Instructors

Stu Hobson has been with the Nampa Police Department for 24 years and has been a School Resource Officer for 21 years.

Stu graduated from Boise State University in 1996 with a BS degree in Criminal Justice Administration. 

Stu has worked in all levels of schools including Elementary, Middle and High Schools. Stu has specialized in site safety assessments and planning for critical incidents and seat belt safety awareness programs.

Stu has served on the school districts Emergency Operations Planning committee, Idaho Office of School Safety and Security Law Enforcement Advisory Committee and the Idaho Transportation Department Occupant Safety Committee. Stu has facilitated a student lead seat belt safety program and won multiple awards both at the state and National levels.

In 2001 Stu received the Nampa Police Officer of the year award and in 2018 the State of Idaho SRO of the year.

Sgt. Tim Randall (Retired) served with the Nampa Idaho Police Department for 31 years. He was assigned as a criminal investigator for 21 of those 31 years. As a lead investigator and supervisor, he conducted and assisted in hundreds of investigations. These include homicides, suicides, child abuse, rape, robbery and internal investigations..

Tim has served in many positions to include, patrol, patrol supervisor, criminal investigations, CID supervisor, SWAT, school resource officer, internal affairs and polygraph examiner.

Tim has served as the supervisor of the Operations of Professional Standard Division and was responsible for recruitment, hiring, and background investigations. Tim currently works for the Twin Falls, Idaho Police Department responsible for hiring and background investigations. Tim also works as an independent contractor conducting background and internal investigations for many agencies.

Tim has been an Idaho POST certified instructor for over 25 years in interview & interrogation, SWAT, chemical munitions, child abuse, elder abuse and juvenile procedures.

Timothy Cooney is a veteran law enforcement officer with over 17 years of public service. He currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Police at a midsized law enforcement agency in the northwest suburbs of Illinois, where he leads with a passion for officer wellness, and training excellence. Throughout his career, Tim has held diverse leadership roles, including Narcotics Investigator, SWAT Operator, Patrol Supervisor, and Training Coordinator. Tim has a Masters Degree in Public Safety Administration and is also a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command and remains active in Illinois law enforcement leadership circles.

In 2020, after facing the stress of living paycheck to paycheck and confronting the reality of having “too much month left at the end of the money,” Tim took control of his finances. He paid off $67,000 in consumer debt and turned that journey into a calling—founding TPC Financial Coaching to help fellow first responders do the same. What started as a personal mission quickly grew into a statewide initiative: Tim now leads the internal financial wellness program for his agency, resulting in over $1 million in turnaround among his coworkers.

Tim delivers no-nonsense, product-free financial wellness training grounded in experience—not theory. His certified presentations have been hosted by departments across Illinois and featured in publications such as Illinois Chiefs of Police Command Magazine. Whether helping a rookie build their first budget or guiding a senior officer toward retirement planning, Tim believes financial peace is a vital part of the overall wellness picture—and one that law enforcement can no longer afford to ignore.

THOMAS G. TITTLE is a retired Captain with the Marion County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office. Captain Tittle became a member of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in 1977 and was assigned to the Civil Division. Since then he has held assignments within the following areas: Patrol Division, Street Crimes, Property Crimes, Major Crimes, Training Director, Community Relations, D.A.R.E. Officer, Drug Unit and Communications. Prior to the Juvenile Division, Captain Tittle was in charge of a District Station where he supervised uniformed patrol officers and a district detective. Additionally, he was on the S.W.A.T. for 13 years with his last assignment as a Team Leader. During Captain Tittle’s tenure in investigations, he has investigated numerous major crimes, drug cases and property crimes, including, but not limited to: sexual assaults (children and adults), child abuse, robberies, suicides, death investigations, crimes against persons, and vice cases. Captain Tittle holds an Associate of Arts degree from Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Florida. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. He has attended numerous courses in Death Investigations, Sex Crimes, DEA School, Sniper school, SWAT courses and Domestic Relations. Captain Tittle is an adjunct instructor at the Central Florida Community’s Criminal Justice Institute where he has instructed firearms, driving, domestic violence, crisis intervention and interviews & interrogations techniques and crimes against the elderly. Captain Tittle has had articles published in; The Florida Police Chief, American Police Beat and Inside School Safety and has self-published six law enforcement training manuals. 

