Charles R. “Rick” Staples
SUMMARY QUALIFICATIONS
Over 35 years professional experience as patrol officer and investigator with mid-sized midwestern city with additional duties as firearms and tactical team instructor in multiple weapon systems; articulate, innovative, results-oriented leader whose specific skills include:
Range safety Classroom and communication
Weapons, accessories, ammunition evaluations Course-of-fire design
Planning and organization Computer presentation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Overland Park, Kansas, Police Department 1973 – 2009
Senior Patrol Officer Academy instructor / retired
As a multi-faceted officer, in addition to regular duties as a patrol officer, served as precision rifleman and entry team member on the SWAT team. Functioned as lead instructor for the department firearms training unit from 1977 to 2005. Served on the Fugitive Apprehension Unit.
· Authored and implemented department-wide transitional training from revolver to semi-auto pistol, instructing 250 officers over 5,000 hours of classroom and range instruction.
· Authored department-wide transition program from Beretta pistol to Glock pistol.
· Developed transition training from pump shotgun to semi-auto shotgun, implemented with department-wide classroom and range training.
· Developed and implemented the patrol rifle program
· Wrote and maintained the department’s basic pistol instructors manual. Wrote and instructed a two week firearms instructor program.
· Wrote the less-lethal munitions program.
· Authored and instructed Regional Police Academy core topics.
· Tested and evaluated weapons, equipment and tactics for the Overland Park Police Department
Independent Instructor
Kansas City Metro Tactical Officer Association 1994 – 2002
Tactical Shotgun Instructor
Chapman Academy Adjunct Instructor 1982
Tactical Shotgun
Johnson County Community College Police Academy Instructor 1977 – 2009
Thunder Ranch Adjunct Instructor 2001 – Present
Level 1 and 2 Handgun, Urban rifle, Team Tactics, Old Rifle
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NRA patrol rifle instructor school June 04
Self-Defense Handgun II, CRTC (Bennie Cooley), Overland Park, KS Jan 99
Hornady Tactical Carbine School, Hastings, NE Jun 98
Thunder Ranch, Inc., Mountain Home, TX
Team Tactics Jun 02
Old Rifle Apr 02
Urban Rifle II Sep 01
High Intensity Tactical Jul 00
General Purpose Rifle Sep 99
Defensive Shotgun Apr 98
Home/Vehicle Defense Aug 97
Defensive Pistol I Aug 95
Urban Rifle Jul 93
Defensive Shotgun, Gunsite Academy, Paulden, AZ Jun 91
Officer Survival School, Chapman Academy, Hallsville, MO Oct 89
I.A.L.E.F.I. Annual Training Conferences 87, 90, 92, 95, 96, 99, 05
F.B.I. Schools
Submachinegun Instructor School Jun 97
Rangemaster Training Course Mar 96
Advanced Sniper School Aug 92
Firearms Instructor School Jun 88
Firearms Instructor School Oct 77
Calibre Press Street Survival Seminars Jul 84, Aug 82
Remington Wingshooting School, Bloomington, IL Oct 96
Advanced Law Enforcement Training Camp, Action Target
Provo, Utah Jun 01
Columbia, MO May 94
Advanced SWAT School, I.A.C.P., Lenexa, KS May 92
Anti-Terrorism Seminar, Illinois State Police, Springfield, IL Dec 78
Armorers Schools
Heckler & Koch – G36 Jul 02
Beretta Pistol Jan 94
Mossberg Shotgun Apr 91
Glock Pistol May 87/99/0109
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 1973
ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Kansas City Metro Tactical Officers Association
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
Kansas Peace Officers Association
National Rifle Association Life member
International Defensive Pistol Association
National Skeet Shooting Association