Chief Gilbert DuVernay, MPA, CPP

Bert is the past Director of Smith & Wesson Academy, where he had been a staff member since 1990. He is a graduate of the Master of Public Administration Degree program at the University of Massachusetts and is a graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice.

 His background includes 27 years of police service, both fulltime and parttime, as well as six years of college teaching and security consultation. He is a police officer with the Hardwick and New Braintree (MA) Police Departments.

 He has been designated a Certified Protection Professional by the American Society of Industrial Security and is a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, the National and Ohio Tactical Officers Associations.