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Erick Gelhaus

Now “retired,” Erick Gelhaus has taught at Gunsite since 2001 and is a Rangemaster for pistol, shotgun, carbine, and tactics classes. His graduate schoolwork at Norwich University focused on evaluating and explaining use of force issues. Erick was an infantryman in the U.S. Army with a ground combat deployment as a heavy weapons squad leader. After 29 years in full-time law enforcement, he retired from a large California sheriff’s office as a patrol sergeant. There, Erick worked in patrol, community-oriented policing, gang enforcement, narcotics, use of force/firearms, and new deputies’ field training. After promotion, he supervised a patrol shift as well as the field training and user of force/firearms programs. Erick has written for SWAT, Modern Service Weapons, COMMAND, GUNS, and American Cop magazines

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