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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Recent Reviews
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Amazing tips and techniques on how to build a reports, and what questions are needed to be asked.
Good information, could be shorter, more videos will be helpful for people who are visual learners. As law enforcement scenarios don’t help. We learn by viewing so if a scenario happens it should be done by the instructors and we can view …
Good class with a lot of engagement and knowledge. Instructors are knowledgeable in the subject matter and are open to answer questions. I would recommend, to add examples of articulation in report writing. While I learned how to detect an…
The training was great, a lot of new information and interview and investigative techniques. It helped build confidence in my interview skills and questioning and tell tell signs of criminal activity.
Awesome course. Great information on how to detect deceptive behavior.
Great class ! No issues . Great experienced teachers
This class is the one you would want to take if you are serious about wanting to know more about why you do what you do and how to do your job with confidence.
Great class. More scenarios are necessary/ more days added to the course.
Good transition from PowerPoint to scenarios.
Interesting class that strengthens confidence during contacts.
I think this class is a great baseline for improving contacts with citizens and looking for signs of deception.
Knowledgeable instructors. Hope to see a longer portion of this class in the near future.