I'm not knocking the instructor's creds, but you don't seem to understand them...,
Certified National Rifle Association Police Firearms Instructor, Received Top Marksmanship Honors
Means he shoots well, and is certified to teach LEO's about firearms in police situations. Doesn't mean he's expert on CCW.
Certified National Rifle Association Law Enforcement Rifle Instructor, Received Top Marksmanship Honors
Again, he is qualified to teach LEO's about rifles, and he shoots very well.
Graduate of St. Louis County Police Certified Firearms Instructor Program
You can gradualte with a 4.0 or a much lower grade, and still be "certified". Again, he is certified to teach LEO's.
Factory Certified Glock Pistol Instructor
Well then of course he's been taught that the Glock style of pistol is far superior because it is "safer" than the 1911A1. It is, after all, the Glock
Safe Action, is it not?
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Member
OK so he's an LEO instructor, and paid to be a member of the organization. Doesn't point to expertise.
Member - National Tactical Officer Association
Again, does not point to expertise, any more than if one joins the international federation of chess masters and enthusiasts one is not necessarily a chess master.
Life Member of the National Rifle Association
So is my neighbor, who is also blind. So what?
Certified Live Fire Shoot House Instructor
This means that the company that certifies LEO instructors on a "clearing house" has him certified. This is normally for SWAT teams and sometimes for patrol officers that enter "hot". This does not lend itself to CCW training.
Factory Certified SIMUNITION Training Scenario Instructor
This means he instructs officers on human vs. human encouters in police scenarios. I have completed the same training. Great for cops and cop gear. Not for CCW.
Police Trainer for Active Shooter Incidents
An "active shooter incident" is a Columbine or other populated area scenario. Police again roll in "hot" and it has nothing to do with CCW.
Firearm Training System Graduate – (FATS)
This is a LASER simulater, again for patrol officers and duty belts, not civilian CCW.
Ohio Advanced Law Enforcement Training Center Graduate
Again, LEO, not CCW training. I would doubt that it has cross training on other weapons systems outside what the Ohio LEO's carry, or perhaps even what the individuals participating carry.
Tactical Officer Survival Skills Graduate
Still not CCW training.
Pressure Point Control Training Instructor
This means he has passed the course in PPC training, much more hand-to-hand martial arts, which is how one gets compliance below the level of lethal force, and has zero to do with handgun CCW.
Expandable Baton Instructor, Mace / Incapacitants Instructor AND Less Lethal Force Training Instructor, Certified TASER Instructor
Has nothing to do with handguns or CCW
He may be God's gift to LEO instruction, or not. The above resume sounds impressive, but by itself as you present it, it means very little when talking CCW. Some of it doesn't apply at all.
You also wrote this,
I practice and actually shoot my guns more than your average LEO does. Most LEOs shoot just enough to keep a qualification.
Which I have often heard, but ya know, it's a myth until somebody actually does a study and really finds out what LEO's shoot, and how often. Strangly, nobody is ever able to note the study, or when it was done, etc etc.
You further rest your premis on the "fumbling for the safety" theory, well one does not need to fire an actual round to train to immediately draw, engage, and sweep the safety to the off position, so the amount of rounds fired is not necessarily a good measure of the skill in the first place.
and then there is this,
The less you need to do the better off you will be.
If the above is your true belief, then you should omit having to deal with stovepipes, failures to feed, and double feeds, and let us know what kind of revolver you are going to carry. After all, it is much simpler, and if that's what your instructor taught you, he should've immediately recommended a revolver to you.
LD