INSTRUCTORS
Meet the Blackhawk Staff:

Professional Security Training Instructors
Serving Rochester & Buffalo, NY

At BLACKHAWK Training Academy, we take great pride in the expertise and dedication of our team members. The safety of our community relies on the knowledge and skills of our staff and their ability to share that skillset with their students. In efforts to create a safer community, our security guard company has assembled a team of highly qualified professionals. We invite you to meet our team and to learn more about their individual backgrounds. Each member is experienced and ready to teach those throughout the Buffalo, Batavia, Canandaigua, Rochester and Syracuse, NY communities.

 

As a security guard company, we prioritize teaching our students the skills they need to protect themselves and others. It is due to the dedication and hard work of our staff that we have been able to complete our mission successfully. Each member of our team leverages their own extensive background in law enforcement and military to teach our community the strategies needed to be safe. We welcome you to learn more about the team that makes our security guard company great. Then, get in touch for self defense training, security officer training, or pistol permit courses.

Cheryl Fridley
Currently a Rochester Police Lieutenant and Instructor, Cheryl brings fresh experience to our team. She will serve as an addition to our staff as a General Topics Instructor.  Cheryl graduated Cum laude from SUNY Brockport as well as receiving a Criminal Justice degree from Monroe Community College and a MCC PSTC from the Police Academy.

In addition to her prestigious academic and law enforcement achievements, Cheryl holds the following certifications:
  • NYS Municipal Police Training Council - Police Supervision
  • NYS Municipal Police Training Council - Police Instruction
  • NYS Municipal Police Training Council - General Topics Instruction
  • NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services - Interview and Interrogation
  • NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services - General Topics Security Guard Instructor 
  • American Heart Association - CPR Instructor

Ron Hall

Ron Hall is an instructor and asset to our team.  Ron graduated from Palmyra Macedon Central School in 1981 and served 4 years in the U.S. Navy before attending Monroe County LE Training Center for Supervisory School and DEA School in Corning, NY.  Ron also graduated from Monroe County Law Enforcement Academy with a Basic Course for Police Officers.  Ron has been an Armed Training Police officer for 28 years, including several years working as an Undercover Officer and Tactical Entry Team Point Man for Narcotics Enforcement.  On more than one occasion, Ron has been recognized for his service as an undercover agent by the Wayne County Narcotics Enforcement Team.

Ron holds the following certifications:

  • Smith & Wesson Academy - M&P/Rem 870
  • ArmorerRemington M/870 Police Armorer's
  • New York State - Firearms Instructor
  • Instructor Development
  • Tactical Warrant School
  • Division of Criminal Justice Services - Armed Security Guard Instructor
  • Division of Criminal Justice Services - General Topics Security Guard Instructor

Paul Hansen

As a retired Irondequoit Police Sergeant, Paul brings 22 years of law enforcement experience to our team as well as 3 years on Army active duty.  He is a retired US Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel in the Military Police Corps.  Paul has received numerous domestic and international Army Marksmanship and Police Pistol Marksmanship awards, including the President's Hundred award in both Service Rifle and Service Pistol at the National Championships and the US Army Distinguished Pistol Shot and Distinguished Rifleman Badges.  In addition to his service, awards, and numerous domestic and international matches, Paul holds an AAS degree in Criminal Justice, a BS in Criminal Justice & Sociology, and a Master's degree in Public Administration which he used in more than 10 years of employment as a professor of Criminal Justice.  Paul is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

Paul's certifications include:
  • Field Training Officer
  • DCJS - General Topics Instructor
  • DCJS - Certified Firearms Instructor, Crime Scene Technician
  • Military Police Officers Basic and Advanced Courses
  • Combating Terrorism Course
  • Instructor Training Course
  • Inspector General Course 
  • Command & General Staff College
  • NRA Rifle and Pistol Firearms Instructor

Josiah C. Harris

Josiah currently serves as a police officer with the Rochester Police Department (RPD). Throughout his years of service, Josiah quickly realized that professional experience was a great teacher; however, he also identified that there were some theoretical and scholastic concepts that could only be acquired through an academic program or structured teaching. Josiah sought out opportunities to become an instructor within the department. As an instructor/trainer with RPD, Josiah has had the opportunity and privilege to teach new police recruits in the academy, officers who have transferred to RPD, and colleagues during annual in-service trainings. He has also played an instrumental role in providing Stop The Bleed curriculum in a department wide training. Josiah has also taught community members in the Citizen’s Police Academy and is an adjunct professor in the Law and Criminal Justice Department at Monroe Community College.


In addition to his professional experience, Josiah has earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration.

 

Josiah holds the following certifications:

 

State of New York Division of Criminal Justice Services, Municipal Police Training Council

  • Reality Based Training Instructor
  • Domestic Violence Instructor
  • Firearms Instructor
  • General Topics Instructor
  • Police Field Training Officer
  • Ethical Awareness Instructor
  • General Topics Security Guard Instructor
  • Armed Security Guard Instructor


Louisiana State University National Center for Biomedical Research and Testing, Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU-NCBRT/ACE)

  • Law Enforcement Active Shooter Emergency Response Instructor

 

Evelyn J Martinez-Nobrega

 

Officer Manager and Course Manager for our Security Company

 

  • Managing scheduling of new customers and instructors
  • Processing of daily fingerprinting and permit processing
  • Leads the office staff to be efficient and accommodating through training and best practices

 

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