Texas Tactical is committed
to the continuing education of Law Enforcement Officers. It is our belief that all officers need to be
equipped with the tactical skills necessary to work effectively and safely for themselves, their department, and their
community.
Owner/Chief Instructor - Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor has approximately 20 years
of military and civilian law enforcement experience. From 1987 to 1991, he
served in the U.S. Army assigned to the 3/504 Airborne Parachute Infantry
Regiment. After leaving the armed forces in 1991, Taylor pursued a career in
civilian law enforcement. Taylor holds an Advanced Peace Officers license with
more than 2,000 training hours. He is a TCLEOSE Firearms Instructor, Field
Training Officer, and Less Lethal Shotgun Specialist. He has many specialty
certifications to include, Motorcycle Officer, ROPES Facilitator, Rappel
Master, Observer/Counter Sniper (US DOJ FBI), and Marine Safety Enforcement
Officer. Taylor’s involvement with S.W.A.T. began in 1992 when he co-founded
the Windcrest, TX SWAT team. Taylor retired in November 2007 from the City of
Weatherford Police Department where he served as a patrol officer and team
leader of the Weatherford/Parker County Special Operations Group. Taylor
founded Texas Tactical in 1997 and continues to offer specialized tactical
training to military and law enforcement personnel.
Advisors
Charles H. Pitman, Lt Gen, USMC (Retired)
Timothy James Gutierrez
Floyd D. (Bud) Sourjohn
W.S. Repsess
Charles H. Pitman, LtGen., USMC (Retired). Pitman retired from the Marine Corps in
1990 having served for 38 years, flying more than 12,000 hours in fighter,
attack and reconnaissance aircraft and helicopters. His first SWAT operation
was in 1973, when he flew a Marine helicopter over New Orleans in support of
police, killing a sniper on the roof of the Howard Johnson’s Hotel. Since 1987
he has been involved in the training of Marine Corps Special Forces units. In
1996, he attended the Fairfax County Police Academy and became a Reserve Police
Officer in Alexandria, VA. More recently, he has been training Marine Corps
units going to Afghanistan and Iraq in counter-insurgency and convoy
operations.
MILITARY BACKGROUND/HIGHLIGHTS
U. S. Marine Corps – Lieutenant General
1987-90 Deputy Chief of Staff for
Aviation
1984-87 Commanding General, 1st Marine
Aircraft Wing in Japan
1982-84 Assistant Chief of Staff for
Plans and Policy, Republic Of Korea
1979-81 Special Advisor to the
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff