About The Instructor

Introduction

Kyle Kearney is the Owner of Scenic Valley Driving School. As a Deputy Sheriff & Police Officer for 25 years the investigation of automobile crashes involving property damage, injury and loss of life were among his primary duties. Those experiences had a profound impact on him and led to the opening of Scenic Valley Driving School in 1999.

Experience

Kyle’s experience includes assignments as a Patrol Officer, Field Training Officer, Patrol Sergeant, SWAT Team Member and Training Instructor. He has participated in Boat, Snowmobile and Bicycle Patrol as well as special event security and crowd control. Kyle worked as a Call-Staff Instructor in the Wisconsin Technical College System where he taught various law enforcement courses in Police Recruit Academies and In-Service Trainings. He began working as a Licensed Driving Instructor in 1996 and opened his own school in 1999. Kyle has provided testimony in numerous courts of law, including testimony as an Expert Witness in the area of traffic safety and defensive driving techniques in a case involving a car vs. bicycle fatality. The driver in that case was convicted of Homicide by the Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle.

Training

Kyle has received a significant amount of specialized training including traffic law, traffic crash investigation, OWI detection & enforcement, drug interdiction, basic & advanced SWAT certification, pursuit intervention technique, professional communication, employee performance evaluation and the trauma of law enforcement death. He was certified as an Instructor in Occupant Protection, a course designed to education police officers about vehicle crash dynamics and how seat belts, child restraints and air bags work to reduce the likelihood of injuries and deaths in car crashes. He was also certified as a Police Cyclist by the International Police Mountain Bike Association and has received advanced, high-speed driver training at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Personal

In his free time Kyle enjoys spending time with family, traveling, biking, reading and sports of all types. He has been a volunteer coach for youth baseball, basketball and football and has officiated baseball and basketball games from youth to high school levels. He served on the Board of Directors for the Lodi Athletic Booster Club for many years, including two years as President. He & his wife Lisa have seven children and two grandchildren.