Mario Knapp

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

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ABOUT MARIO KNAPP

Major Mario Knapp (Ret.) is a 27-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department. His last official assignment was to MDPD’s Special Patrol Bureau, where he oversaw the Tactical Operations Section (Special Response Team, Dignitary Protection Unit, Bomb Squad, K-9 unit, Incident Management Team, Rapid Deployment Force) the Special Events and Planning Section (Aviation Unit, Marine Patrol Unit, Motors Unit, Underwater Recovery Unit), and the Police Operations Section (General Investigations Unit, Uniform Patrol, Transit Unit).Knapp served as Captain of the Warrants Bureau, The Kendall District, and the Miami-Dade Police Training Bureau, where he supervised and oversaw all in-service and advanced departmental training matters to include tactical and force-related training programs within the department. Knapp established and chaired the committee responsible for authoring the Miami-Dade County Mass Casualty Attack Policy. Knapp headed the department’s TASER CEW and Defensive Tactics and Firearms programs and is a certified Defensive Tactics Instructor, Firearms and Sub-machine gun Instructor, Rappel-Master Instructor and Close Quarter Battle Instructor. Knapp also served as a Senior Master Instructor and Training Advisory Board member for Axon.Knapp is a member of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) and holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Management. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Police Officers Association Advisory Board and formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Dade County PBA.