Travis Norton of Norton Police Consulting

Travis Norton is a retired 25-year law enforcement professional. He is a skilled police lieutenant, SWAT Commander, and has trained officers in police practices nationwide. Travis was the training division and professional standards unit lieutenant for a mid-size police agency and was responsible for the police academy, field training program, in-service training, leadership development, police and civilian misconduct investigations, and use of force reviews and investigations. Travis has been an instructor for over 15 years in defensive tactics, active shooter response, de-escalation, less-lethal weapons, SWAT command & tactics, critical incident response, chemical agents, scenario-based training, crisis decision-making, and tactical science. He currently instructs for the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) and the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO). Since 2020, he has been a guest lecturer in police practices and use of force at the University of Southern California (USC). Travis also serves as a policing fellow at both the National Policing Institute (NPI) and the Future Policing Institute.

Travis is the Strategy Development Chair for the NTOA and a committee member of the NTOA Tactical Response and Operations Standard for Law Enforcement Agencies (2018 & 2023). He was selected as an active shooter SME by NPI and Safe and Sound Schools for several active shooter reviews and leads a critical incident review team for CATO. These opportunities allow Travis to review officer-involved shootings and active shooter incidents in the US and abroad.

Travis is a doctoral candidate in Policy, Planning, and Development at USC and holds a master’s degree from California State University at Long Beach in Emergency Services Administration (outstanding thesis award). Based on his doctoral research, Travis recently proposed and drafted the language for CA State Assembly Bill 2710 - Active Shooter Police Response Legislation (2024).

CV available on request.