Welcome to the ADVANCED POLICE TRAINING instructor information page. We are the premier provider of basic to advanced training. Our goal is to provide the very best in training, certification, and knowledge as it relates to real life situations. Because our quality control standards are high, our instructors are among the best in the business. Our goal is to always deliver the best real life training available. We want you, our valued customer, to be happy. Here is a short list of our instructors.

OWNER/CHIEF INSTRUCTOR: WILLIAM J. TRUSSELL

William J. Trussell, of Advanced Police Training, LLC, has been a sworn police officer for 16 years, and has worked in various assignments such as patrol, bicycle patrol, criminal investigations and SWAT. He has taught basic to advanced tactics and principles for both patrol and swat officers to include small arms, structure clearing, formations, less lethal, close quarter combat, and more.  He is an established and recognized 19 year martial arts instructor in Aikido, and Kali, teaching classes to law enforcement and the private sector. He has taught Defensive Tactics and Oleoresin Capsicum at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy in Pearl, MS, and Defensive Tactics at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Reserve Academy. He was his departments training officer for 3 years responsible for training and certifying officers in defensive tactics, Oleoresin Capsicum, IPMBA, and Active Shooter Response. In January 2008 he stepped down from full time service to a part time position in order to work for a private company teaching the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Combat Skills. He has currently instructed over 10,300 U.S. Navy Personnel while working for the company as a Fire Arms instructor, Combat Life Saver Instructor, and Land Navigation Instructor.  He is a registered NRA Range Safety Officer, and a NRA Small Arms Instructor able to instruct and certify pistol, shotgun, and assault rifle.  He is also a certified U.S. Navy and Marine Corps SAMI (small arms marksmanship instructor) 

Adjutant Instructor: WILLIAM G. CORREA

WILLIAM G. CORREA was a full time Deputy with over 10 years experience in patrol and as a tactical team member. He is also retired from the U.S. Navy with 22 years of Active Duty service. Throughout his naval career, he has served as a Search and Rescue Crewman, Navy Diver, and Water Survival Training instructor. His last 13 years in the navy were spent with Naval Special Warfare, SEAL's, where he deployed on real world missions with several platoons and on different theaters of operation. He was in charge of a SEAL Team's Land Warfare Training Department, responsible for tactical training of SEAL platoons and was also the senior enlisted in charge of training for the Navy's Riverine Boat Units. He currently works for a private company instructing Expeditionary Combat Skills to the U.S. Navy where he currently serves as a Combat Life Saver Instructor, and a Land Navigation Instructor.   He has currently instructed over 10,300 U.S. Navy Personnel and is a registered NRA Range Safety Officer, and a NRA Small Arms Instructor able to instruct and certify pistol, shotgun, and assault rifle.  He is also a certified U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps SAMI (small arms marksmanship instructor)  He is a National Registry EMT-Basic.

Adjutant Instructor: Richard A. Clark

Richard A. Clark served 6 years in the Marine Corps Reserve as an infantryman. He then joined the Navy as a corpsman and served 20 years on active duty, where he served his last 10 years as an independent duty corpsman. his last 4 years on active duty was spent with the Chemical, biological, Radiological Incident Response Force; responding to terrorist threats on the nations capital and around the world. He was involved in joint training exercises with Washington D.C. and New York City Fire Departments. After retiring in 2006 he taught "Live Tissue Training" (Medical) to various military units to include Army, Navy and Marine Corps Special forces Medics, Military and Civilian Operations. He is a American heart "Life Saver" Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support Instructor, Tactical Combat causality Care Instructor, NRA Law Enforcement Handgun/Shotgun Instructor, and a National registered EMT - Basic.  He is a certifed NRA Small Arms Instructor able to instruct and certify pistol, shotgun, and assault rifle.  He is a certified U.S. Navy and Marine Corps SAMI (small arms marksmanship instructor)

ADJUTANT INSTRUCTOR: GARY A. CLARK 

Gary A Clark is a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician-B with 7 years experince with various Fire Departments and Rescue Squads. He has served as a Field Training Officer and a NREMT-B for local county agencies in southern Mississippi. Gary is a very experienced EMT treating injuries to include car accidents to gunshot wounds along with various other medical and trama related incidents. His certifications include: Nationally Regisitered Emergency Medical Technician, Mississippi Emergency Medical Technician, Certified in CPR/AED, Deployment Medicine Operators Course (DMOC) - Live Tissue Training, Emergency Response to Terrorism- Basic Concepts, Rescue Technician, Hazardous Marerial- Basic Concept, Hazardous Materials Operations, and Concealed Weapons.

ADJUTANT INSTRUCTOR: TIM McNEIL

William T. McNeil has been a sworn Law Enforcement Officer for 14 years, and has worked in various assignments such as patrol, bicycle patrol, criminal investigation, narcotics investigations, Warrants division and SWAT.   He has worked as a field training officer, report writing instructor, officer survival instructor, and police subject control instructor.  He is currently a Patrol Officer with the University of Southern Mississippi Campus Police Department and is the department’s defensive tactics instructor utilizing Police Subject Control Systems.  Prior to becoming a law enforcement officer, he served 6 years in the United States Marine Corps, where he served as an infantryman, and a scout sniper in Force Recon.