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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The experience and passion behind the training from the instructors is admirable.
Great class
This class has taught me more on things that I hesitated to use in the field! So thank you
Great class, all topics were very knowledgeable and i can’t wait to take everything I learned and put it to work
Damn good class! Definitely learned a lot.
Great instructors , provided case law to take back to old school amdin to knock down loads !!!
Amazing course, very educational and informative with real life practical applications and videos to show that this works.
Course was amazing! I appreciate how these guys are still active on the road and still on patrol working and it keeps the material fresh and up to date. This class is definitely needed for every law enforcement officer that works patrol a …
This course is a solid choice for officers/deputies from the rookie level to the experienced. There is something to learn for all experience levels.
Amazing class!
Great class with highly experienced instructors.
Every officer especially new should take this class. As an FTO, i will recommend this class to all new hires.