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Jay Darin, Special Agent
Lead Instructor · National Center for Integrated Emergency Response
Personal Profile
JAY DARIN has been a Special Agent with the FBI for over 23 years. He is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, with a Bachelor in Business Administration/Accounting. As the FBI's Active Shooter Coordinator for the State of Wisconsin, Jay built, coordinated and currently manages a statewide active shooter response training program for both first responders (Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS) and civilians. In 2017, Jay developed and initiated the annual Wisconsin Active Threat Integrated Response Conference. He is now the Chairperson for that conference, which has become the largest integrated conference held in Wisconsin. Since 2013, SA Darin has trained more than 6,000 first responders and countless civilians in active shooter response tactics and active shooter incident management. SA Darin has taught nationally and even internationally, leading a team of FBI personnel who provided active shooter response training to law enforcement officers in Brazilia, Brazil in September 2019.
Experience
National Center for Integrated Emergency Response
Instructor
Jay brings his expertise as a FBI case agent in tactical operations to improve time to neutralize the threat. He is involved in classroom instruction, simulation hands-on training, and train-the-trainer.
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Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT)
Certified Instructor
Jay has been a Certified Instructor (CI) with ALERRT since 2013. The ALERRT Center at Texas State University was created in 2002 to address the need for active shooter response training for first responders. In 2013, ALERRT at Texas State was named as the National Standard in Active Shooter Response Training. Jay was a graduate of the second class of FBI agents who became ALERRT Certified Instructors. As an ALERRT CI, Jay has taught over 175 individual courses in Wisconsin, nationally and also in Hawaii, Guam, and Brazil.
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Federal Bureau of Investigations
Special Agent
Jay is currently assigned as the Active Shooter Coordinator, Special Events Coordinator and Training Coordinator for the FBI's Milwaukee Field Office. Prior to Milwaukee, SA Darin was assigned to the Chicago Field Office where he worked primarily gang/drug crime on the FBI/Chicago Police Department Joint Task Force on Gangs (JTFG). Upon his transfer to Milwaukee, SA Darin was assigned to the Milwaukee High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Drug/Gang Task Force. Jay was the FBI case agent on numerous high profile gang investigations and received numerous awards and commendations, including the "2011 Investigation of the Year." Jay has been an FBI Firearms Instructor since 1999, an FBI Tactical Instructor since 2010 and an ALERRT Active Shooter Instructor since 2013. SA Darin received his EMT Basic and SWAT certifications in 2003.
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“An integrated, purposefully coordinated response between law enforcement, fire and EMS will ultimately save lives.”
Knowledge & Skills
Law Enforcement
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23+ years of law enforcement experience, task force operations, violent gang/drug distribution network investigations.
Emgergency Medical Services
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17+ years as an Emergency Medical Techinican and tactical medic.
Special Weapons and Tactics
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20+ years of experience as a firearms instructor, SWAT operator and tactical instructor.
Training and Instruction
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20+ years teaching/training firearms and tactics, with and emphasis the past 7 years on active shooter response.
Incident Management
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4+ years teaching active shooter incident management
Specialities
- NIMS/ICS
- Firearms/Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Professional Speaker
- S.W.A.T.
- Emergency Medical Techincian
- LE Active Shooter Response
- Civilian Active Shooter Response
Accomplishments
NIMS Certifications
ICS-100, 200, 300, 700, 800. Instructor qualified in all.
Awards & Honors
Wisconsin Narcotics Officers Association — Investigation of the Year Award.
Certifications
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Firearms Instructor, S.W.A.T. Certified, Tactical Instructor. Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT): Civilian Response to Active Shooter Event (CRASE) Instructor, First Responder Breaching Instructor, Level I & II Instructor, Exterior Response to Active Shooter Event (ERASE) Instructor, Active Attack Integrated Response (AAIR), Exterior Response to Active Shooter Event (ERASE) Instructor.
Professional Organizations
FBI National Academy Associates — Board of Directors (2013-Present). USAO Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee — Committee Member (2013-Present). Wisconsin Active Threat Integrated Response Conference — Chairperson (2017-Present). WI DOJ Office of School Safety Emergency Management Committee — Committee Member (2018-Present).
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