Surviving the Fight and the Aftermath of a Shooting

Lieutenant Nate Hutchinson has been a law enforcement officer since 1999.  During his career, Lieutenant Hutchinson worked as a patrol deputy, a field trainer, a community resource officer, a major crimes detective investigating homicides, robberies and major sex crimes, the lead negotiator for the Weber County Metro SWAT Team, a patrol sergeant, undercover agent, narcotics unit supervisor, the commander of the Second District Court system, the commander of the Professional Standards and Training Bureau ,the Internal Affairs and Corrections Investigations commander, as well as the public information officer and is currently the Salt Lake Area Gang Project Commander.

Lieutenant Hutchinson is one of the most decorated law enforcement officers in the United States.  Lieutenant Hutchinson is a recipient of the nation’s highest award for valor, The United States Presidential Medal of Valor, as well as the United States Congressional Badge of Bravery.   Lieutenant Hutchinson was the Utah Narcotics officer of the year in 2012, The National Law Enforcement Officer of the month in March 2013, The International Chiefs of Police Association officer of the year, as well as being the recipient of numerous state and local commendations. 

Lieutenant Hutchinson has trained over 19,000 law enforcement professionals from all over the United States as well Internationally.  He has appeared in numerous national publications and books and is the subject of and starred in a true crime television series on Netflix.

Surviving the Fight and the Aftermath of a Shooting

Detective Josh Garber has worked for 19+ years in law enforcement in patrol, narcotics, and is currently a DEA TFO on the Southern Nevada Drug Task force for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. Josh has worked for 8 years as a case agent and undercover detective and has extensive experience in night club drug investigations, marijuana grow operations, and fentanyl/synthetic drug operations.  Josh was the Narcotics Training coordinator for 6 years and has instructed over 10,000 officers and civilians in the State of Nevada. Josh has also been assigned as a crisis’s negotiator for the past 5 years for LVMPD’s SWAT team.  He is currently the President of the Nevada Narcotics Officers Association.

Long Term Investigations and Case Overview “Car stop to the Cartel”

Cliff Simpson earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Indiana State University in December 1993 and was hired by the Evansville Police Department in September 1994. He graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy that December and spent over three years on patrol before transferring in May 1998 to the Evansville Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force as a detective. In October 2004, he became a Task Force Officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration, a position he still holds. From August 2024 to May 2025, he served as Acting Resident Agent in Charge of the DEA Evansville Resident Office, and since August 2024 he has been the HIDTA Program Manager for the River City Drug Task Force.

He has been qualified as an expert witness at least 20 times in State Court and 10 times in Federal Court and has testified in over 300 drug trafficking cases across both. He has served as case agent or co-case agent in 17 Title III wiretap investigations involving more than 100 phone lines and has been involved in over 30 such investigations overall. He also teaches narcotics classes at the Southwestern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and previously taught at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield. In addition, he instructs for the Indiana Drug Enforcement Association’s Basic Undercover School and its annual conference and gives talks on narcotics trends and prevention at schools in Southern Indiana and Southern Illinois.

John Dyer earned an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Vincennes University in 2004 and worked for Gibson County Community Corrections from 2004 to 2007. In March 2007 he was hired by the Princeton Police Department, where he still serves, and he graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (Class 170) that same year. He became a Field Training Officer in 2011 and was promoted to Detective Sergeant in 2018. In February 2017, he was assigned to the DEA Evansville Resident Office as a Task Force Officer.

His training and instructor credentials include certification as an Active Shooter instructor in 2016, certification as an ALICE Instructor in 2017, and certification as an ILEA instructor in EVO in 2022. He has testified in both State and Federal Court and has taught classes at the Indiana Drug Enforcement Association Annual Conference in Indianapolis. He has led or been involved in over 300 drug investigations, including seventeen Title III and/or State wire investigations involving approximately ninety individual intercepts, and he served as case agent or co-case agent in four of those seventeen cases.

Former United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas

Robert is the former United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas. He also spent 25 years with the El Paso Police Department, with 16 years conducting narcotics investigations, to include undercover work involving the Mexican Cartels. Robert was also a narcotics street crime sergeant, as well as a narcotics major crimes sergeant, serving as the first line supervisor overseeing and managing investigations involving the Mexican Cartels. Robert also served as the Narcotics Commander for 7 years. As Captain and Deputy Chief, he oversaw the Gang Unit, Homicide unit, and Narcotics unit, as well as other investigative units. Robert continues to conduct extensive research on the Mexican Cartels, to include conducting ride-a-longs with law enforcement agencies, as well as conducting research throughout Mexico. Robert is considered an expert on the Mexican Cartels and has consulted for numerous law enforcement agencies and prosecutors throughout the United States. He has testified several times in State and Federal court on cases involving the Mexican Cartels. He has also been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including FOX News, NBC Nightly News, ABC’s Good Morning America, NewsNation, NewsMax, Newsweek, New York Post, Washington Post, and the London Times.

He has also conducted extensive research on the Tren De Aragua Gang, including conducting a ride along with the Aurora, Colorado Gang Unit and the New York City Police Department. Robert also recently debriefed two incarcerated Tren De Aragua Gang members.

Robert has trained thousands of law enforcement officers on the Mexican Cartels and the Tren De Aragua gang.