PRLEA Faculty and Staff

Katherine Korte, Director

Katherine Korte recently retired from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) where she was the first female Deputy Chief of Law Enforcement for the National Wildlife Refuge System.  She was responsible for the hiring of all officers under the National Wildlife Refuge System, overseeing the K9 program, Service’s Honor Guard, and the Critical Incident Stress Management/Peer Support program of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Katherine received numerous awards throughout her career, a couple of highlights include a Distinguished Service Award from the USFWS for her work on the Services’ Critical Incident Stress Management/Peer Support program and a Group Award from the Secretary of the Interior for her work on the Department’s Law Enforcement Task Force.

Katherine served as a detailed firearms instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) for 3 years, then transferred to the Behavioral Science Division for a year before transferring back to the USFWS Headquarters as a National Law Enforcement Specialist. She taught basic firearms instruction to all Federal agencies that attended the FLETC at Glynco such as Customs and Border Protection, NCIS, US Marshal Service, ATF, Bureau of Prisons, as well as all the land management students.

Katherine transferred to the USFWS from the National Park Service (NPS) where she was the Law Enforcement Specialist for Independence National Historical Park. She also worked as a protection Ranger at the Everglades National Park, Petroglyph National Monument, Canaveral National Seashore, Yosemite National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. She also worked at Petrified Forest National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in non-law enforcement capacities.

Katherine worked for the United States Forest Service as a fire dispatcher and then was sent to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in 1990 she subsequently was transferred into the field as a law enforcement officer on the Angeles National Forest.

Katherine has been involved with training fellow officers. She became a side handle baton (PR-24) instructor in 1990. Katherine maintained her side handle baton instructorship when she transferred to the National Park Service.  She became a Field Training Officer while at the Grand Canyon National Park and a physical fitness instructor while at Yosemite National Park and then a certified FLETC instructor while at Canaveral National Seashore.

She became a part of the NPS peer support team and led teams to employee fatalities, natural disasters, etc. She began teaching stress management and critical incident stress to Rangers in the NPS as well as firefighters at the Kennedy Space Center. She was invited by the FLETC to put their Peer Support program together for the academy. As a detailed instructor at the FLETC while in the Behavioral Science Division, in addition to the interviewing, ethics, managing abnormal behavior, victim and witness awareness, and conflict management, she taught stress management and critical incident stress to the Uniform Police and Land Management Police students.

Katherine is a graduate of the FBI National Academy maintaining a connection to advanced training. She also received her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Purdue University, enjoys spending time with her family and her pets. She is an avid gardener and enjoys traveling and snorkeling.

 

Bruce-Alan Barnard, JD, LLM

Bruce-Alan retired from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) as an award-winning Senior Legal Instructor in January 2018 and founded LEA ONE where he is currently the Director.  Bruce-Alan received a B.S. in Adult Education with High Honors from Southern Illinois University and a law degree (J.D.) from the University of Florida. He also has a Master's Degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Auburn University and an advanced law degree (LL.M.) from the University of Alabama. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the United States Navy for ten years conducting covert electronic surveillance on various fast-attack submarines in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.

Bruce-Alan was certified as an instructor and was designated “Master Training Specialist” during a tour as an instructor at the Naval Submarine School. He was honorably discharged to attend law school. After completing law school, Bruce-Alan was commissioned as a JAG and served ten years in the United States Air Force. In addition to prosecuting cases, he was certified as an USAF Instructor by AETC and taught at the US Air Force Judge Advocate General's School.  Bruce-Alan was also a Special Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting cases in the Middle District of Alabama.  He retired from the Air Force in the permanent rank of Major in 2007 and accepted a position as a Legal Instructor at FLETC in Glynco, Georgia. At FLETC, he was responsible for curriculum development and was the subject-matter expert for Search and Seizure Law and Electronic Surveillance Law. Bruce-Alan was certified to teach every legal course at FLETC and has provided training to over 30,000 law enforcement officers.  Bruce-Alan is a member of the Florida Bar, the Florida Association of Police Attorneys, IACP (Legal Section), IADLEST, ILEETA, and NSA. He is INCI certified by IADLEST and frequently writes for law enforcement periodicals and is often requested to present at conferences. Bruce-Alan also host the podcast Broadcast Blue providing timely legal updates to law enforcement officers.

