RESUME / BACKGROUND

Buck Peddicord - Director of Training / Owner Defense Midwest LLC

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Owner Operator of Defense Midwest LLC 2004 - Present (Firearms and Tactics School, Operations)

Owner Operator of Peddicord Land & Cattle Co. Inc. 1984 - Present (Farm, Ranch & Feedlot Business)

CAREER

Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Deputy (Reserve & Part-Time 1990 - 2017

Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office High Risk Warrant Team 1997 - 2017

PTSO HRWT Team Leader 2011 - 2017

Primary Instructor / Coordinator KLETC certified Part-time Local Academies 1997 - 2017

Kansas Concealed Carry Certified Instructor 2006 - Present

Contract Instructor for multiple local jurisdictions including; Rossville PD, Wamego PD, Wabaunsee SO, Onaga PD, St. George PD

Kansas Certified EMT 1985 - 2005

Belvue Fire Department Firefighter / EMT 1983 - 2005

Graduated KSU, BS in Agricultural Economics 1984

Graduated Wamego High School 1984

TASKS

Responded to high risk emergency operations and high risk warrant service

Performed undercover narcotics and stolen property operations

Worked as a patrol officer responding to service calls and self initiated contacts

Conducted interior fire attacks, exterior fire suppression and grass / brush fire calls

Responded to medical and trauma emergencies

DIRECT TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Basic laws of arrest, search and seizure

Officer Survival and Mental Preparedness

Use of force - theory, policy and application

Verbal judo - concepts tactics and techniques

Close quarters combatives and restraint techniques

Personal chemical weapons intervention - generic OC spray tactics and techniques

Firearms - handgun, rifle, sub gun and shotgun

Rapid deployment vehicle tactics

Limited resource emergency building clearing tactics

CQB and breaching operations

Tactical operations - planning, preparation, exectution, and aftermath

Trauma Combat Casualty Care - primarily pressure bandages, tourniquets, nsal pharyngeal airways and extraction concepts

INDUSTRY MEMBERS THAT I HAVE HOSTED / TRAINED WITH / AI'ED FOR

SOTG - Jim Craigo

Marksman Enterprises - Jim Crews

TEES / DAG - Max Joseph

TDSA

Pat Rogers

Singleton International - Phil Singleton

CTT Solutions - Mike Pannone

Massad Ayoob Group - David Maglio

Citizens Defense Research - John Johnson, Melody Lauer

Modern Samurai Project - Scott Jedlinski

Reston Group - Jared Reston

Greybeard Actual - Matt / Angela Little

Lead Faucet Tactical - Dan Brokos

CONFERENCES THAT I HAVE TEACHING EPERIENCE FOR 

Texas Tactical Police Officers Association

Ohio Tactical Officers Assosciation

Michigan Tactical Officers Association 

Arkansas Tactical Officers Association