Jeff Johnsgaard

Instructor / Consultant / Speaker / Expert Witness​

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Det/Sgt Jeff Johnsgaard retired with over 20 years of service and now runs his own company instructing a variety of important topics such as officer safety, wellness, and use of force.

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Jeff regularly presents at conferences and does various trainings with agencies and their academies. Jeff consults with city risk managers on decreasing their liability and occasionally does work as an expert witness. 

Jeff has a passion for training and learning how to learn and how to teach better. He brings this passion, international experience and wealth of education in the current research for training to specific courses for Sworn Officers, Civilians and other Working Professionals.

 

Jeff also works as a contract instructor for other industry leaders like, Force Science®, the Reality Based Training Association, Raptor Protection and the Executive Protection Institute. Jeff teaches user level and instructor level courses for these companies and is proud to represent them all and the great work they do.

 

Jeff has carved out a niche in the training space as an instructor that brings together the science and art of training to achieve great outcomes with his students. Jeff calls his method for training and instruction, Training On Purpose, By Design. Jeff believes there is a far more efficient method for gaining an expert skill level. This ‘On Purpose’ method is not just for a few high performers but has allowed 90% of the people exposed to achieve greater skills in less time than ever before.  

 

Jeff’s Training On Purpose, By Design, is the evidence grounded application of the science for how people can learn and improve skills and decision-making. Jeff delivers end user training with the method and also instructor level training on how to take the framework and apply it themselves in their training. Instructor training to utilise non-conventional technologies, designing rich, contextual training environments, run skill training, drills, scenarios, a group facilitation model and more.

 

With his decades of international experience and certifications including Force Science® – Advanced Specialist and IADLEST Nationally Certified Instructor Jeff consults with Departments and Academies on decreasing risk, enhancing their training and on select Officer Use of Force cases.