COURT SECURITY SPECIALIST
Instructor:
Randy Harris is the Constable for Precinct 4 in Tom Green County where his duties include civil process and law enforcement. His broad experience in law enforcement covers 37 years and 5 command positions. He holds Master Peace Officer and Instructor Certifications with TCOLE and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Criminal Justice Administration.
During his law enforcement tenure, Mr. Harris has gained over 26 years of experience in court security operations at the federal and local levels. This experience includes the participation in planning and operations of the first post 9/11 terrorist trial of the Holy Land Foundation in Dallas, TX, and more recently the Warren Jeffs FLDS trials
held in San Angelo, TX.
Mr. Harris also participated with TCOLE in writing the curriculum for the Court Security Specialist Certificate program and has taught all segments of the court security specialist program in many locations throughout Texas. He was also a part of the team that wrote the curriculum for the Senate Bill 42 mandate, which will be released soon.
He has been teaching since 1985 in many areas including firearms, defensive tactics, criminal law, civil law, court security, and management. His students include law enforcement officers, security officers, judges, attorney's and court staff throughout the state of Texas. Mr. Harris has been part of the faculty and advisory board with the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center and is currently a faculty member with the Texas Justice Court Training Center as well as a guest instructor at the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) at Sam Houston
State University.
Mr. Harris has worked in the field of security and technology providing security assessments on courts and government buildings and consulting to law enforcement and government entities. During this time, he performed many security assessments on court facilities in various regions of Texas.
Randy has held memberships in the Sheriffs Association of Texas, The Texas Police Chiefs Association, The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Texas Municipal Police Association, Texas JP and Constable Association, Texas Crime Prevention Association, National Sheriffs Association, Texas Marshals Association, and the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS).
Criminal Justice Administration.
During his law enforcement tenure, Mr. Harris has gained over 26 years of experience in court security operations at the federal and local levels. This experience includes the participation in planning and operations of the first post 9/11 terrorist trial of the Holy Land Foundation in Dallas, TX, and more recently the Warren Jeffs FLDS trials
held in San Angelo, TX.
Mr. Harris also participated with TCOLE in writing the curriculum for the Court Security Specialist Certificate program and has taught all segments of the court security specialist program in many locations throughout Texas. He was also a part of the team that wrote the curriculum for the Senate Bill 42 mandate, which will be released soon.
He has been teaching since 1985 in many areas including firearms, defensive tactics, criminal law, civil law, court security, and management. His students include law enforcement officers, security officers, judges, attorney's and court staff throughout the state of Texas. Mr. Harris has been part of the faculty and advisory board with the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center and is currently a faculty member with the Texas Justice Court Training Center as well as a guest instructor at the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) at Sam Houston
State University.
Mr. Harris has worked in the field of security and technology providing security assessments on courts and government buildings and consulting to law enforcement and government entities. During this time, he performed many security assessments on court facilities in various regions of Texas.
Randy has held memberships in the Sheriffs Association of Texas, The Texas Police Chiefs Association, The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Texas Municipal Police Association, Texas JP and Constable Association, Texas Crime Prevention Association, National Sheriffs Association, Texas Marshals Association, and the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS).