ABOUT LIONHEART LET
ABOUT LIONHEART LET
Operational Expertise Meets Professional Instruction
Meet the Team
Lionheart Law Enforcement Training LLC is the sole certified provider in South Carolina of the Law Enforcement D.R.A.W. School curriculum, delivering Advanced Handgun Instructor and Advanced Patrol Rifle Instructor courses with full SCCJA equivalency for state firearms instructor certification.
Founded by Mark McGougan and Caleb Shropshier, both seasoned law enforcement firearms instructors with decades of operational and instructional experience, our mission is to bring relevant, performance-driven training to agencies and officers statewide.
Mark McGougan
Co-Founder/Lead Instructor
Mark is an 11-year USCG veteran and a homegrown local to Charleston. During his time in the USCG he was a Maritime Enforcement Specialist with more than 9 years directly involved with USCG Maritime Law Enforcement operations. Most notable for being an Airborne Use of Force Precision Marksman and Precision Marksman instructor (CG sniper) who's primary mission, from a helicopter, was disabling noncomplaint vessels smuggling large quantities of narcotics.
Mark also became certified in many training schools such as Basic Tactical Operations Course, Nationally Registered EMT, and Advanced Life Saving / Live tissue school.
Mark honorably left the USCG to pursue his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and became a Police Officer for the City of Charleston (CPD) where he was awarded top shot at both SCCJA Police Academy and CPD's Police Academy. He was a patrol officer for a couple years before leaving to become an Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Charleston SC.
Mark currently works as a Federal Maritime Law Enforcement Instructor for the Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in Charleston. There he instructs multiple classes such as ground defensive tactics and shoot house tactics/procedures.
Caleb Shropshier A.K.A. Shrop
Co-Founder/Lead Instructor
Shrop is an active Law Enforcement Officer with over 15 years of Law Enforcement experience and is currently serving as a Patrol Sergeant. Throughout his career, Shrop has worked in Unifrom Patrol Uniform Patrol, the Neighborhood Resource Officer Unit, Intelligence Led Policing Unit (Full-Time SWAT), and the Training Unit.
Shrop is an active SWAT Team (10 Years) member. His current role is Team Leader and Training Coordinator. He has held many different roles as a SWAT Team operator to include shield operator, breacher, less lethal, and Team Lead.
Shrop holds numerous instructor and professional certifications, including National Rifle Association (NRA) certified Rifle Instructor, International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI) Pistol Instructor, Taser Instructor, South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy (SCCJA) Driving Instructor, SCCJA Defensive Tactics Instructor, Sage Dynamics certified Red Dot Sight Instructor, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) certified Active Shooter Instructor. Shrop is also certified through the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in Specific Skills Instruction (SSI) and Basic Instructor Development (BID).
Shrop has completed advanced training including the Hostage Rescue Tactics (HRT) program at the Government Training Institute (GTI), South Carolina SWAT Summit in Columbia South Carolina, and the Charleston City Police Department Basic SWAT School. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina at Aiken.