INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM

TRAINING DIVISION

TO: Sheriff Ric Bradshaw DATE: August 20th, 2019

FROM: Major John Prieschl

SUBJECT: Invictus School Security Guard Training Executive Summary

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This analysis will determine if the Invictus Security Guard Training Program is compliant
to the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program pursuant to 30.15(1)(k) F.S.S.

This Panel was tasked with determining the equivalency of the training for a School
Security Guard to that of the School Guardian Program.

Below are the statutes of the relevant programs

Safe-school officers at each public school - 1006.12 F.S.S.

School Guardian - 1006.12(3)
School Security Guard - 1006.12(4)
Powers, duties, and obligations of the Sheriff - 30.15(1)(k)2 F.S.S.

Compliance Issues Discovered

 Training must be conducted by active CJSTC certified instructors. Several parts of

the course were not documented to be taught or overseen by CJSTC certified
instructors.

 Invictus Lead FDLE Instructor, Gregory Solowsky, is not currently an active,

certified CJSTC instructor. He resigned/retired in lieu of separation for violating
agency/training center policy from Lauderhill Police Department in March 2018,
per his FDLE ATMS Global Profile.

 Invictus was passing students for firearms qualifications with a 80% (39 hits out of
48 total rounds), instead of 85% (41 hits out of 48 total rounds), as required by
state statute
  A total of five students failed the firearms qualification portion of training, all which
Invictus documents as passing the firearms qualification. All had scores below the
required 85%.

 No information provided by Invictus allowed for a specific hourly breakdown of the

curriculum to identify topics covered each day, or specific daily course attendance
sheets. Therefore, this Panel cannot attest that the statutory hours were met.

 An on-site visit was conducted on August 17, 2019 where Invictus was holding
firearms training. Several compliance issues were observed including: not
following the 85% standard, non-CJSTC instructors instructing topics, and several
range administration issues.

Best Practice Recommendations:

After a comprehensive review of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office School Guardian
Program, Florida Statutes and Administrative Code, and the CJSTC Basic Recruit Law
Enforcement Curriculum: the following best practices were identified:

 Maintaining records in accordance with the CJSTC Basic Recruit Law Enforcement
Curriculum, Florida Statutes and Administrative Code is a best practice for
Guardian Training Programs for liability purposes.

 Rosters should indicate topics covered on the dates listed and allow space for students
to print/sign their name to confirm student attendance.

 A low light qualification should be completed as prescribed in the handgun portion of the
Basic Recruit Curriculum. Early Invictus PowerPoints showed a “nighttime” qualification
that matched the Basic Recruit Curriculum, but was taken out of a later PowerPoint
provided to the Panel. A review of the qualification paperwork indicated that a nighttime
qualification was not conducted.

Inconsistencies identified during the review

 After multiple requests, the Panel was still not provided with three instructor files.

 Photographs of qualifications only allowed for confirmation of one qualification. Several

other counts appear to be different when reviewing photographs, with two additional
student disqualifications observed for shooting more rounds than required.

 The initial defensive tactics curriculum did not appear to include personal defensive
tactics and weapons retention tactics which would reasonably be needed for officers
armed in a school. Invictus later provided additional documents which included the
above tactics. However the panel does not see how all the topics listed could be
reasonably taught in eight hours.

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 Invictus notates that PBSO staff observed qualifications on August 13, 2019 in
reference to PBSO employee William Wheeler. He was acting as an Invictus employee
and not a PBSO staff member. Wheeler’s instructor certificate is currently inactive.

 The Panel identified individuals that appeared to fail their psychological examination
and were allowed to complete and passed Invictus’ training. To date, the Panel could
not determine if one student passed a certified psychological examination.

Recommendations

 It is the recommendation of the PBSO PCB Panel that the Invictus School Security
Guard Training Program be discontinued as it fails to meet the statutory required
guidelines listed in the Florida State Statutes.

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