Biography

Associate Master Ron Sanchez has a very extensive martial arts background and is a lethal and non-lethal use-of-force expert consultant to numerous law enforcement agencies including the United States and California Departments of Justice. He is an 8th degree black belt in American Kenpo (Associate Master of The Arts) and one of Grand Master Bob White’s most senior students.  He also has black belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Taekwon-do, and TAI karate. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1975 and retired as a senior captain with 31 years of distinguished service. His assignments included undercover, patrol, physical fitness and defensive tactics instructor, Metropolitan Division, stakeouts, VIP and dignitary protection, detectives, burglary and auto theft, homicide, surveillance, Internal Affairs and myriad administrative assignments.

Upon retiring from the LAPD Mr. Sanchez opened Veritas Assurance Group, Inc., which specializes in training and the evaluation of lethal and non-lethal force, high-risk audits for public safety agencies, and assisting executive management with identifying and managing their risk exposures. Mr. Sanchez served as a consultant and auditor for the Consent Decree between the Prison Law Office and the Sacramento County Probation Department. Other clients include, but are not limited to: The Pasadena Police Department; Oakland Police Department; The Americans for Effective Law Enforcement; Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office; Hollywood Business Improvement District; Los Angeles Police Command Officers’ Association; Calexico Police Department; California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training; and, Evident Change (Formerly, The National Council on Crime and Delinquency). Associate Master Ron Sanchez is a published author, and his most recent publication is The Watchman, The 12 Irrefutable Principles of Physical and Spiritual Defense.