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Lieutenant Matthew Borders

Lieutenant Matthew Borders is a lieutenant in a mid-sized police department in Northern Virginia. He has 23 years of law enforcement experience and has served in large and small agencies. Borders has been a Department of Criminal Justice Services-certified general instructor since 2004 and a certified firearms instructor since 2009. He has instructed several General Instructor Development and Firearms Instructor Development classes.

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