Senior Corporal Matt Smith has been an officer with the Dallas Police Department for over 25 yeras, and has been assigned to the Dallas Police SWAT Team since April 2005. He has attended numerous schools, examples are but not limited to tactical hazardous warrant entry school, tactical firearms schools, active shooter, hostage rescue, barricaded persons, law enforcement sniper, weapons of mass destruction, tactical rappelling, less lethal munitions and chemical agents. Has assisted and been the lead instructor for numerous tactical firearms, tactical entry, active shooter with Dallas Police, Texas Tactical Police Officer Association, Tac-Flow International for Super Bowl 50, and many other LE agencies. 

List of the classes he has taught are:

Dallas Police Department: Active Shooter Response, Basic SWAT, Advanced SWAT, Hostage Rescue, Barricaded Persons, Vehicle Assaults, Hazardous Warrants Entry, Arrest Warrant Entry for Patrol, Response to armed encounter at Love Field Airport

Texas Tactical Police Officer’s Association: Tactical Warrant Entry, Hostage Rescue Entry, Tactical Firearms Shooting, Multiple Threat / Open Air Engagements 

Tac-Flow- Active Shooter Response for Large Venue (Super Bowl 50)