TiRynn Hamblin - Rangely Police Department Chief of Police

Chief TiRynn Hamblin is a distinguished law enforcement leader with nearly two decades of experience. His career began in 2005, serving with the Rifle Police Department and the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office before joining the Rangely Police Department in 2011. He was promoted to Chief of Police in 2018.

Randy L. Marcy

Mr. Marcy is an adjunct instructor at the Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy (PRLEA), entering his eighth year of teaching there in 2026. He was named the 2023 Adjunct Instructor of the Year at Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC). He also serves as a contract subject matter expert (SME) in transnational crime and policing for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), with in-country assignments in West Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Eastern Caribbean. In addition, he teaches leadership and management development at Management Concepts in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

Mr. Marcy was a career U.S. National Park Service law enforcement and emergency services ranger and supervisor in both major metropolitan and rural/remote areas. His responsibilities have included front country and backcountry operations, technical search and rescue, advanced emergency medical services including ambulance operations, wildland (Helitack, pumps, crew boss) structural fire (Type 3 IC) response, regional law enforcement special event teams (SET), anti-poaching special operations, dignitary protection, and natural and cultural resource protection. At Rocky Mountain National Park, he was the park law enforcement specialist and investigations manager, region death investigator, Operations SAR, and EMS coordinator.

His additional law enforcement commissions include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Deputy Sheriff, Larimer County, Colorado. His duty locations included Rocky Mountain National Park, Co; Grand Teton National Park, WY; Acadia National Park, ME; Death Valley National Park, CA; Fire Island National Seashore; NY, Gateway National Recreation Area, NJ; Minute Man National Historical Park, MA, and Everglades National Park, FL.

Mr. Marcy served for eighteen years as a Senior Instructor and Program Manager at the U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC). In the Physical Techniques Division (PTD), he oversaw the Defensive Tactics Instructor Training Program, Impact Weapons, and “Redman” tactical application, and co-developed emergency tactical medical training for the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms) and Explosives (BATFE). He also taught exercise prescription and stress management in the Physical Fitness Instructor Training Program (PFITP). In the Enforcement Operations Division (EOD), he specialized in patrol skills and applied use of force; in the Behavioral Science Division (BSD), his topical specialty was detecting deception and eliciting truthfulness in interviews. He developed behavioral science components for the DHS Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Training Program (CIKRTP) and the FLETC Field Training Officer Training Program (FTOTP). As Program Manager for International Leadership Programs, he developed courses delivered at U.S. State Department International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEAs) in Thailand and Botswana. He served in the FLETC Director’s Office, coordinating organizational improvement programs, establishing an ombuds office, liaison with Department, Executive Office of the President (EOP) and Congressional staff and strategic planning.
He completed his federal career as Program Manager for employee protection activities at the US Federal Executive Board, Washington, DC, and Assistant Director at the U.S. Federal Executive Institute, Charlottsville, VA.

Mr. Marcy began his government service on active duty in the U.S. Army, serving with the 39th Engineer Battalion at Fort Devens, MA, and the 1/1 Air Defense Artillery in Wildflecken, West Germany.

Mr. Marcy holds Master’s degrees in Public Administration from Georgia Southern University, GA, and Health and Human Performance from Fort Hays State University, KS, and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Westfield State University, MA.

Deborah Goeb - Firearms Instructor

Officer Deborah Goeb retired from her career in 2021 as a Senior Federal Wildlife Canine Officer for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Montana. Comprised of six National Wildlife Refuges, it has been recognized as the second largest national wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states and is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S Department of the Interior (DOI). Affiliated with the refuge since 2002, Officer Goeb also spent more than a decade as a Refuge  Officer before being named to her most recent position in 2014. 

Previously Officer Goeb served as the first full-time female officer to serve as a Refuge Officer in the lower 48 states, stationed at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge between 2001 and 2002. Located in Illinois, the refuge is comprised of more than 40,000 acres. Officer Goeb also served as a law enforcement officer for the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area and the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest from 1994 to 2000, and garnered recognition in various roles with the U.S. Park Service at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in 1993 and the Peninsula State Park in Wisconsin between 1987 and 1992.

