William Pitcher, Instructor

Bill Firearms Instruction

 
  • 34 Years Law Enforcement

  • 26 Years Instructor

Bill Pitcher is a career law enforcement officer having spent over 34 years in state and local agencies.  Though retired from full-time work, he still spends a couple days a week with a local agency serving, among other duties, as a firearms instructor.

Bill has been a Police Firearms Instructor since 1985, when he was a New York State Environmental Conservation Officer.  Throughout his 26 year career with that agency, he was a line instructor, range officer, and senior firearms instructor.  He planned and/or presented programs for officers of his own agency as well as other state, local and federal agencies.  Among other duties, he was the lead instructor for several Police Firearm Instructor courses; many force-on-force training courses as well as train the trainer courses.  He also served as the lead instructor for the firearms portion of several basic police schools both for his agency and others. 

With the advent of the New York State Security Guard program, he became certified and taught all the basic security training and firearms for another local government entity.