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Lower Liability

Retain Officers

Reduce Costs

Maintain Public Trust

The Briefing Room empowers your supervisors to meet these goals through affordable, leading-edge micro-training so your agency can focus on what matters most: Improving the quality of life for the people in your community.

Like you, we're active-duty law enforcement officers who want to thrive during a challenging time. The only way that can happen is by improving our ability to educate ourselves beyond minimum standards.

That's why The Briefing Room was founded.

We bridge the gap between insufficient State standards and the information officers must know to succeed today. Real-world experience has taught us we can profoundly enhance a police officer's proficiency and self-confidence by empowering their supervisors to provide consistent professional training during briefing or roll call. Investing in your officers is the best way to reduce liability, retain officers, and improve public trust in your agency.

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Jason Louis is an active-duty patrol sergeant with over 22 years of law enforcement experience in a wide array of assignments including Patrol, Custody, Courts, Investigations, Special Enforcement, and Training. He's a California POST Certified instructor in Defensive Tactics, Use of Force/De-escalation, Force Options Simulator, Taser, and Emergency Vehicle Operations. He also spent 4 years as the full-time In-Service Training Coordinator for his agency's regional training center in Southern California and supervised the Use of Force, Arrest and Control, Taser, Fit Testing, and First Aid Teaching Cadres. In addition, he's a sitting member of his agency’s use of force review board, a certified Force Science Analyst, Enhanced Force Investigation Strategies Specialist, Gracie Survival Tactics Instructor and an avid practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Management.

CJ Lombardi is an active-duty law enforcement officer with 17 years of law enforcement experience including Patrol, Custody, Courts, and Training. He's been a California POST-certified instructor for 14 years in Arrest and Control, Force Options Simulator, Baton, Taser and Law Enforcement Driving Simulator. CJ is a sitting member of his agency's use of force review board. CJ is a certified Gracie Survival Tactics Instructor and avid practitioner of BrazilianJiu-Jitsu and Krav Maga. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater Arts.

Phil has a background in civil defense litigation, including federal trial experience, across various practice areas to include defense of public entities and public entity employees against both state and federal causes of action, primarily defending police officers and municipalities against allegations of civil rights violations. In addition, Phil has defended both governmental and private entities alike against discrimination claims, under both state and federal statutory frameworks; actions arising from allegations of retaliation/wrongful termination; and defense against personal injury claims from auto collisions, premises liability, and product liability.

Ashley Hetzel is an active-duty officer who began her law enforcement career in 2012. Ashley is a POST Certified instructor who teaches at a multi-agency basic academy and conducts annual trainings for her department. Ashley has acquired a wide range of knowledge from the various positions she had worked, including Major Crimes Detective, Field Training Officer, Patrol Officer, Deputy Sheriff, and Bailiff. Ashley has also held additional responsibilities as a Youth Activities Officer, Cadett Mentor, and member her department’s Peer Support Cadre. In 2022, Ashley was honored to be awarded the Medal of Merit.

Joe Preciado is an active-duty sergeant with 28 years experience in law enforcement. During that timeframe, he has worked a variety of assignments within his agency like Classification (Main Jail), Patrol Operations, In-Service Academy Instructor, School Resource Officer (SRO), Special Enforcement Detail (SED), Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Major Crimes Bureau, Sexual Assault, Child Crimes & Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and is currently the In-Service Training Coordinator of his agency.

Mike Baker is an active duty officer with over 32 years of experience. His tenure spans a wide variety of assignments in his department with over 15 years worth of patrol experience. He has worked in custody, bike enforcement, investigations, crime prevention, and hostage negotiations and spent four years as a POST-certified recruit training officer at the academy. Mike has been training and instructing officers, deputies, and the public for over 25 years on subjects like tactical negotiations, active assailant response, drunk driving investigation, officer safety, emergency vehicle operations and pursuit driving tactics, parenting, crime prevention, and more.

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