For a little over twenty-five years, I was an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. After about eighteen years of working various patrol assignments around the city, I was transferred to the Firearms Training Unit where I taught both in-service officers, and brand new recruits — many of whom had never held a gun before. I was fortunate to be in the unit at a time when firearms training had begun to transition away from the slower bullseye style shooting, to a more practical style of shooting where both speed AND accuracy matter. This path has also allowed me the opportunity to become an instructor with the elite Sierra Element, tactical firearms training school in Los Angeles.

My final assignment with the LAPD was at the rifle range where I taught rifle, shotgun, and pistol mounted optics. In addition to my teaching experience, I am an active Master class USPSA competitor and Range Officer. I am also an LAPD Arrest and Control Instructor with with several black belt rankings, and a former amateur Muay Thai fighter under Pongsan Ekyotin.

I feel extremely fortunate to have gained a lot of knowledge in the ring, on the streets, and during matches; . I look forward to passing on what I’ve learned to those who have the desire to put in some work and train as if their life depends on it — because it may.

Respectfully,

Sammy Briggs