Officer Carrier has been a certified law enforcement officer, since January 1989, working for Federal, County and City jurisdictions within the state of Maryland.  

He is a graduate of (FLETC) Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Glynco, Georgia; The Prince George's County Police Academy MD with honors; The Anne Arundel County Police Academy MD, and the Department of Defense's Police Academy.

During his 35 years in law enforcement, Jon has been a member of some of the elite units of the police department, including the CNT/Conflict Negotiations Team, CIT/Crisis Intervention Team, and a SRO/School Resource Officer.  

Jon is a recognized expert in several law enforcement disciplines, and a speaker and organizer at local and national conferences. He has been a member of several NIJ/DOJ (TWG’s) Technical Working Groups for the federal government, to include an “Active Shooter Focus Group” and a member of the (MSDE) Maryland State Department of Education’s “Best practices in School Discipline” workgroup.    

Jon has a Degree in Criminal Justice (Dean’s List) with an emphasis on investigations; he has received over 3,000 hours in law enforcement specific classroom instruction, and is a (SME) Subject Matter Expert in physical security, specifically as it relates to schools. He is a contributor to national video resources, “National Crime Prevention Council video on CPTED” and “It Can Happen Here” He has contributed to articles for the Journal of School Safety and contributed to other resources for the National Crime Prevention Council, Department of Justice, Tech-Beat, AACPS and others.

He has taken over four-hundred hours of SRO specific training and has been recognized as a (NASRO) National Practitioner for SRO’s.

Jon is the past President of MASRO – The Maryland Association of School Resource Officers and a former member of the Executive board member for NASRO – The National Association of School Resource Officers.

In 2020 at the start of COVID, Officer Carrier transferred to the (CIT) Crisis Intervention Team and worked with civilian clinicians in the (MCT/CRS) Mobile Crisis Team/Crisis Response System.

Lastly, and most importantly, he is a long-time active community member of Anne Arundel County, where he has raised his family and has deep community roots.