United States Secret Service (Retired)

Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Office of Training

•  Chief of the

  •  Protection Branch
  •  Physical Skills Branch
  •  Tactical Training Branch
  •  Firearms Training Branch

•  Supervisor of Control Tactics and Protective Controls

•  Special Agent, Presidential Protective Division

•  Prior Positions

  •  Police Detective
  •  Police Officer
  •  U.S. Air Force Security Police

•  Awarded

  •  International Society for Performance and Instruction Award for Excellence.
  •  U.S. Treasury Award for development of U.S. Secret Service Control Tactics System
  •  Meritorious Award for acts during a hostage / deadly force situation involving an escaped inmate

•  Developer / Originator of:

  •  The original Use of Force Paradigm for Enforcement and Corrections
  •  Speedcuffing - the original method of tactical handcuffing
  •  Principles of Control Training
  •  Extendible Baton System
  •  U.S. Secret Service Defensive Measures System
  •  Protective Controls (The Integrated executive protection operations and reaction system)
  •  Desmedt - Yelon Method of Open Skills Training and Testing
  •  Various protective training equipment
  •  Attack Management Training (Shielding, Distance, Movement / Countermeasure Concept)
  •  Six-Phase Firearms Training Protocol
  •  Zero Tolerance Firearms Scoring
  •  The Police S-A-F-E-T-Y System / Protective Safety Systems Control Tactics System
  •  Integrated Weapon Control Training

John Desmedt

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