Current Holding Instructor Status In:

  • Tactical Shotgun Training
  • Basic and Advance Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Instructor
  • Firearms Pistols and Revolvers
  • Defensive Tactics
  • Patrol Rifle Instructor
  • Emergency Vehicle Operations
  • Radar/Lidar
  • Taser Instructor, M-26, X-26, X-3 and XREP
  • Pepper Spray (Mace)
  • S.T.O.P. (Strategies & Tactics of Patrol Stops)
  • Awareness & Prevention of Law-Enforcement & Youth Suicide
  • DUI Enforcement Instructor
  • Tennessee Hunters Safty Instructor
  • Active Shooter Instructor
  • ASP Baton Instructor
  • Tactical Handcuff Instructor
  • Tennessee Carry Permit Firearms Instructor
  • Field Training Officer (FTO)
  • Guest Instructor T.L.E.T.A.
  • 16 hours Taser Technician School on the X-26 Taser

Professional Experience:

  • Hendersonville Police Department, Police Dispatcher
  • Goodlettsville Police Officer
  • Hendersonville Police Officer
  • 1999 F.B.I. National Academy Graduate from class # 198 from the F.B.I. Academy Quantico Virginia     

Current position as a Sumner County Sheriff's Office Trainer.  Teddy's responsibilities include teaching and instructing in the following fields:

  • Firearms Traing (revolvers, pistols, shotguns, and patrol rifles)
  • Qualifying Officers with Approved on and off duty weapons
  • Soft air gun training
  • Constitutional Law
  • Law Enforcement and Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention
  • Emergency Vehicle Operations (Defense Driving)
  • T.O.S.H.A Training
  • Blood Born Patogen Traing
  • Defensive Tactics
  • ASP Baton Training
  • Pepper Spray Training
  • Radar/Lidar Training
  • Taser Training (M26, X26, X3, XREP)
  • Tactical Handcuffing
  • Traffic Direction
  • Court Officer Legal
  • Court Officer Security
  • Death Investigations
  • Dignitary Protection Training
  • Mental Health Training
  • Child Sex Abuse Training
  • Law Enforcement Ethics
  • Armoring of All Sherrif's Office Weapons
  • Response to Active Shooter Training
  • Tactical Building Approaches