History
From August 2012 to September 2014, Ron served as Chair of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board of Directors (FLETA) for all major federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. Ron began his law enforcement career as a deputy sheriff and later became a state probation and parole officer and, finally, a U.S. Probation Officer, where he served for 14 years. Prior to being named Academy Director, Ron was a section chief and taught defensive tactics, firearms, non-lethal force applications, and several classroom courses at the academy. Ron is a former USA/AAU East Coast Karate Silver Medalist and qualified for the US Karate Team. Ron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, and a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Mountain State University, Beckley, West Virginia