SRW Inc. Principals Bio

STEVEN R. (RANDY) WATT

Randy is currently the Assistant Chief of Police and is a twenty-nine year veteran of the Ogden Police Department in Ogden, Utah. He has worked a multitude of assignments and at all levels of supervision. Chief Watt is a recipient of various medals and commendations, including the department's Medal of Valor (twice awarded). Chief Watt is a former team member, Operations Sergeant and Team Commander of the Ogden/Metro SWAT Team, a 30-officer multi-agency regional tactical team that serves a two-county area with a population of 240,000. Chief Watt has extensive experience in tactical operations, ranging from high-risk warrant service to hostage rescue incidents.

Chief Watt is a nationally recognized expert in the field of law enforcement special operations and counter-terrorism. He is a member of the Technical Support Working Group (T.S.W.G.), Office of Combating Terrorism, in Washington, D.C. He is a lead instructor for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (I.A.C.P.) in a variety of S.W.A.T., Leadership, and Terrorism courses. Chief Watt is a member of the Advisory Panel and an instructor for the National Tactical Officer's Association (N.T.O.A.), and is the year 2000 recipient of the John Kolman Award of Excellence. He is a regular presenter at the N.T.O.A. Conference, as well as at numerous state association conferences and other training events.

Prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, then Lieutenant Watt was co-chair of the Tactical Response Sub-Committee and spent four years studying terrorism and writing the tactical response plan for protection of the Olympic Games. Chief Watt has taught hostage rescue tactics and techniques to foreign military and police units and is a consultant to local, state and federal tactical units. Chief Watt holds a M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix, a B.Sc. degree from Weber State University, is a graduate of Session 191 of the FBI National Academy and is a Staff Firearms Instructor for Gunsite Academy.

Randy is also a Lieutenant-Colonel (LTC) in the Utah Army National Guar''s 19th Special Forces Group with 27 years of active duty and reserve experience. Currently assigned as the Commander of 1st Battalion, he is a graduate of the Basic Airborne and Jumpmaster Schools, Special Forces Qualification Course, Infantry Officer's Basic and Advanced Courses, Special Forces Officer Qualification Course, CAS3, CGSC, Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Instructor (SFAUC), Special Forces Basic Combat Course - Support Instructor (SFBCC-S) and Military Freefall (HALO) School. As a result of the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, then Major Watt was activated in December, 2001, as part of a combined task force sent to Afghanistan to locate and destroy Al Qaida terrorists. Serving for one year, he was in command of special operations in a specific geographic region of Afghanistan and conducted combat operations directly against enemy forces. As a result of his service, Major Watt received the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device for valor, the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in combat, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the G.W.O.T. Expeditionary and Service Medals, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal. In July of 2006, LTC Watt was activated again and deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, as a Counter-Terrorism Advisor to Iraqi Security Forces, serving another one-year combat tour, most of which was in Sadr City, Baghdad.

As a result of his service in Iraq, LTC Watt received another Bronze Star, the Iraq Campaign Medal and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. He was featured in the 6-week ABC special "Profiles from the Front Line", aired on ABC starting 27 February, 2003 and was also profiled in the July/August 2004 issue of Men's Health magazine. LTC Watt was recently selected to attend the US Army War College resident course, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, from August 2009 through June of 2010.