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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Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Finding a way to fit more scenarios/reps in.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Liked the interaction with the class, stayed engaged.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Learned a lot and im confident im going to use tools provided for the entirety of my Law Enforcement career

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Awesome and informative class. Very informative case law and additional information!

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Class info was extremely useful. I was able to use the tools given

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

I really enjoyed this class. Im excited to use this training in my day to day tasks. Definitely recommend every officer take this class!

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Great class, especially for new officers and officers that want to go the further step.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

I really enjoyed this class. Im excited to take this training and utilize it on the street.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

"Feeds" is a great instructor. I learned a lot from this course and will be applying what I learned on the street.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Awesome techniques and law review. Learn multiple ways to ask questions and analyze answers/body language. Also good use of real videos, hands on scenarios and feedback

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

This class provides officers all the tools they need to become effective and proficient cops. The instructor was able to explain all his material extremely well.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

This class has taught me subtle things to watch as far as human behavior when lying or being questioned. These are things I have seen before but this class has taught me to actually recognize things I have missed.

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