Lead Instructor - Bill Quirk

Bill Quirk is the president and director of training for the Defensive Training Group (DTG) and for Check Six Tactical Training.

Mr. Quirk is an active member and fifteen year veteran of a mid-sized law enforcement agency in north central Florida. During his law enforcement career, Mr. Quirk served eight years as a uniformed patrol officer prior to being transferred to Investigations. Mr. Quirk is currently assigned as a full time investigator with a Federal fugitive task force which deals specifically in violent offenders. Mr. Quirk also acts as a team leader and primary trainer for his agency's active shooter response team.

Mr. Quirk has been certified as a firearms instructor by the State of Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. He holds credentials as an NRA Law Enforcement (LEAD) Patrol Rifle Instructor. He has served as an adjunct instructor for Morrigan Consulting. Mr. Quirk has attended countless schools over the past decade, including instructor and operator courses from Safariland, the Florida Counter Drug Training Academy, NRA LEAD, Morrigan Consulting, Magpul Dynamics, and the United States Marshals Service. He holds the rank of Shodan (First Degree Black Belt) in Jiyushinkai Aikibudo. He has instructed the use of and developed curriculum for the tactical deployment of firearms for local, state, and federal law enforcement, for the military, and for citizens interested in lawful self defense.

Adjunct Instructor - Alan Gray

Alan Gray has been a police officer in north central Florida for over fourteen years. He has served in several areas of the department including Operations and Investigations. He is currently assigned to Training and is certified by the State of Florida as a law enforcement firearms instructor. Alan served on his department's SWAT team for several years and assisted in training for that unit.

Alan is a former US Marine where he served as a Marksmanship & Machinegun instructor and in a special operations unit during the first Gulf War.

He is a NRA instructor, certified in Pistol and Personal Protection.