About Us

Who We Serve

We serve law enforcement offices and security organizations, creating access to better training while solving issues related to staffing and training conflicts, all while enabling greater trust in their communities.

Who We Are

We are a non-profit organization focused on creating better outcomes for law enforcement and communities by raising funds to send officers to training with the purpose of saving lives.

Our Vision

Blue Link, Inc. exists to provide police training for the purpose of saving lives.

Our Mission

Our mission is to bridge the gap between insufficient law enforcement funding and life-saving training; provided by existing training organizations and our own benchmark Variable Outcome Stress Inoculation (VOSI) training.

Our Story

Recent events have highlighted the Law Enforcement training problem and have communities clamoring for answers. A lack of training is a direct result of the lack of resources and access to quality training.

Quality training induces stress on the officer and requires critical thinking to appropriately resolve a volatile situation. Unfortunately, there are several factors that contribute to poor training.

  • Budget cuts have created a lack of funding making training equipment unaffordable.

  • Many agencies cannot accommodate the required amount of trained instructor personnel.

  • Field depletion during training events due to short staffing is not an option as it reduces public service quality.

  • Inadequate or static training facilities breed familiarity and complacency during training.

  • Time spent on scripted-type training does not allow time for quality training.

Blue Link, Inc. was created to provide real solutions to the problem of inadequate police training by providing funding to those agencies which would be otherwise unable to afford training opportunities for their officers. Blue Link, Inc. is pioneering a benchmark training facility and program to best replicate real-world situations and result in better police interactions.

Meet the Team

  • Randy Vigus served 15 years with the California Highway Patrol (CHP). He graduated from the CHP Academy in 2007, ranking third among over 120 graduating cadets. Randy worked almost entirely overnight patrol in two separate metropolitan Bay Area offices from 2007 to 2017. He was assigned to multiple special enforcement, multi-agency task forces for gang activity, vehicle theft, and felony investigations spanning nearly every Bay Area county. As a Field Training Officer he trained nearly 20 new officers to transition from the academy to the field. He was a California Association of Highway Patrolman Area Representative, representing officers during administrative hearings regarding uses of force, civilian complaints, and other allegations of misconduct. In 2017, Randy was assigned to the CHP Golden Gate Personnel Services Unit for the purpose of recruiting, testing, investigating backgrounds, and preparing individuals for a career as a peace officer. In 2021, he tested for the position of Sergeant, ranking 11 out of 300 qualified applicants. He was promoted to the San Jose CHP Area before leaving the agency in 2022 and moving to Tennessee.

    In addition to his law enforcement career, Randy and his wife, Tana, successfully founded and operated a dance fitness studio in the Bay Area, California from 2018 to 2021. The studio closed its doors in 2022 following its survival of regulations brought about by the Coronavirus response in 2019 to relocate to Tennessee.

    Randy is currently a member of a Tennessee law enforcement agency.

  • Michael has served in Law Enforcement since 2010 while pursuing knowledge, training, and experience in two different states and agencies. He served as an officer with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) from 2010 until 2021. Michael was assigned to road patrol in two separate metropolitan Bay Area counties while assigned to the Special Response Team (SRT). He was Lead Advisor of an area Explorer Post that received multiple awards in statewide competition. Michael was an Officer Safety Training Instructor, a member of a multi-agency vehicle theft task force, and a seasoned Field Training Officer. In 2019 Michael was assigned to the Golden Gate Division Canine Unit as a Handler, conducting high-risk enforcement and complex investigations into criminal apprehension and narcotics interdiction.

    In 2021, Michael, along with his family, relocated to Tennessee where he joined a local police department. While assigned to road patrol, he trained for and became a member of the Crisis Negotiation Team.

    During his entire career, Michael has maintained the mindset, “No officer can know too much.” He firmly believes in advanced training for all positions in Law Enforcement and has pursued specialized training in many disciplines, including use of force, specialized enforcement, tactical medicine, crowd demonstration and riot control, narcotics interdiction, and others.

Dave VanNoord - Treasurer

Paul Kraft

Board Members

Luis Garcia - Secretary

Ryan Stillwater

Josh Barrera

Stephanie Clohessy - Communications

Adam Hermann - Digital Marketing

Advisors

Anita Kratka - Business Planning