About

Jake has been a licensed Police Officer in the State of Minnesota for 24 years. Jake spent his first eleven years with the Hutchinson Police Department and the most recent thirteen years with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Jake’s professional experiences include: Working Patrol, General Investigations, School Resource Officer, Metro Drug Task Force Agent, SWAT Team Member and SWAT Team Leader. TTOS Level II Tactical Tracker, and Firearms and Use of Force instructor. Jake is currently assigned to the DEA Task Force where he is a HEAT Team Leader. Jake has received specialized training in the area of drug investigations, firearms training, use of force training, combat ground fighting and close quarters combat. Jake has been a trainer for Mission Critical Concepts for five years. 

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Matt Berg has been working in Emergency Medical Services since 2018, and is currently a full-time Paramedic in the Twin Cities. He has been a Site Medic/Instructor with Mission Critical Concepts since 2020. He previously served 10 years in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, the 4th BCT (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division, and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, where he was an Airborne Infantryman in positions ranging from rifleman and Machine Gunner, Fire-Team and Recon Team leader, up to Platoon Sergeant and Jumpmaster. His first tour was in South Baghdad conducting COIN operations. The second was with Special Operations TF-Afghanistan conducting asymmetrical operations along the Arghandab River valley. He spent his third tour in Kosovo conducting reconnaissance operations. On his fourth deployment he was a Squad Leader in charge of security operations for a Ranger TF in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Matt currently holds National and State Paramedic certifications, along with being an IBSC Board Certified Tactical Paramedic with TCCC, ACLS, PHTLS, PALS, AMLS and Tactical Rappelling certifications.

Jarrod has been a police officer for 12 years in Minnesota. He is currently a Sergeant and served on the SWAT team for five years as a breacher and sniper. He is a certified NRA handgun instructor, patrol rifle, MP5, Barrett .50 (M82A1), belt-fed weapons instructor. He is also instructor certified in ASP baton, Use of Force, Sniper Operations, (ASR) Aerosol Subject Restraints and Force on Force.  Jarrod is a certified Rappel Master and has been instructing with Mission Critical Concepts since 2006. Jarrod previously served in the U.S. Army Infantry from 1990 to 2006. During that time, he was deployed 5 times including two tours in Iraq where he was a squad leader with the 3rd U.S. Army Division and was involved in heavy fighting during the initial invasion of Iraq, fighting from the border all the way into Baghdad.  On his second tour, he actively hunted the enemy as part of a two-man sniper team, conducting 49 sniper missions in the city of Samarra before being medevac’d and medically discharged.  Based on his experience in defeating insurgents, he created Mission Critical Concept’s Asymmetric Active Shooter Course to prepare domestic law enforcement to defeat uncontained / unconventional active shooter situations here in the U.S. 

Max is a Sergeant with the Burnsville Police Department where he has worked for the past twelve years.  He is one of the lead Sergeants in charge of the Burnsville PD Use of Force program.  Max is also one of two lead instructors for the Combatives Program at the Rasmussen College of Law Enforcement.  Max has been assigned to Patrol Operations, Gang and Criminal Investigations, as a Tactical Officer on SWAT, and is currently assigned as a patrol shift Sergeant / Supervisor.Max has extensive experience in all areas of police Operations and is currently an adjunct instructor for Rasmussen College’s Use of Force Skills training program. Max is a certified instructor in the following disciplines: Tactical Operations, handgun & patrol rifle, Use of Force, Combatives and Ground Fighting, Taser, ASP Baton, ASR (Aerosol Subject Restraint), Weapons Retention, Reality Based Scenario, LVNR (Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint), and LOCK-UP.  He is also a two-stripe blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with Alliance BJJ in Edina, MN.

J. Laddie Bata has been a police officer since 2009.  During his time in law enforcement he’s served in a number of roles to include; Crime Scene Tech, Field Training Officer, Firearms Instructor and SWAT Team operator.  Laddie is currently serving with the Moorhead Police Department.      

Prior to beginning a career in law enforcement, Laddie was on active duty with the US Army from 2004-2009.  He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was assigned to both the 10th Mountain Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment.  During his time on active duty, Laddie served exclusively in reconnaissance units and completed the US Army Ranger School, Airborne School, Military Freefall Parachutist Course (HALO), Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader’s Course, S.E.R.E. School (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, & Escape) and Air Assault.  Laddie has 14 years of military experience and continues to serve in the National Guard today.