Serving Florida statewide • Licensed Class D & Class G Training
Our instructors bring real-world security, firearms, and protective-operations experience to every course. Detailed bios are being added.
Praetorian Guard believes professional training starts with practical, mission-focused instruction. Our programs emphasize legal responsibility, professionalism, communication, observation, reporting, emergency response, and real-world security operations.
Students receive instruction focused on both licensing requirements and practical field performance, so each student develops the knowledge, confidence, and professional mindset the industry demands.
Detailed biographies are being added. Each instructor brings real-world security, firearms, and protective-operations experience.
Florida-certified firearms instruction with a background in law enforcement and range safety.
Protective operations, advance planning, and secure-movement training for advanced students.
Legal responsibility, observation, reporting, and professional conduct for new officers.
Real-world security operations, access control, and incident response.
Jo-Lana Trotman is an experienced security, emergency management, and operations professional with a strong record of leading teams in high-pressure environments.
Her background includes detention-facility security, emergency shelter operations, disaster recovery, FEMA damage assessment, and regulatory compliance. She has supervised multidisciplinary teams of more than 500 personnel and coordinated with government agencies and community stakeholders. Jo-Lana holds a master’s degree in criminal justice and a bachelor’s degree in business management, along with Florida Class D and Class G security licenses, and a Real Estate Agent license.
A former military officer from New York, Patrick Megaro brings 30 years of experience in planning and executing security plans, public safety, operations, and risk-management, supporting large, high-tempo facilities and leading complex organizations.
His expertise includes planning, coordination, risk assessment, armory and sensitive-equipment accountability, access control, emergency response, and coordination with local, state, and federal law enforcement. A licensed Florida security manager, armed security officer, and security school instructor, Patrick also holds a Juris Doctor degree. He currently serves as a Florida State Guard battalion operations and training officer, synchronizing readiness and mission planning for approximately 550 personnel.
James Sherrow began his career in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a tank commander and completing international deployments that included Haiti and Iraq. After his honorable discharge,
he earned a master’s degree in cybersecurity and gained extensive experience managing private security teams and corporate cybersecurity programs worldwide. A native Floridian, he continues public service as a part-time Florida State Guard Company Commander responsible for approximately 125 soldiers.
Enroll in a Praetorian Guard course and learn from instructors who have done the work.