Clark Price:  

After graduation from Billings West High School, I joined the United States Marine Corps and went to recruit training at MCRD in San Diego and from there to Camp Pendleton, California. Upon return from active duty, I attended the University of Montana and worked for the Missoula County Sheriffs Office as a Deputy Sheriff/Detective in the Narcotics Task Force. In June, 1969, I married Rita Ann Cook, who was from Belfry, Montana and a graduate student in Spanish. We have now been married for 45 years. We have a daughter, Tanya Ann, who was born in 1972. I received my BA Degree in Sociology/Criminal Justice in 1971 and returned to Billings where I served as Motorcycle Patrolman/Accident Investigator/SWAT/Firearms Instructor on the Billings Police Department. In the fall of 1972, I was selected to be the first full time Police Instructor for the newly established Montana Law Enforcement Academy, Montana Department of Justice, located in Bozeman, Montana. At MLEA, I served as a Police Instructor, Training Director, and Bureau Chief until 1986. While at MLEA, I attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, 110th Session and graduated with honors and qualified as a Master marksmen in the FBI firearms training. I also attended many other outstanding law enforcement training programs such as Northwest Traffic Institute Command and Staff School, United States Secret Service 85th Session Dignitary Protection School ( worked with Reagen/Bush details out of White House and USSS Headquarters for ten days), U.S. Department of State Dignitary Protection School, and graduated as a certifie...Expand for more