During her tenure in the field, Officer Goeb had the opportunity to hold numerous leadership positions, including as the regional lead firearms instructor and armorer, through which she was responsible for all weapons systems and inspections and the coordination of all firearms instruction throughout the 8 State western region, she also served as the Region Six lead field training officer, training 30 new officers throughout her career. Among other noteworthy roles, Officer Goeb served as a member of the National Wildlife Refuge System's training and policy committee, was a member of the National Firearms Committee, a wildland firefighter (engine boss/IC5), and wildland cause and determination investigator, was a Taser instructor and armorer, served as a member of the USFWS's National Dive Control Board and The Regional Dive Officer, was a founding member and commander of the USFWS Honor Guard, and lastly became the first canine team in her 8 State region serving the last seven years of her career across the nation with her canine partner, Lex, at her side. Furthermore, she was deployed numerous times throughout the nation in response to various natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other events.

A dedicated civic advocate, Officer Goeb plans to remain active in community service over the next few years now that she has more free time. Maintaining a particular interest in victims' advocacy, she hopes to introduce courthouse facility dogs within her county to provide emotional support to victims or witnesses when providing testimony, and aims to continue her work with the Special Olympic's within the law enforcement community in western Montana.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Officer Goeb earned a bachelor's degree in wildlife management and biology with a minor in environmental law in 1987. She subsequently completed training at the State of Wisconsin Police Recruit Academy in 1991 graduating first in her class, and again graduated first in her class from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in 2001.

Officer Goeb was the recipient of a multitude of awards and recognitions during her career, including a Distinguished Service Award in 2021, a Valor Award in 2017 and an Exemplary Service Award in 2014 from the DOI. She was also named as the Refuge Officer of the Year by the National Wildlife Refuge System in 2011 and, among other accolades, received a Meritorious Achievement Commendation for Distinguished and Dedicated Service following the terrorist attacks on 9/11 in 2001.

Charles D Huyck - Adjunct Instructor

Charles began his law enforcement career as a Probation Officer for the State of Georgia in 1986. In 1987, Charles began his federal law enforcement career as a Special Agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Over the course of his 28-year federal career, Charles also worked as a Special Agent for the Bureau of Land Management, Coast Gaurd Investigative Service, and as a full time Instructor, Senior Instructor, Program Specialist, Program Manager, and Branch Chief at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. 

Charles became the Director of the Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy at Colorado Northwestern Community College, Rangely, Colorado in 2018. His leadership, training and oversight of the PRLEA has led many students into successful careers both with the National Park Service and numerous other law enforcement agencies around the United States.

 

Jordan Wagstaff - Active Threat/Basic Tactics/Tactical Med Instructor/Patrol Skills

Jordan has served in the military for approximately thirteen years and as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard's Tactical Law Enforcement Teams he conducted counter narcotics and counter piracy operations around the globe. Jordan also has approximately five years of experience working as a Police Officer in a major metropolitan city.

William Peña - Rio Blanca County SO Adjunct Instructor

Will Peña is a dedicated and accomplished leader and instructor within law enforcement, whose career is marked by a steadfast commitment to professional development and service. His journey in public safety began in 2010, with the Colorado Department of Corrections, where he contributed to an Emergency Response Team. He further advanced his foundational training by attending the Colorado POST Academy. During his tenure with the Monte Vista Police Department, Will played a vital role on the SWAT Team, demonstrating precision as a SWAT Sniper, while also actively fostering community connections through his work as a Community Resource and School Resource Officer. His experience expanded significantly at the Grand Junction Police Department, where he earned certifications as an FBI Arrest Control Tactics Instructor and a Field Training Officer. This period also saw him contribute as an instructor with the Colorado POST Academy, sharing his practical knowledge with aspiring law enforcement professionals. Currently serving as a Patrol Sergeant with the Rio Blanco Sheriff's Office, Will continues to be at the forefront of officer development. He is actively involved in equipping others with essential skills, providing instruction in areas such as Krav Maga Defensive Tactics, Less Lethal Munitions Tactics, and Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training.