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Police Practices & Procedures

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Travis Norton is a retired 25-year police professional. He is an acccomplished police lieutenant, SWAT Commander, and has trained officers in police practices nationwide. Travis was the training division and professional standards unit lieutenant for a mid-size police agency and was responsible for the police academy, field training program, in-service training, officer misconduct investigations, and use of force reviews and investigations. Travis has been an instructor for over 15 years in tactical science, active shooter response, de-escalation, less-lethal weapons, SWAT, critical incident response, chemical agents, and crowd management. He currently instructs for the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) and the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO).

Travis is the Strategy Development Chair for the NTOA and a committee member of the NTOA Tactical Response and Operations Standard for Law Enforcement Agencies. He was selected as an active shooter SME by the National Policing Institute and Safe and Sound Schools for several active shooter reviews and leads a critical incident review team for CATO. These positions provide Travis the opportunity to review active shooter incidents and officer-involved shootings nationwide and abroad.

Education & Licenses

Doctorate in Policy, Planning, & Development - University of Southern California | M.S. CSU Long Beach - Emergency Services Administration (Outstanding Thesis Award)