Training Spotlight-Part III

Ozark Professional Training Center

This is the last part in a series of getting to know more about some of our Department of Insurance approved training providers.

Mike Temen owns Ozark Professional Training Center. (Email him here.) He is state-approved in both continuing and initial bail bond training. He additionally is an NRA instructor and a CCW instructor. He will offer classes weekly for continuing ed and bi-monthly for initial basic training. Temen's credentials are as follows: Former chief of police, retired police officer, former correctional officer and supervisor and riot squad member, police Instructor/Trainer, taught all grade levels through university, generalist instructor for law enforcement, Missouri background investigator, Crime Scene Evidence Technician Specialist 1, taught ABE/GED, former ambulance EMT, currently a bondsman, and graduated summa cum laude with a 3.96 GPA BA English, 50+ hrs upper grade work. He said he is certified to teach: PR-24;Pepper Spray; Taser; Cont. Ed; Basic Bail Bond; NRA Certified Basic Pistol and Personal Protection Instructor; NRA Range Safety Officer; CCW; MBTI. He believes the industry could be improved by strict enforcement of rules laws and regulations and training, although he added, it’s becoming a lot more professional. Responding to the question concerning the recruitment of agents attending his class, Temen said, “I know I don’t, because I don’t hire agents. Some companies lose agents they expect to hire due to the 'newbies' becoming educated about industry standards and contract law.”