John Presley, Senior Instructor

903-983-8675

jpresley@kilgore.edu (e-mail)

Professional Licensure:

• Master Peace Officer license
• TCLEOSE Instructor license
• TCLEOSE Firearms Instructor license
• TCLEOSE Advanced Jailer license
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Firearms Instructor certificate
• National Rifle Association Police Firearms Instructor certificate
• certified, master armorer

Education:

• MS degree, Texas Eastern University
• BS degree, Texas Eastern University
• AA degree, Kilgore College

Law Enforcement Experience:

• 21 years' experience with ETPA
• 32 years' law enforcement experience
  • Longview Police Department
  • Panola County Sheriff's Office
  • Smith County Sheriff's Office
  • Harrison County Sheriff's Office
  • Kilgore College Police Department

Areas of specialization:

• jail operations
• jail supervision
• inmate rights
• firearms
• instructor training
• firearms instructor training
• criminal investigation
• suicide prevention
• Constitutional law
• human relations
• use of force
• armorer schools
• Penal Code
• traffic law
• accident investigation