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In 1986, Michael Conti joined the Massachusetts State
Police. During his career he has worked in a variety of assignments, including patrol, SWAT, special security details and
undercover assignments. He has been involved as a professional trainer since 1991 and holds numerous instructor certifications
in various use of force disciplines.
In January 2000, Michael Conti was tasked by then Superintendent
of the Massachusetts State Police to organize, staff, and train the first full-time Firearms Training Unit. During
the creation of the unit, Michael Conti developed a firearms training program specifically geared to preparing police officers
for the realities of the lethal force encounter. This successful program, dubbed The New Paradigm of Police Firearms Training,
has received nation-wide attention and been profiled by the Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN).
In addition to his work for the Massachusetts State
Police, Michael E. Conti has written three books, In the Line of Fire: A Working Cop’s Guide to Pistolcraft
(1997), and Beyond Pepper Spray: The Complete Guide to Chemical Agents, Delivery Systems, and Protective Masks (2002); and,
Police Pistol Craft: The Reality-Based New Paradigm of Police Firearms Training.
According to the book description of Beyond
Pepper Spray: The Complete Guide to Chemical Agents, Delivery Systems, and Protective Masks, “Veteran
police officer Michael Conti presents the first complete coverage of chemical agents and equipment from the perspective of
a street cop. In one comprehensive volume, readers can quickly and easily find pertinent information about modern chemical
agents, how they are deployed, their effects and state-of-the-art protective gear. It includes the most common chemical agent
weapons (from OC spray to gas launchers to thermal fogging systems), specialty impact munitions and military-class chemical
agent weapons (from blood and blister agents to deadly nerve agents), as well as a concise history of their development and
use. This allows the reader to better understand the role these devices have played in the past and the role they may play
in the coming years, both by law enforcement agencies and terrorist organizations. This is a must-read for law enforcement,
military and security personnel, or anyone with a responsibility for, or concern about, the use of chemical agents. Especially
timely now is the section on how to ensure personal safety in the event of a chemical attack.”
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