Sonny Lynch is the Vice-President of the National Law Enforcement Training Center. 







Sonny has been in law enforcement since 1985. He served in the United States Army as a military policeman and is currently the Assistant Chief of Police at the Clinton, Missouri Police Department where he has been employed since 1990. He holds the rank of Lieutenant. He was promoted in 2005 after serving 14 years as a patrol supervisor.

Sonny is the Team Leader for the Henry County Special Tactics and Rescue Services Team which serves high risk warrants and handles barricaded subjects.

Sonny has been a trainer for the National Law Enforcement Training Center since 1994. He is a National Trainer and has conducted training sessions throughout the state of Missouri and several other states.

Sonny is a police academy instructor for the National Police Institute, which is located on the campus of the University of Central Missouri. He teaches academy recruits patrol tactics, officer survival and ground fighting skills.

For approximately seven years Sonny taught defensive tactics during in-service classes throughout the state for the Missouri Sheriff's Training Academy. These classes focused primarily on deputies and officers who work in rural environments. He is an accomplished author, and has been published in several professional journals.