PPSC Staff Profile
Kenneth Murray
Kenneth Murray is the
Director of Training for the Armiger Police Training Institute (www.armiger.net)
located in the greater Orlando area of Florida. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, he has
spent the past twenty years as a police and military trainer, specializing in
the field of Reality Based Training. In the late 1980’s, he co-founded
SIMUNITION® with David Luxton as an offshoot of the Armiger Corporation in
Ottawa, Canada. He subsequently wrote numerous articles and policy papers on the
safe conduct of projectile-based simulation training exercises.
As the concept of force-on-force training started
to gain popularity, he began to study the complexities associated with realistic
training. In the wake of the increasing number of serious injuries and deaths
that were beginning to occur during tactical simulations, he authored and taught
the first instructor schools in North America on how to conduct safe and
effective tactical simulations. Since that time, his training principles have
been adopted by thousands of agencies, nationally and internationally. He
continues to lecture on both a national and international level on the topics
Officer Safety and Survival, the Psychology of Lethal Force Encounters, and is
regarded as the leading authority on Reality Based Training. He continues to
personally conduct instructor certification schools on Reality Based Training.
Topics covered in his instructor classes include
both the governing principles for effective training as well as the safe use of
the broad spectrum of available and emerging technologies designed to improve
realism in training for dangerous encounters. Group training and individual
consulting to agencies is available to organizations seeking to improve the
safety and effectiveness of either their established and existing, or new and
developing Reality Based Training programs.
Along with his contributions to the advancement
of training ammunition technologies, Mr. Murray continues to develop innovative
training programs and devices designed to improve the effectiveness and safety
in other areas of military and law enforcement training through the R&D
department of the Armiger Police Training Institute.
In addition to the training programs taught
through the Armiger Police Training Institute, he is an adjunct instructor with
the tactical training organization Global Studies Group International (www.gsgi.org),
and the international police training organization U.S. Police Instructor Teams
(www.uspit.com).
His professional affiliations include the
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI),
American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET), National Tactical Officers
Association (NTOA), California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO),
Wisconsin Association of SWAT Personnel (ASP), Florida SWAT Association (FSA),
International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI),
International Society of Explosive Engineers (ISEE), and the National Rifle
Association (NRA).
He is a member of the advisory board of Force
Science Research Center (www.forcescience.com), as well as the Police Policy
Studies Council (www.theppsc.org) and the Killology Research Group (www.killology.com)
He has been widely published on the topic of simulation training safety,
including the co-authoring of the entry dealing with Behavioral Psychology in
the Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, as well as a contributor to
the IALEFI Guidelines for Simulation Training Safety.
Mr. Murray is available for lectures, training
seminars, training program design, training staff mentoring, and expert witness
work through the Armiger Police Training Institute. For further information, to
book a class, to arrange for additional training services, or to personally
contact Ken Murray, please visit the website at
www.armiger.net.
Ken Murray's ground-breaking
new book, "Training
at the Speed of Life" can be purchased directly from his website.
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