Jon Matye has over 30 years of extensive professional and personal experience operating in mountainous, desert, and wooded environments. Jon offers years of professional experience as a military and civilian instructor in team leading, decision making, navigation, survival, firearms, and dozens of other outdoor skills.
During his ten years in the United States Marine Corps, Jon attained the rank of Staff Sargent, performed duties of a Platoon Sargent, is a Summer Mountain Warfare Graduate, and had collateral duties that included Marine Corps Instructor of Water Safety, and Combat Water Safety Swimmer.
In his 21 year Federal law enforcement career, Jon has served in a variety of roles, and is a graduate of several schools including; Natural Resource Police Training, Criminal Investigator Training Program, Law Enforcement Mountain Operations School, Middle Leader Program, Critical incident Training and others.
Jon has planned, organized, and executed missions including rescues, tactical tracking, search warrants, outdoor counter drug operations to investigate and apprehend members of organized crime, and many others. He served as the founding Assistant Team Leader of the Regional Reconnaissance Team from 2005 to 2011 helping develop successful tactics and techniques that lead to over 125 successful counterdrug missions.
As a uniformed officer, Jon provided assistance to local agencies in search and rescues and other situations. He trained employees in snowmobile operations, as well as help develop, train and advise the county’s Medical Mountain Response Team in snowmobile operations and winter survival.
Jon professional and personally has over 30 years of experience in the training and use of motorcycles, ATVs, and over snow vehicles. He has certifications in Snowmobile Police Patrol Operations, snowmobile instructor, GLOCK Armorer, RADAR/LIDAR instruction, and Field Training Evaluation Program. Jon met Federal regulations as the only snow bike instructor in his former agency, and drafted policy and techniques for their use within the agency.
Some of his certifications and qualifications include:
Field Training Officer
Fire Investigator, Arson
Fire Investigator, Origin and Cause
Snowmobile Police Patrol Operations
Professional trainer’s course
Snowmobile Operations Instructor
Professional technical writing and editing
18 years in Supervisory roles
Development and implementation of training manuals and seminars
Jon is very passionate about sharing his experience with others to ensure their safety while enjoying their work and improving their skills.