MARTY HAYES
Director of The Firearms Academy of Seattle, Inc.

The Firearms Academy of Seattle, Inc. is the brain child of Director and President Marty Hayes. After spending years as a police officer, competitive shooter and police firearms instructor, he started sharing his knowledge of firearms and self-defense related issues on a professional basis, and in 1990, started the Firearms Academy of Seattle, Inc. For over a decade, he has been teaching firearms and self-defense to the Seattle/Portland area population, with thousands of satisfied customers.

Director Marty Hayes' credentials to teach firearms, self-defense and use of force include certification through the Washington State Criminal Justice Commission as a police firearms instructor, certification through Monadnock PR-24 Training Council as a PR-24 and defensive tactics instructor, certification through National Law Enforcement Training Center as a weapons retention, knife/counter knife, pepper spray and handcuffing instructor, Taser instructor certification, along with multiple certifications from the Lethal Force Institute. He is a staff instructor for the Lethal Force Institute, and formerly an adjunct instructor for Defense Training International.

He has presented and taught for The American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, the Washington State Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association and the International Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association. He also occasionally works as an expert witness/consultant in firearms, deadly force and police use of force cases, and holds a law degree.