The instructors at Drive Safe Sacramento are all Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified, with several of our instructors dual-certified in Coaching the Emergency Vehicle Operator (CEVO). Our instructors have gone through years of rigorous training in Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC), Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT), and various other facets of driving training.
Keith Burgoon
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Skid Car Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified in Adult Learning Concepts
- Training Academy Instructor
- 26 years in Law Enforcement
John Danciart
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Traffic Collision Investigator
- Certified Off Road Instructor
- Paramedic
- Auto Extrication Specialist
- Training Academy Instructor
- Hazardous Material Specialist
- 18 years in Fire Services
Robert Peterson
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Skid Car Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified in Adult learning concepts
- Training Academy Instructor
- Certified in Instructor Development
- 27 years in Law Enforcement
Michael Gunter
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified Skid Car Instructor
- Certified Traffic Collision Investigator
- Training Academy Instructor
- 20 years in Law Enforcement
Jason Palmi
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified Skid Car Instructor
- Training Academy Instructor
- 24 years in Law Enforcement
Jack Hertzberg
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified in Adult Learning Concepts
- Certified Instructional Technologies
- Training Academy Instructor
- 28 years in Law Enforcement
Dave Elder
- POST/CEVO Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Off Road Driving/Winch Operations Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified Instructional Technologies
- Training Academy Instructor
- Certified DMV Examiner for the City of Sacramento
- Commercial A Drivers License
- 30 years in Fire Services
Ronald Waterman
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Motorcycle Instructor On Road
- Certified Off Road Driving/Winch Operations Instructor
- Certified Skid Car Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified Traffic Collision Investigator
- Certified in Adult Learning Concepts
- Certified Instructional Technologies
- Training Academy Instructor
- Certified DMV Examiner for the City of Sacramento
- Commercial A Drivers License
- 34 years in Fire Services
Robert Moor
- POST/CEVO Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Off Road Driving/Winch Operations Instructor
- Certified Traffic Collision Investigator
- Training Academy Instructor
- Certified DMV Examiner for the City of Sacramento
- Commercial A Drivers License
- 21 years in Fire Services
Randy Jackson
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Motorcycle Instructor On Road
- Certified Off Road Driving/Winch Operations Instructor
- Certified Traffic Collision Investigator
- Certified DMV Examiner for the City of Sacramento
- Commercial A Drivers License
- 34 years in Fire Services
Mike Smith
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Skid Car Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified Traffic Collision Investigator
- Certified Instructional Technologies
- Training Academy Instructor
- Member of POST Vehicle Operations Training Advisory Council
- 34 years in Law Enforcement
Tony Kern
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified in Adult Learning Concepts
- Certified Instructional Technologies
- Training Academy Instructor
- 30 years in Fire Services
Marcus Basquez
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Traffic Collision Investigator
- Certified in Adult Learning Concepts
- Training Academy Instructor
- 17 years in Law Enforcement
Mike Smith, Jr.
- Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified in Adult Learning Concepts
- Training Academy Instructor
- 15 years in Law Enforcement
Mark Zukowski
- POST/CEVO Certified EVOC Instructor
- Certified PIT Instructor
- Certified Off Road Driving/Winch Operations Instructor
- Certified Driving Simulator Instructor
- Certified Instructional Technologies
- Training Academy Instructor
- Certified DMV Examiner for the City of Sacramento
- Commercial A Drivers License
- 25 years in Law Enforcement