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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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.
Great class from beginning to end. Kept the class entertained the whole time and provided great knowledge
Awesome instruction provided by fellow law enforcement. The guys are great, you’ll leave the class ready/ more comfortable to conduct interviews.
I loved this class. Wish it was longer! Drugs investigations didn’t interest me that much until I too this class and learned how fun I could have.
Great and well taught class. Best instructors I have had in my 19 year career. Best taught interdiction course I have also been through. Highly recommend this class to others !
Very knowledgeable people, they love to help, they love to educate they love what they do, they show their care in helping those who need it and breaking it down if someone doesn’t understand
Good course
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