime Division, the Clandestine Lab Response Team, on the Public Safety Recovery DIVE Team, the Executive Protection Detail (EPD), the Specialized Patrol Division/SAR Team and as Program Administrator for Special Operations Division, Air Support Robotics Unit.
Since 2006 John worked with federal, state, and private protection details to develop operation plans, threat assessments, advances/sight surveys, route planning, deploying public safety support assets and coordinate public interactions without incidents. In 2005 John worked as a US Army National Guard Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Agents on the protection detail for Texas Adjutant General (TAG) Major General Charles G. Rodriguez, during several Texas/Mexico border operations. John developed the TAG’s Camp Mabry resident security/hardening plan, which was implemented to enhance security to this historical residence.
During his time with APD’s EPD, John was the APD point of contact and lead for the United States Secret Service (USSS) during the February 21, 2008 Austin Democratic presidential debate between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. John assisted USSS and the US State Department with EPD operations for President George W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, the Prime Minister of Malaysia and dozens of other dignitaries and high-profile politicians coming to Austin.
John has completed hundreds of vital infrastructure vulnerability/threat assessment in Austin and in the southern states resulting in hardening of vulnerable, critical infrastructures under US Homeland Security’s strict guild-lines.
John holds Texas licenses for Armed Personal Protection Officer, Armed Commissioned Private Security Officer, and Private Investigator.