Vaughn Baker

Vaughn Baker is president of Strategos International (www.strategosintl.com), a Kansas City, Mo.,-based firm that provides security training, consulting and executive protection services. Baker has 20 years of experience in law enforcement including patrol, investigation, SWAT and special operations. He has trained thousands of school, health care, government, law enforcement and military personnel in security practices. Baker has also developed specialized intruder response curriculum for schools and churches, including some of the nation’s leading training on behavior pattern recognition. He is the author of “The Church Security Handbook” and the co-author (with Mark Warren) of "Active Threat: Workplace 911." In addition, he served as an instructor and deputy director of training for the Surefire Institute, a California-based tactical lighting manufacturer and tactical training company. Baker is also the director of security for a church of more than 7,500 members in the Kansas City area, a position he has held for more than a decade.