Tyler was an Intelligence Officer and Scout Sniper Platoon Commander in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2012 to 2016 and deployed twice to Southeast Asia. After leaving the Marines, Tyler moved to Boston to be with his family. In 2016, he enrolled in the graduate-level Homeland Security (HLS) Program at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies. Tyler graduated there with a Master of Arts in HLS, with a concentration in Domestic Intelligence Operations for Post-9/11 Policing.

In 2018, Tyler completed the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Transit Police Academy and served the Transit Police Department (TPD) as a patrolman for two years. In 2020, he left TPD and joined the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD), where he served as a Patrolman, Field Training Officer, Juvenile Officer, and Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) Firearms Instructor. In 2021, Tyler left NUPD to complete the Boston Police Academy. He serves currently at the Boston Police Department in District A1 (Downtown) & A15 (Charlestown) in the Anti-Crime Unit.

Tyler competes in the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA), where he holds a “B Class” classification, and the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), where he holds a “Master Class” classification.

Tyler regularly seeks training outside of his agency and believes in crediting those who have positively affected his training, shooting, and teaching journey. Tyler has particularly valued his time learning from Colin Murphy, Andy Roy, Andy Delorey, and John Carlson at the SIG Sauer Academy; Scott Jedlinski of Modern Samurai Project; Raul Martinez of Rogue Methods; Craig Douglas of ShivWorks; Paul Costa of Achilles Heel Tactical; Nick Young of Velox Training Group; Sam Callahan of Callahan Training Group; Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training; Dave Wampler of Dave Wampler Consulting; and Angel Sanchez of Paradigm Performance Group.

Tyler believes firearms training should be narrowly focused on performance (on-demand speed and accuracy); no matter the “real life” context, those raw skills are and will continue to be the two that matter most. The other “stuff,” like tactics, decision-making, and communication have their place in training, but only after a deep surplus of on-demand shooting capability is preserved.

Contact Tyler at info@pgctraininggroup.com; follow or DM him on Instagram @tylerthepgcguy.