Chris Beas became a Kansas Trooper in 2008 and was assigned to the Kansas City metro area. During his tenure there, he served as a firearms instructor, defensive tactics instructor, and task force officer. Beas joined the Special Response Team as an operator in 2011 and became an ATL in 2019. He was promoted to the full-time Team Leader position later that year. In 2025, he was promoted to Lieutenant and now serves as a Tactical Commander for the unit. He earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Central Missouri State University in 2003.