When members of SWAT teams and police agencies from across the country gather in Verona, New York at the end of this month for a massive training and weapons expo, the general public and journalists will be barred from entry.

One man, however, will be honored as a key presenter at the annual New York Tactical Officers Association (NYTOA) conference: Ryan Mauro, an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist who is designated an extremist by the Southern Poverty Law Center.