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Matt Schaefer
Matt, President of Tactical Defense Training Inc.,
is a veteran of the U.S. Army. While in the Army,
Matt received a broad base of special operations
training to include infantry, demolition's, small unit
tactics, urban warfare and combat medicine. He is
also a graduate of the U.S. Army's Academy of
Health Sciences. After leaving the Army, he worked
as a protection specialist for Fortune 500 executives.
Matt has continued in protection services for celebrities
and dignitaries.
Matt has been a police officer since 1995 and
has worked corrections, uniform patrol,
narcotics and investigations. He has been involved
in special operations since 1997, as a Special
Response Team member, counter - sniper, and team
leader. During that time Matt has participated in several hundred
real world missions to include high risk entries, barricaded suspect
situations and hostage rescue operations. He is a member of the
S.W.A.T. team and currently holds the position of team leader.
Matt is assigned to the Sheriff's Office Training Bureau.
He is a certified instructor in firearms, defensive tactics,
distraction devices, less lethal munitions and chemical munitions.
Matt is the lead SWAT trainer and has trained numerous local, state
and federal agencies in weapons and tactics.
Matt also has the distinction of being sworn as a Deputy U.S. Marshal
serving with the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force.
He is also a state certified corrections officer with extensive
experience in cell extraction and prisoner control.
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