Marcus Sprague is a retired 25-year veteran of the Santa Rosa Police Department in Northern California.  He was on his agency's tactical team for over 16 years, serving a variety of assignments and rising to the rank of Tactical Commander.  Marcus teaches tactical science for Field Command and other SWAT and tactical-related subjects for CATO.  He currently serves as the Vice President of CATO and can be heard as the host of the CATO podcast.  Marcus is a member of the adjunct faculty at the Santa Rosa Junior College, where he teaches critical incident management for supervisors, and the South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium, where he teaches Tactical Strategies for Managers.  He holds a master’s degree from the University of San Diego in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership.