He is a certified instructor in firearms, defensive tactics, defensive driving, expandable baton and chemical agents. Ray has been a Street Survival Instructor since 2003, where he currently teaches the Calibre Press Street Survival Seminar. Ray has focused on officer survival training since 1991 both in the classroom and practical scenario based training. Ray has been a police trainer since 1990 and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree through Tampa College, Florida. Ray retired from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in June of 2009 after completing 28 years of service in law enforcement. Additionally, he coordinated the tactical training for the Narcotics Division as it relates to undercover investigations, the execution of search warrants, agent rescues and buy-bust operations. His responsibilities included supervising and directing covert & overt drug operations. The last nine years of his career as a Sergeant within the Narcotics Division. Ray spent a total of 14 years in the Narcotics Division. He was assigned to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team for 13 years, nine of those as a Team Leader. As a deputy sheriff, Ray has served in such assignments as patrol, field training, traffic enforcement, the training division and narcotics. Raimondo 'Ray' DeCunto began his career with the Madeira Beach, Florida Police Department in 1981, and in 1985 he was hired by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Instructors Sergeant Raimondo “Ray” DeCunto (Retired)

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