NTSA offers training and certification in handcuffing, defensive tactics and Level I-IV security. We also provide baton and OC certification along with advanced fi****ms training--rifle & pistol.
You won't find that at NTSA. Our instructors share invaluable experience and expertise with panache. You will never be bored. And you will learn—and succeed. Meet our instructors:
Mark Bounds
Mark Bounds brings 30 years of law enforcement expertise comprised of several years as a Military Police officer, event security, private investigator, personal protection officer and a Texas Peace Officer.
• Captain Mark Bounds Ellis Constable PCT 4, Senior Instructor
• Corporal Maypearl Police Department
• Sergeant in charge of training, Security/Safety Department, Southwestern Assemblies of God University
• Advanced Peace Officer
• Training Coordinator / Instructor Maypearl Police Department
• Ovilla Police Department
• Seabee Military Instructor
• Military Police Instructor
• TCOLE Basic Instructor Certificate
• Field Training Officer
• Law Enforcement Fi****ms Instructor (Patrol Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun and Precision Rifle)
• Defensive Tactics Instructor
• OC and Baton Instructor
• LEO Dignitary Protection Instructor
• NRA Certified Instructor – Patrol Rifle, Handgun, Shotgun, Precision Rifle
• NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer
• NRA Certified Instructor – Basic Pistol, Defensive Pistol, Basic Rifle, Basic Shotgun, Protection in the Home, Protection Outside of the Home and Chief Range Safety Officer. Stayments
Education
AAS degree-Criminal Justice
BS degree-Criminal Justice Admiration
MA degree-Criminal Justice Policy Analysis and Design
NYS Basic Municipal Police Academy
TX Peace Officer Transition School TCOLE
Certifications
Police Instructor NYS/TCOLE
FBI Cert. Fi****ms Instructor
TX Cert. CHL/LTC Instructor
Crime Scene, A.L.E.R.T., SA/BA
TX Security Officer-level II, III, IV
US State Dept. S.T. (School overseas deployment)
Positions Held
Police Officer 25 yrs. NYS
Police Traffic, Training Sgt. NYS Chief of Police
TX Peace Officer (current rank; Capt., Res, Div., Ellis Co. Sheriff’s Office)
County Medical Examiner’s Investigator (on scene death invest.) Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice ; Corning Community. Elmira, Mansfield Univ. International Police Mentor; U.S. State Dept./International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Overseas Deployment Kabul, Afghanistan
TX Peace Officer; Captain Ellis County Sheriff’s Office Res. Div. (current)
Assist Professor Criminal Justice, SAGU
Mike Dikovitsky
Sergeant White-Feather Sovereign Cherokee Nation Tejas Police
Dallas Police Department - 10 years
TCOLE Basic Instructor Certificate
Military Police
LEO Dignitary Protection Instructor
NRA Training Counselor (Train the Instructor) - Basic Pistol, Defensive Pistol, Basic Rifle, Basic Shotgun, Protection in the Home, Protection Outside of the Home, Refuse to be a Victim and Chief Range Safety Officer
NRA Certified Instructor – Basic Pistol, Defensive Pistol, Basic Rifle, Basic Shotgun, Protection in the Home, Protection Outside of the Home and Refuse to be a Victim
NRA Law Enforcement Certified Instructor – Patrol Rifle, Handgun, Shotgun, Precision Rifle
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearm Instructors – Certified Master Instructor
