Ray Nash President and Program Coordinator
Ray Nash began his law enforcement career as a police dispatcher while he was still in high school. He has since served in law enforcement for over 32 years and brings a wide range of experience to the profession. He has served as Police Chief for the municipalities of both Irmo and Summerville, South Carolina. In the mid 1980's, Ray served on the training staff of the Institute of Police Technology and Management (I.P.T.M.) at the University of North Florida.
After serving three terms as the elected Sheriff in Dorchester County, S.C., Ray retired to follow other pursuits. He is now serving in Afghanistan as the Professional Mentor to the Director of Training and Education for the Afghan National Police.
As a trainer and the chief administrator for three law enforcement agencies, Ray understands the unique challenges and pressures faced by law enforcement officers and their leaders.
Sheriff Nash has provided consulting services and leadership training to law enforcement agencies for over 28 years. In 1998, he founded the Police Dynamics Institute to provide character-based leadership training and technical services to law enforcement agencies around the world. He has personally trained over 10,000 police officers and government officials, nationally and internationally, in his character-based training program called Police Dynamics.
Ray has traveled to Romania twice at the invitation of their National Police to train their Crime Prevention Unit and National Academy Instructors. In 2009 he travelled to Sierra Leone, Africa to train their national police and military leaders. In addition, Ray has trained Russian Police Commanders at the Moscow Police College and over 30 international police delegations here in the states. Agencies throughout the U.S. and overseas have adopted the Police Dynamics program and are reporting great success in fighting crime and improving officer performance. Leaders from around the world are looking to the principles of Police Dynamics for answers to the difficult challenges faced by law enforcement.
Ray holds an A.S. degree in Criminal Justice and a B.S. degree in Education, Training and Development (Adult Education) from Southern Illinois University. He is finishing up his M.S. degree in Criminal Justice Administration.
Concern over the decline in American values led Ray to found the Palmetto Declaration Society and serve as its first President. The Society seeks to promote good government and honorable citizenship based on the vision of America's founders.
Ray resides in Summerville, South Carolina with his wife and three college-aged children. He is a founding elder of Cornerstone Community Church in Jacksonville, FL and Oakbrook Community Church in Summerville, SC. and is a certified Ambassador Trainer for Promise Keepers.