Officer Tomas Tundidor is a 30 year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department in Miami, Florida. Tomas has served in the Organized Crime Section, Narcotics Bureau, Economic Crimes Bureau and Special Victims Bureau. As a detective in the Organized Crime Section, Tomas conducted several Gambling and Vice Instigations and was lead on several Murder for Hires and Minor Sex Trafficking/Human Trafficking Investigations. Tomas was deputized by the U.S Marshals Service and worked on the FBI’s Minor Vice / Crimes against Children Task Force. He also served as a Task Force Officer for the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Task Force. Officer Tundidor has received serval awards and honors including; Police Officer of the year in 2007, Life-saving Medal in 2001 and 2007, Gold Medal of Valor in 1995 and 2007, the Purple Heart Award in 2007, and the Florida Missing Children's Combating Human/Sex Trafficking Award in 2013.

Tyler Sutherland has been a police officer for over 18 years in the state of Michigan. He currently holds the rank of Detective at his law enforcement agency, and is the owner of Resilient Response LLC, a Law Enforcement Training Company. Before being promoted to Detective, Tyler worked as a road patrol officer for five years, and then assigned to his department’s Gang Suppression Unit for 8 years. Tyler received his bachelor’s degree from Adrian College, while majoring in criminal justice, and a minor in psychology.

As a member of his department’s Gang Unit and Detective Bureau, Tyler has been the lead investigator in several gang, and violent criminal cases involving evidence with cell phones, social media, narcotics, writing and executing search warrants, surveillance techniques, undercover drug buys, managing confidential informants, and interview and interrogation techniques. These investigations resulted in several hundred hours of courtroom testimony and trial experience for Tyler.

While participating in all aspects of gang investigations and court room prosecution, Tyler has been qualified as, and testified as an expert in gangs, drug trafficking, identifying armed subjects, and cell phone records analyses in U.S. Federal Court, Michigan State Circuit Court, and Michigan State District Court several times in in his police career.

Tyler is a Defensive Tactics Instructor, Firearms Instructor, a Patrol Training Officer, a Task Force Officer for Homeland Security Investigations, and an adjunct teaching instructor at Kellogg Community College Police Academy. After several hundred hours of training, education, research, and on the job experience, Tyler has developed several Law Enforcement Training Courses within his law enforcement training company, Resilient Response LLC., such as Tactical Street Enforcement, Street Gang Investigations, Gang Expert Testimony, Understanding Use of Force, and Courtroom Testimony.

As a member of the Gang Unit and Detective Bureau, Tyler Sutherland has been the lead investigator in a number of gang and violent crime cases involving cell phone investigations, drug investigations, writing and executing search warrants, surveillance techniques, undercover drug buys, and managing confidential informants. These investigations resulted in several hours of courtroom trial experiences, and jury convictions.

While participating in all aspects of gang investigations and court room prosecution, Detective Sutherland, has been qualified as, and testified as a gang expert, in Federal U.S. District Court, Michigan State Circuit Court, and Michigan State District Court, more than 15 times in in his police career. One of these gang cases was the first criminal gang enhancement jury conviction in the State of Michigan since the state statute was created. The Michigan State Supreme Court placed its first opinion on the record about gang expert testimony in the state of Michigan, as a result of Detective Sutherland's testimony.

In addition, Detective Tyler Sutherland has also been recognized in Michigan State District Court and Circuit Court as an expert in drug trafficking, identifying armed subjects, and cell phone records analyses. Detective Sutherland is a Defensive Tactics Instructor, Firearms Instructor, a Patrol Training Officer, and an adjunct teaching instructor at Kellogg Community College Police Academy. After several hundred hours of training, education, research, and on the job experience, Tyler has developed several Law Enforcement Training Courses related to Officer Safety Tactics, Hybrid Street Gangs, and Courtroom Testimony.

William Ralston III, M.D.

Dr. Ralston is a State Medical Examiner in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Kentucky. Dr. Ralston is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and National Association of Medical Examiners.

Dr. Ralston has held faculty appointments at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky and lectures throughout the United States to many local and regional law enforcement agencies.