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Chris Whitehead is currently a Sergeant, District Range Master, and Senior Firearms Instructor with a Federal Law Enforcement Agency in Kansas City. He is also a Missouri P.O.S.T. class A certified Peace Officer and serves as a Reserve Police Officer with the Village of Oakview, Missouri Police Department and with the Bates City, Missouri Police Department.

Sgt. Whitehead began his Law Enforcement career in 1993 while attending the Kansas City Missouri Police Department, Regional Police Training Academy after being hired and sponsored by the Independence, Missouri Police Department. After completing the academy, Sgt. Whitehead worked as a reserve Police Officer until hired full-time with the Independence Police Department in September of 1994. He remained with the Independence Police Department as a patrol officer through April of 1999, then attended Central Missouri State University through 2001 when he began his employment in Federal Law Enforcement.

Chris Whitehead is certified for Instruction as listed:

Smith & Wesson Academy Law Enforcement Instructor Certifications:

Pistol, Revolver and Shotgun Instructor
Instinctive Point Shooting Instructor
Law Enforcement Patrol Rifle Instructor
Recertification: Pistol, Revolver and Shotgun Instructor

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Instructor certifications:

Law Enforcement Instructor Training Program
Law Enforcement Control Techniques Instructor Training Program
Reactive Shooting Instructor Training Program

National Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC) Trainer Certifications:

Control/Defensive Tactics
Arm Control/Escort System (ACES)
Weapon Ground Defense and Disarming System
Ground Defense/Control Tactics (an ELETE, Inc. system)

Sgt. Whitehead is also approved in eight Missouri counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area for Missouri Concealed Carry safety course instruction and has just been approved for the state of Kansas, as well.