DHS Contractor Vetting Missed Multiple Lethal Incidents in Training Hire

David S. Norman, a former Phoenix Police officer involved in at least four lethal shootings during his career, founded TruKinetics LLC in 2020. The firm subsequently secured a $27,748 federal contract to conduct mandatory 40-hour training for Department of Homeland Security Special Response Teams at Fort Benning, Georgia. Norman's background—including a 2021 deposition where he testified to the four shootings—appears not to have triggered enhanced vetting before his selection as a federal instructor.