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Raimondo "Ray" DeCunto has been a law enforcement officer since 1981. Ray began his career with the Madeira Beach, FL Police Department, and in 1985 he was hired by the Pinellas Country Sheriff's Office. As a police officer, Ray has served in such assignments as patrol, field training, traffic, investigations, and narcotics. He was assigned to the PCSO S.W.A.T. team for 13 years, nine of those as Team Leader. Currently, Ray is assigned as a sergeant to the Narcotics Division and his responsibilities include supervising and directing covert & overt drug operations. Additionally, he coordinates tactical training for the Narcotics division as it relates to the execution of search warrants, agent rescues and buy-bust operations. Ray has been a police trainer since 1990. He is a certified instructor in firearms, defensive tactics, defensive driving, expandable baton, chemical agents, and FATS. Currently he is involved in the development and instruction of courses involving basic and advanced tactical drug operations, tactical maritime activities, and SWAT operations. He is also an instructor with the Multi-jurisdictional Counter Drug Task Force Training Program, focusing on officer survival during narcotics investigations, raids, and arrests. Ray has taught numerous tactical survival courses to law enforcement and military personnel in the United States as well as the Mariana Islands, specifically Saipan and holds a narcotics training certificate through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. | 