Defensive Pistol

Mark Rich has been in law enforcement for 35 years and has recently retired as a Captain with the Midway (GA) Police Department where he served as the Training Director, Patrol Commander and Senior Firearms Instructor. He previously served with the Richmond Hill (GA) Police Department and held various positions in traffic, patrol and investigations, armorer and range master. He also served as the Emergency Response Team Commander.

Mark has numerous advanced P.O.S.T. certifications including General Instructor, Firearms Instructor, Defensive Tactics Instructor, Sniper Instructor, Certified Anti-Terrorist Instructor, PPCT Instructor, TASER Instructor, Glock Instructor and Advanced Armorer. He has served as a Senior Adjunct Instructor for the Southeast Georgia Regional Criminal Justice Training Center and taught both Basic and Advanced Law Enforcement training classes. Mark has developed classes for Tactical Rifle, Advanced Shotgun, Tactical Pistol, Special Operations Response Training, and assisted with the updating of the Officer Survival, Advanced Firearms, and Firearms Instructor Classes taught at the regional law enforcement training academy.

Mark has trained thousands of law enforcement students from federal, state, and regional area included as part of the Southeast Georgia Criminal Justice Training Center, members of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. Marshal’s), U.S. Treasury, I.N.S., Georgia State Patrol, the U.S. Army (Military Police), the U.S. Coast Guard, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as well as trained and certified the Liberty County Sheriffs’ Department SWAT Team and Sniper Team.

Mark has received multiple awards and recognitions during his career to include the Combat Cross for extreme heroism in the line of duty (2003) and the 200 Club Medal of Valor in 2010. During Mark’s career he has provided security and personal protection to a number of dignitaries to include Laura Bush, The Atlanta Rhythm Section, Gregg Allman, Eddie Money and the Blues Brothers.