Bobby recently retired, March 1, 2023, from the Alabama Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission as an investigator. He spent six years as Chief of Police at Dothan Regional Airport Police Department and retired from Ozark Police Department, with the rank of Captain over Special Operations, after twenty-five years. He is currently serving as a board member with Institute of Criminal Justice Education (ICJE) and Alabama Police Trainers Association (APTA). He attended the FBI National Academy #249. He has been state certified as an APOSTC instructor since 2004. He is an adjunct instructor for Auburn University Montgomery and Jacksonville State University. Throughout his career, Bobby has served as special weapons and tactics commander, regional disaster response team commander, traffic homicide investigations commander, commercial vehicle enforcement commander, honor guard commander, training division commander, internal affairs investigations along with numerous other duties.
Bobby is a state certified law enforcement trainer in general studies and advanced studies. He is a FBI firearms instructor, officer survival instructor, active shooter instructor, implicit bias instructor, chemical weapons instructor, taser instructor, basic and advanced driving instructor, terrorism instructor, in-car video instructor, immigration (civil rights and civil liberties) instructor, standardized field sobriety tests instructor, Russian hand to hand combat instructor, ground fighting instructor, and numerous other instructor certifications.
