The AAPT Staff
The staff at AAPT is committed to developing and fostering long term working relationships with our students by providing you with total quality service and low cost training such as: Guard Card Training, Firearms Training, Force on Force, Tactical Training Programs and professional career development.
Our ultimate goal is to exceed our student's expectations and to ensure that each of our students receive the highest level of personalized service they expect when training with a professional service provider such as AAPT.
AAPT is committed to excellence in organizational leadership, management, continuous innovation, organizational ethics and diversity with an unyielding focus on our students’ training needs.
AAPT integrates only the best training equipment into our curriculum. Real world experience means a safer training environment for our students. AAPT offers the highest level of state-of-the-art tactical, force on force and reality based training programs. Our Tactical Training Programs are designed to develop critical thinking, situational awareness and inspire a combat survival mindset in all of our students to ensure a higher survival rate in any life threatening situation. Whether it be in-country in theatre wide operations or on the mean streets of any town USA. AAPT and its' staff of professional instructors are here to train the men and women that serve and protect our way of life. In the security industry, law enforcement and military with the utmost emphasis on getting everyone home safe and sound to their families.
Chief Instructor: Richard F. Moreno
Richard F. Moreno, the chief firearms instructor of American Academy of Protective Training (AAPT), is a professional firearms instructor and consultant with more than 30 years of experience. Richard has worked extensively in the personal protection and defensive training fields for an international security company. His experience as an instructor covers the entire spectrum of modern small arms. He conducts a variety of citizen, law enforcement, and military firearms training programs at various locations both national and international, as well as serving as a consultant specializing in personal, executive, and corporate security.
Professional Credentials and Associations include:
BSIS Firearms Instructor
California Adult Career Technical Education Teaching Credential
NRA Certified Instructor (NRA)
NRA Certified Law Enforcement Instructor (NRA)
NRA Certified Range Safety Officer (NRA)
Member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI)
American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET) National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA)
Police Marksman Association (PMA)
International Association of Counter-Terrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP)
In addition, Richard is a graduate of many of the most prestigious law enforcement, private
training firearms and schools in the world. These include:
1. LAPD High Risk Personnel Course
2. LAPD Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course
3. Thunder Ranch
4. Gunsite Training Center
5. American Pistol Institute
6. The Chapman Academy
7. Yavapai Firearms Academy
8. Glock Instructor Courses
9. Glock Armorer Courses
10. NRA Instructor's Course
11. NRA LE Instructor's Course
12. Advanced Law Enforcement Training Programs at CSTI
Assistant Chief Instructor: Joshua F. Moreno
Joshua F. Moreno is our youngest talented instructors he has been teaching at The American Academy of Protective Training since July of 2011. Joshua was an LAPD police cadet and has undergone extensive training courses and tested his abilities alongside Active Duty Officers shooting on the F.A.S.T simulator and the notorious Hogan’s Alley to their amazement Joshua is out shooting some of the veteran police officers on both the simulator and live fire drills at the age of 28 and continues to develop his shooting skills and techniques by training at other firearms schools and academies across the nation.
Joshua is a certified BSIS and NRA Instructor in the following:
BSIS Firearms Instructor
BSIS Baton Instructor
California Adult Career Technical Education Teaching Credential
Basic Pistol (NRA)
Basic Shotgun (NRA)
Basic Tactical Pistol (AAPT)
Intermediate Tactical Pistol (AAPT)
Basic Tactical Shotgun (AAPT)
Basic Tactical M4 Rifle Systems (AAPT)
Basic Pistol Instructor (NRA)
Defensive Tactics Instructor: Andre Glenn
Andre Glenn is our Defensive Tactics Instructor and has contributed to the shooting community by designing and developing programs for security and law enforcement such as the Counter Terrorist Training Course designed for the men and women of DHS, ICE and Border Patrol in an effort to give back to a community that has given him so much. He has a desire to help train new and current shooters on the proper safe handling of firearms. Andre is a firm believer in our Second Amendment. He wants to help train and educate responsible citizens behind these rights as they were established.
Marketing Director: Kevin Jackson
Kevin Jackson is our Marketing 
Director oversees, coordinates, and develops our marketing strategies, products and handles our social media presence. Kevin is a long time believer in our Second Amendment and on occasions helps to train current shooters on the proper safe handling of firearms and educate responsible citizens on their rights as they were established.