We’ve Been there…
JOE DEEDON
Joe Deedon was employed as a Law Enforcement Officer from 2002-2010. He was a tactical operator with a SWAT team from 2005 -2009. Joe is a Kaminsky certified FTO and was assigned to the Patrol Division where he trained newly assigned patrol Deputies. He has also instructed newly hired Officers and Deputies from around the metro area that attend a Regional P.O.S.T. certified Academy in the following areas; Building Searches, RAID, Traffic Stops and Crowd Control. Joe is currently a certified NRA Firearms and Personal Protection instructor as well as a Simunitions Scenario and Range Safety Instructor. In November of 2006 Joe received the Distinguished Service Medal and the Park County Sheriff ‘s Commendation for his actions during the Platte Canyon High School incident. In May of 2007 Joe received the Medal of Valor for his actions during an officer involved shooting with a barricaded gunman. In May of 2008 Joe received the Distinguished Service Medal for his involvement in a high speed chase with and apprehension of a shooting suspect. In February of 2010 he responded to the Deer Creek Middle School shooting involving Dr. Benke which would be his second response to an active gunmen. Joe returned from a Mission in Afghanistan in early 2011 where he was an Embedded Police Mentor with the Marine Corp. The experience further enhanced his capabilities, skill sets and TAC*ONE Consulting’s operations. Sine 2007 Joe Deedon has instructed several thousand hours of active shooter and tactical training for officers from various law enforcement agencies nationwide.
MARK MILLS
Mark Mills Las Vegas Metro Police Department S.W.A.T Team (Ret) with 14.5 of his 20 years assigned to the SWAT Team. As an operator Mark participated in over 3,000 High Risk / Critical Search Warrants and over 650 Tactical situations involving barricaded gunmen and the arrest of armed and dangerous suspects, later supervising over 700 missions as a team leader. Throughout his tenure with LVMPD SWAT he was instrumental in developing training rotations in firearms, close quarter battle skills, high risk and covert entry skills, dignitary protection high risk/ low risk environment, explosive breaching, gas and pyrotechnic deployment. Mark developed outside training for agencies such as F.B.I, U.S Marshals and the Anti -terrorism Assistance Program. Other duties within LVMPD included; Assisted, developed, instructed and critiqued the Active Shooter Program to the entire Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Assisted, developed, instructed and critiqued the Advanced Officer Training Program to the entire Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Instructed and critiqued International Police Departments at the LVMPD Explosive Breacher School, hosted by LVMPD S.W.A.T.Instructed and critiqued LVMPD Academy Recruits. Lead Instructor for the LVMPD Intermediate S.W.A.T. School.Instructed and critiqued military and civilian personnel at the Naval Facility Engineering Service Center Antiterrorist Program. Mark is a two time recipient of LVMPD highest commendation the Medal of Valor. In 2003 he was named LVMPD SWAT entry man of the year and LVMPD SWAT Team MVP of the the year in 2009. Mark recently returned from participating in a an overseas Police Mission in Afghanistan as an embedded police mentor.
JOE DIRNBERGER
Joe Dirnberger is currently employed as a Law Enforcement Officer for the State of Colorado. He has been heavily involved in the implementation of their new arrest control procedures and is currently an arrest control and ground fighting instructor for his department. Over the last year, Joe has trained hundreds of officers in arrest control and self-defense. He has attended numerous classes and training in a multitude of different disciplines. Joe believes that all of his training has taught him one thing, “Techniques need to be easy and based on natural instincts to be successful”.
TOM MEDINA
Tom joined the U.S. Marine Corp in 1976 where he held various assignments as an infantryman, aircraft maintenance and Drill Instructor before ending his career with the Marine Corp in 1990. Tom joined the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) in 1991 and performed patrolling duties until 1995. In August of 1995 Tom joined the Executive Security Unit of the Colorado State Patrol which is tasked with Governor protection duties. During his tenure on the Executive Security Unit Tom worked the details of Colorado Governors’ Roy Romer, Bill Owens, Bill Ritter and John Hickenlooper. Tom attended US State Department Diplomatic Security School in 1996, CSP Dignitary Protection Training Class in 1998, The US Protection Academy in 1999, The USSS’ Governors Protection Seminar in 2005 and the TSA’s Federal Air Marshal Service Civil Aviation Awareness training in 2005. In June, 2010 Tom received the Colorado National Guard’s Meritorious Service Medal for meritorious services rendered in assisting the CNG in their missions of protecting and transporting foreign VIPs assigned to them.
In December of 2003 Tom was promoted to Sergeant and became a detail supervisor until retirement in October, 2011.
Tom’s duties as a detail supervisor included supervising the daily-scheduled Protective Agents to ensure that the Governor, First Lady and the First Family had transportation and security 24/7. Included in these duties was supervising the maintenance of the detail’s vehicles, scheduling transportation/security for any out-of-town/state/country trips that were up-coming, working with other local/state/federal agencies in case a VIP on any level visited Colorado and they were accorded protection by the Executive Security Unit dignitary protection members. These included, but not limited to Governors, Heads of State, foreign Mayors that needed protection and royal family members from several countries. Since joining the CSP Executive Security Unit Tom has worked closely with the USSS in their security packages numerous times due to his governor’s relationship to the POTUS. These included Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama.
Tom was also instrumental in building and facilitating CSP Executive Protection policy, training operational procedures. In 1998 the CSP started training their own Troopers. After training numerous members of multiple other state police agencies, Tom was delegated to put security packages for Republican, Democrat, Western and a New Governors Seminar. This work was instrumental in the success of the dignitary protection security during the Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado on 2008. During this 4 day event, Tom worked with and assisted approximately 40 dignitary details in Denver. This was a success due to not only Tom’s dedication and experience but was a testament to the training that detail members nation-wide have received from Tom and his assistant instructors.
