charlie lewis
Lewis is the Director of Training at Tier One. Before he joined the Tier One team, he served as a Licensed Peace Officer for 34 years, as well as a TCOLE Instructor, and a State of Texas Board Certified Classroom Teacher. Lewis also enjoys devoting his time to teaching Women’s Self Defense and Sign Language. Lewis even helped a failing Criminal Justice program grow from 47 students into a program catering over 300. Fifteen of his former students have moved on to become Peace Officers now. Lewis lives in North Texas with his wife.
BILLY MITCHELL
Mitchell brings a wealth of knowledge to our training team with a total of 28 years of experience in Law Enforcement. He is certified in Critical Incident Stress Management through the University of Baltimore in Maryland and as well as an instructor in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. He has been a very active TCOLE instructor since 2009 after gaining his Instructor Proficiency Certificate in 2006. He has developed and implemented mandatory trainings in Alcohol Awareness and Ethics for the Fort Worth Police Department and is a member of the Fort Worth Police Officers Association, Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas and International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.
RICKEY G. STAVES
Staves is a certified FAA pilot and teaches our Intro to Drone training course. In his previous professions, Staves has been a Network Engineer, Air Traffic Controller, Logistics Manager and Truck Driver. Staves served with FEMA as a Disaster Operations Staff Member setting up satellites, managing switches and troubleshooting. He served nine years with the American Red Cross managing IT for Disaster Operations Staff and setting up volunteers and scheduling.
He is a Certified FAA pilot for sUAS Unmanned Aircraft System, Microsoft Network Engineer, FEMA Train the Trainer and First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor through the American Red Cross.
JULIO TAPIA
Julio C. Tapia has over 22 years of law enforcement experience. Julio has his Master Peace Officer certification, Instructor Proficiency certification since 2013, certified Spanish interpreter since 1999, and was a Solo Officer Response to an Active Shooter Instructor. He has over 2700 hours of Texas Commission of Law Enforcement continuing education, and has the School Based Law Enforcement Advanced Training through Texas State University to stay informed. Julio worked with the FBI in 2000, as a Spanish translator, for a drug operation that ended with many people arrested. Julio was also a Spanish translator while being enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, during Operation Just Cause, in Honduras. English is his second language.
CLELL MURRAY
Murray’s 29 years of law enforcement experience make him one of the most experienced on our training team. Murray holds 23 law enforcement certifications including Master Peace Officer, Firearms Instructor, Patrol Rifle Instructor, Police Academy Instructor, Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Tactics, Topps Instructor, and PPCT Defensive Tactics Instructor. He also also holds over 3,000 hours in Texas Commission of Law Enforcement continuing education so that he can always teach the most up to date and accurate information at our academy.