Roman served with the Police of the Czech Republic for a total of 26 years. After starting out with the Foreign Police, he joined the police SWAT unit in Ústí nad Labem, where he spent 14 years. He then served with the Czech national counter-terrorism Rapid Response Unit (URNA).
During his career, he served as a tactical team operator and as deputy team leader. Through his service, he gained a broad range of expertise in tactical operations, firearms training, breaching and basic explosives training. Over time, he also specialized in tactical medical support, crisis negotiation, work at height and sniper operations. Thanks to his experience in medical support and work at height, he also spent two years serving with an air ambulance crew.
Crisis negotiation formed a major part of his career. For seven years, he served as a regional coordinator of police negotiators, led a regional negotiation team and helped develop this specialization. At URNA, he went on to serve as negotiation team leader and national coordinator of police negotiators. In this role, he was also responsible for training new negotiators, providing advanced training for experienced colleagues and overseeing the methodology of the specialization across the Czech police.
He was also involved in international professional cooperation. Together with the Dallas SWAT team, he organized training for police negotiators. He completed specialized FBI training in hostage rescue, kidnapping and the resolution of high-risk incidents, including barricade situations and suicide crises.
As a member of URNA, he deployed repeatedly on missions in Mali and Iraq, where he served on security and protection teams protecting Czech diplomats. He has also applied his experience in interagency cooperation and in training members of other security and emergency services.
His awards include a commendation for saving a life and for service under extremely demanding conditions.
At Hard Task, he leads the Crisis Communication course and also teaches on our shooting, CQB and Close Protection courses. His training combines many years of real-world experience with hands-on practice and realistic scenarios. He focuses on safety, sound decision-making, handling high-pressure situations and skills that participants can actually use in practice.