Todd is an NRA Range Safety Officer, NRA Pistol Instructor, and has had Crisis Intervention Team training. Todd currently serves as a full-time Professional Firefighter EMT and instructs at the fire academy as well as teaching fire and life safety education for ages five to adult. He earned his Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and continues to enhance his credentials by furthering his training with many recognized leaders in firearms instruction.

John Kochensparger has spent his entire career in law enforcement and security since 1973 with more than 21 contiguous years as a school director and trainer in private security services (VA DCJS 88-1190). The other highlights include, in chronological order: 

• U. S. Army Military Police, 
• Sergeant, 
• Investigator and Physical Security Inspector; 
• Armed security officer as a college student; 
• Police Officer, City of Alexandria, VA; 
• National trainer; 
• Corporate security director Washington, DC; 
• Electronic security; 
• Administrator at the VA Department of Criminal Justice Services.