Sig Swanstrom
As a police officer and SWAT team
operator in the Los Angeles area, SIG
routinely experienced deadly-force encounters with armed criminals. In these
situations, as a uniformed patrol officer he was generally armed with a handgun
or tactical shotgun, and as a SWAT team operator he was typically armed with a tactical
rifle or submachine gun. Since he has personally used all four types of
firearms in deadly-force encounters, this helps make his advice real-world
practical.
As a police detective and crime scene investigator (CSI), SIG investigated many criminal cases in which handguns, shotguns, and rifles were used against innocent people. And, he also investigated incidents where law abiding citizens used these guns against their assailants.
After retiring from law enforcement, SIG lived in Guatemala for a number of years during that country’s bloody civil war. Again he had the opportunity to be involved with all four types of firearms, and to experience the benefits and shortcomings of each type of weapon in real-world WTSHTF encounters.
Raised in California and Washington State, SIG graduated with a university degree in Criminology. After college, he became a police officer in a border town near Seattle, and two years later he transferred to the Los Angeles area to continue his law enforcement career.
After several years as a uniformed patrol officer, SIG became a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI), and was subsequently promoted to Detective. After joining the SWAT team, SIG was certified as a firearms and explosives expert, nuclear disaster monitor, and was trained by the US Secret Service in Executive Protection. One of his SWAT duties was to provide protection for high-profile or high-risk principals. One ongoing assignment was to serve as the personal bodyguard for Ronald Reagan. (This was during the period after Reagan was governor of California, but before he officially announced his candidacy for president of the United States).
During SIG’s law enforcement career he was named “Police Officer of the Year,” and he was the recipient of Commendation for Valor and numerous other awards and citations. Today he is owner of Texas Republic Firearms Academy (www.TXRFA.com), a school which provides firearm self-defense training in handgun, rifle, and tactical shotgun to the general public, as well as training for law enforcement agencies (both nationally and internationally).
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