Brian Canova has over 24 years of law enforcement experience with a large agency in Florida, holds the rank of Sargent and is still currently employed full time. His current assignment is the Training Section Coordinator. He is responsible for developing and delivering basic, advanced and specilized training to his agency which includes; firearms, tactics, use of force, response planning for critical incidents, and force protection. During his tenure, Brian has been a member of the SWAT Team for 18 years, and during that time he was the Team Commander for 7 years. He supervised one of two major crime investigative units and several specialty teams. Because of his knowledge and experience, he was called upon to solve problems within the agency during equipment selection and transition. His leadership and forethought led to the development of new procedures and protocol which greatly increased officer safety and survival and have been adopted by other local agencies and organizations. Brian is well respected in the Florida Law Enforcement Community and is frequently asked to provide assistance to federal , state and local agencies in matters of critical response training. He represented his agency as liason and partner to the Federal Joint Terrorism Task Force. His training qualifications include; Firearms and Specialty Munitions Instructor, Defensive Tactics Instructor, Tactical Planning Instructor, Response Planning Instructor. He has recieved numerous personal awards, achievement medals, and various letters of commendation and appreciation.