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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Outstanding class man should be standard in every academy
This course is a great experience to prepare patrol officers and investigators to become more proactive. Course provides effective methods. The instructors were very well knowledged. Answer every question with detail and sources.
Instructors made me see traffic stop and street in different way in regards to narcotics level.
Good course ! Well instructed
Great Training. Lots of good information.
Loved this class and how engaging it is with real world examples and discussions!
Course and instructors were knowledgable and experienced and did a good job implementing their knowledge into the course
Exceptional course with great material
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Very Great Class
The instruction provided by John and Erik was excellent! The interaction between them and the class made the two days fly by. It's refreshing to attend a training class where the instructors encourage class participation and and open discu…