John Bowman Jr. — Instructor Profile
About John Bowman Jr.
John Bowman Jr was born and raised in Central Texas and graduated from C.E. Ellison High School.
John was raised by a police officer, who has over 30 years of law enforcement experience, and is still actively serving in Central Texas. John knew his calling was law enforcement from a very young age.
John started his career in law enforcement back in 2012 where he served as a Dispatcher and Jailer. John graduated from the Central Texas College Police Academy with the Academic Excellence award, and he was nominated as Class President by his peers. Since graduating from the police academy John has served as a Patrol Officer, Organized Crime Detective, and is now assigned to work mostly highway interdiction.
John has worked a large number of cases with multiple agencies to include the DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI, ICE, USM and many more resulting in state and federal convictions.
John is currently serving as regional board member with the Texas Narcotics Officer Association Central Region, as well as serving as a state board member with the Texas Gang Investigators Association.
John holds the following certifications:
TCOLE Instructor
Field Training Officer
Hidden Compartments and Interdiction Certificates
Roadside Interview / Interrogations Certificates
Undercover Operations Certificate
Over 200 hours of formal Gang Training
Over 200 hours of formal Narcotics Training
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View more reviews →This was not my first time taking a narcotics based training as I have taken one from the department of justice in California. This class was bad ass! I learned a ton of techniques and laws that I can now put to use on the street as proact…
I had a great experience with this training class. The material was well organized, easy to follow, and included plenty of hands-on practice that made everything click. The instructor was knowledgeable, approachable, and had a great sense …
10/10 Very informative class. The instructor was knowledgeable, passionate, super attentive all throughout the class. He also forced me to step outside my comfort zone and be a lot less antisocial hard feat. I highly recommend this class.
I enjoyed the course, I can tell that Feeds really enjoyed the topic and is passionate about the topic and takes his time to teach and be proficient. I was great to have examples and see real world experience in the class. Though Oregon la…
Excellent course with a lot of helpful information and practical scenarios. The instructor, Feeds, was extremely knowledgeable and passionate which helped the presentation of material. He was super willing to help in any way and was very h…
I think feeds explained the importance of case law. He continued into reasonable suspicion which I believe is an under utilized tool as law enforcement officers. Continuing to explain that reasonable in important, especially in a state whe…
I liked how the instructor was informative and very caring. I liked how the instructor was able to move around with the Oregon laws .
I came to this class looking for fresh ideas and a motivation builder. This class, put on by Erik, was outstanding. One year, or 20, this class is great for everyone.
Feeds was an awesome instructor. I learned several new tactics and techniques.
This was a great class with a ton of useful information. Feeds did a great job of fitting the course material to make it applicable to the restraints of the state of Oregon.
This class was excellent and I learned a ton. I thought I understood drug investigation questioning and body language pretty well, and I was not even close.
This class was full of information and tactics that, whether I knew previously or not, were provided to me in a fashion that was easy to understand and remember.