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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Very knowledgeable instructors
This class is a great class for Officers in patrol to go through. This class teaches different cues to watch for when criminal behavior is present. The things I have learned in this class have helped in my day to day investigations for any…
The course was excellent and highly informative. However, as Federal Agents, our scope of action is somewhat limited. Incorporating an integrated component of the roadside interview that includes the role of an investigator or Federal Agen…
Very good training, instructors had a lot of experience and were very knowledgeable on what they were teaching.
Excellent training. I wish I had it before in my career. It has opened my eyes at another level. The instructor are great and knowledgeable.
Understanding and hands on class. Great tools and verbiage to your job. New techniques and breaking down the little things that lead to important discovers.
The best part of the course is the fact that the Instructors are current LEOs Instructing on current and relevant things happening in the field. This supersedes FLETC training any day.
Had fun learning with these guys.
The training was a great refresher for approaching interviews and vehicle stops.
My toolbox just got extremely bigger!
Great class! These guys enjoy training and love what they do and it shows. They are super knowledgeable and align the material covered in the class with scenarios and videos.
Motivated instructors with great content.