Shannon Thrasher, Founder

Mr. Thrasher is a combat veteran of the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Operations Command, where he participated in Operation Just Cause, and Operation Desert Storm among others. In 1992 he returned to his home state of California to begin his career in contract security and law enforcement, while continuing to serve our country in the National Guard again deploying overseas, as well as working as an Executive Protection agent in the private security sector.

Mr. Thrasher moved to Alabama in 2002 to advance his career as a Deputy Sheriff, and continue operations as a Personal Protection Specialist providing close personal protection to VIP’s, CEO’s and at-risk clients.

Mr. Thrasher holds qualifications as a Tactical Operator, Tactical Medic, Police Sniper, Personal Protection Specialist, and as a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.). As an F.B.I. Certified Firearms Instructor for handgun, shotgun, sub machine gun, and patrol rifle, he brings 20 plus years of real-world, practical experience to the law enforcement officers and students he instructs.

In 2016, noting a lack of affordable law enforcement training in the region, he founded the North Alabama Sniper Challenge. The NASC provides free basic, intermediate, and advanced training in law enforcement sniper techniques as well as hosting an annual sniper competition.

In 2021, Mr. Thrasher founded Precision Response Education and Planning (PREPinc), a non profit corporation dedicated to providing free training to first responders.