Commander Michael Burroughs served on Elmhurst Police Department for 30 years before retiring, to focus on officer safety training and civilian self-defense training.
Commander Burroughs has been instructing Law Enforcement Officers for over twenty five years, training exclusively in areas of Officer Survival and Self Defensive. He has taught PPCT Management Systems, Inc. / Human Factor Science as an Instructor since 1995. Instruction includes both classroom and practical hands on training to assist in the learning of threat pattern recognition and realistic self-defense techniques.
Commander Burroughs is one of only 250-300 Worldwide Instructor Trainers (IT) for the PPCT Management Systems, Inc. / Human Factor Science in Threat Pattern Recognition (TPR) and Use of Force Self-Defense Tactics, Ground Control, and Spontaneous Knife Defense.
A State Certified Instructor and Trainer for the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy since 2006, training recruit police officers on Officer Survival and Self-Defense Techniques.
Credentials:
Commander Burroughs attended the Illinois State Police Academy in 1987 and advanced through the ranks as Trainer, Sergeant, and Commander. As a Watch Commander, his responsibilities included:
- Supervising a Shift of Officers
- Supervising the Field Training Program
- Supervising the Taser Program
- Supervising the Range and Range Masters
- Purchasing of Weapons and Ammunition
Training:
- Northwestern University Executive Management Program
- Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command
- Northwestern University Supervision of Police Personnel
- Northwestern University Executive Leadership Award Recipient
- Northwestern University Certified Radar/LIDAR (LASER) Instructor
- Numerous Official Commendations/Letters of Recognition
- State Certified Juvenile Officer
- State Certified Breath Analysis Operator
- State Certified Truck Overweight and Safety Enforcement Officer
- Certified Field Training Officer
- Certified Instructor Trainer PPCT/HFS Threat Pattern Recognition Instructor
- Certified Instructor Trainer PPCT/HFS Defensive Tactics Instructor
- Certified Instructor Trainer PPCT/HFS Ground Control Instructor
- Certified Instructor Trainer PPCT/HFS Spontaneous Knife Instructor
- Certified PPCT/HFS SHARP Instructor
- Certified Strategies and Tactic of Patrol Stops Instructor
- Certified Axon/Taser Instructor
- Certified Oleoresin Capsicum Pepper Spray Instructor
- Citizen Police Academy Instructor
Education:
- Associates Degree in Police Science, Triton College, River Grove, Illinois
- Graduated 1985
- Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice Management and Leadership, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois
- Graduated 2003
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