Dan Skinner
Dan Skinner recently retired was a Police Officer for over 31 years. He was a Patrol Officer and Supervisor with the Vacaville California Police Department from 1973 to 1983. As a Sergeant, he helped organize, train and supervise Vacaville’s SWAT Team. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1983 where he worked patrol, a Special Problems Unit and a CRASH (anti-gang) Unit, prior to being accepted into Metropolitan Division in 1988. In 1989, Dan completed the selection process for SWAT, and is currently an Element Leader with additional duties of Lead Climber, Crisis Negotiator and Tactical Diver. As an Element Leader he is tasked with planning and executing tactical solutions to barricade situations and hostage and suicide incidents, as well as the tactical planning for High-Risk Warrant Services. Dan is also a former Sniper and Firearms Cadre Member with LAPD SWAT. He is a Department-Certified Handgun and Shotgun Instructor, and has taught basic and advanced SWAT courses for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA). As such, he has provided tactical training, firearms instruction, and climbing and rappel training for police officers throughout The United States for over ten years.