13 years of service with ISP SWAT; 7 years as statewide program coordinator
Retired as Deputy Chief of Staff, Division of Operations
Law Enforcement Training
Law enforcement trainer for over 40 years for ISP, DEA, DOD police training programs
Featured author/subject matter expert for the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) in incident management and training; authored 35 feature articles for NTOA’s “The Tactical Edge”
Director of the Law Enforcement Training Advisory Commission, MTU#10; responsible for delivery of police training in eight Central Illinois counties
Training Certifications
ILETSB Certified Active Threat Master Instructor
Illinois Tactical Association Live Fire Shoot House Instructor
Pistol Optics (Red Dot Optics) instructor
Force Science Institute Force Analyst certification
Force Science Institute Force Encounters certification
Force Science Institute Fundamentals of Realistic De-Escalation Instructor
Range Master Firearms Instructor certifications
Basic Instructor
Advanced Instructor
Protective Pistol Instructor
NRA certified Chief Range Safety Officer
NRA certified Range Safety Officer
NRA certified Pistol Instructor
USCCA certified Concealed Carry and Self Defense instructor
USCCA certified Countering the Mass Shooter instructor
USCCA certified Women’s Handgun and Self Defense instructor
Darnall’s Gun Works and Ranges has been a family owned business (shooting range and gun shop) for 4 generations. My grandfather, combining his trade as a gunsmith and passion as an outdoorsman, first opened the doors to his new business in 1923.