Key Associates' experts can assist in selection of firearms, ammunition, and related equipment for police agencies or corporate security. We can also evaluate firearms training programs and/or provide training for all weapons in use today in police operations. These weapons include, but are not limited to: revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, shotguns, bolt action and sem-automatic rifles, and automatic weapons.

Experts Available to Consult in Matters Related to Firearms

Charles L. Bryant

Twenty-five years experience in the Memphis Police Department, rising to the rank of Major. During his career he served as a member of the special weapons and tactics team and provided training to other agencies in SWAT tactics. He also developed high-risk entry and officer survival training within the Memphis Police Department. He is a certified National Rifle Association Police Firearms Instructor and a state of Tennessee handgun instructor for corporate security.

Nearly twenty-six years experience with the Baltimore Police Department, ascending to the rank of Lieutenant. During his career, he served as a squad sergeant and Training Coordinator for the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit. In his last ten years, he served as the Commanding Officer of the Firearms Training Unit. In that role he was responsible for the training and qualification of the three thousand members of the Baltimore Police Department. He supervised the department's change from revolvers to semi-automatic pistols. He wrote the department's policy on use of lethal force and numerous firearms training and officer survival tactics lesson plans. He has been certified by the State of Maryland as an instructor with revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, shotguns, bolt action and sem-automatic rifles, and automatic weapons. He has also been certified as a Glock armorer. He has consulted in hundreds of use of force cases and has been qualified numerous times in federal and state courts as an expert in firearms and firearms training.

Lieutenant Schillo has twenty-six years with the Baltimore Police Department. During that time, he served twelve years with the special weapons and tactics unit, including two years as its supervisor and training coordinator. He also was assigned to the Education and Training Division for eight years as the Supervisor of the Skills section. During that time, he was qualified as a firearms instructor and taught officer survival tactics and self-defense to officers.