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Chief Executive Officer

Jason studied criminal justice at William Paterson University and began his career as a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Bergen County Police Department in 2003.  Jason graduated from the Bergen County Police Academy in 2010 and is currently working at the Cliffside Park Police Department where he is assigned to the patrol division, the training division and is a field training officer.  

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Jason completed the State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Methods of Instruction and is a New Jersey Police Training Commission certified instructor at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute since 2015.

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Jason is a certified instructor and live scenario specialist at the Bergen Country Police Academy and participates as an instructor and live scenario specialist for active-duty law enforcement teams.

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Jason is a certified glock armorer and LWRC (LC-45 carbines) armorer.

Jason Messina

Director of Active Shooter & Firearms

Jason Messina

Training Delivery experience

​Jason is an instructor for the following classes at the Bergen County Police Academy:

  • Firearms, Hand Guns and Rifles

  • Motor Vehicle Stops

  • Crimes in Progress

  • OC Spray (Oleoresin Capsicum/Pepper Spray)

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    Jason also is an instructor for:

  • Patrol Officer Tactical Response - Active Shooter

  • First Aid / CPR / AED

  • Conductive Energy Device (Taser)

  • ASP baton / handcuffing

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