Rios — Instructor Profile

About Rios

Instructor Rios served his country for six years in the United States Navy. After the Navy, Instructor Rios began his law enforcement career in 2010. He worked at a local police agency for 3 years as a Patrolman. During his time at that agency, Instructor Rios attended a criminal interdiction class and started doing criminal interdiction work on a major state highway. Instructor Rios went on to become a detective with a Prosecutor’s Office. In 2018, Instructor Rios was awarded Detective of the Year for his agency. Rios became a Narcotics Detective in 2014.

During his time as a Narcotics Detective, Instructor Rios has been assigned to several Federal Task Forces as a Case Agent and Undercover. Instructor Rios has gained extensive experience in high level narcotic operations. He has conducted over 300 mid to upper-level undercover operations for various local, state, and federal agencies. In 2020, Rios was named Undercover Officer of the Year by a state narcotics officers association. Instructor Rios has conducted dozens of high-level felony cases and has been the affiant on numerous TIII (Wiretap) investigations. In 2020 Instructor Rios was awarded a commendation for outstanding performance in a federal case involving major seizures of cocaine and heroin as a Case Agent. Instructor Rios is currently an instructor at two police academies and he is an instructor for a state Undercover Narcotics Investigator Training (UNIT) course. Between being a Case Agent and Undercover, Instructor Rios has seized over 900 kilograms of narcotics 1 million dollars in US currency. He is currently an active undercover officer for a task force regularly conducting multi kilo undercover deals in an effort to thwart those that wish to poison American Citizens for profit.