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We contract only certified instructors, recognized as experts in their field. Our instructional staff combines traditional techniques with state-of-the-art advancements in technology to create a classroom and field atmosphere that is comfortable yet challenging for the rookie as well as the seasoned veteran.

Sgt. Jonnie Aycock Texas Rangers

From 1965 until 1968, Aycock served in the United States Army serving multiple tours of duty in Vietnam. September 1, 1968, Aycock entered the Texas Department of Public Safety, and after completing basic training was commissioned as a Highway Patrolman. 1973 he was promoted to the Narcotics Section and in 1979 was promoted to a sergeant in the Narcotics Section. 1982 was appointed as a Texas Ranger and retired August 31, 2001. Educational degrees were obtained from Navarro College and Baylor University while a working member of the above sections of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Lt. Kim Bohrer Berkeley County Sheriff's Office (Retired)

Kim Carlton Bohrer Kim attended West Virginia State Police Academy and the FBI National Academy before beginning her career. He started out as a patrolman for the Paw Paw Police Department in Paw Paw, West Virginia. He moved up to a criminal warrant officer and conducted general law enforcement duties that included criminal investigations, responding to calls, traffic collision investigations, arrests, and search warrants. He made thousands of misdemeanor and felony arrests during this time. He was moved to the Criminal Investigation Section in 1988 as a deputy and was later promoted to corporal. In 1991 he was assigned to I-81 patrol for a year. During this time, he worked traffic enforcement, commercial vehicle enforcement, and criminal patrol interdiction seizing both narcotics and narcotics assets. From 1992 until 1999, he served as Sergeant and Lieutenant, commanding a patrol shift of approximately ten officers who responded to complaints for service, investigated crime and traffic collision, made arrests and performed general law enforcement duties. He was also a member of the Special Response Team for the Eastern Panhandle area. He currently supervises five investigators and all major case investigations in the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department’s Criminal Investigation Division. He presents and assists in the presentation and preparation of major felony level cases in both state and federal court systems. He began several new investigative programs including The Investigators Network; an e-mail daily Intel exchange with area jurisdiction from the quad state area, The Bank Intel Exchange; an e-mail and fax information sharing exchange between banking and credit union institution, and Monthly Investigator Meetings. He also teaches several courses that include crime scene investigations, interview, and firearms.

Captain (Retired) Dennis C. Burks Charles County Sheriff's Office

Dennis Craig Burks, Charles County Sheriff's Office Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy, Director, May 1999 to November 25, 2006. Manage the daily operation of the police and corrections training academy. Manage the academy staff of eleven police, corrections, and civilian personnel from three Sheriff's Offices (Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's Counties). Personally responsible for management of the academy budget of $96,000.00 annually to operate and maintain the facility. Plan and schedule entry-level and in-service training for police and corrections officers. Ensure that all training exceeds the regulations and objectives set by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions. Ensure that the academy operates within the guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Fair Labor Standards Act, Federal and State Laws, and Academy Regulations. Taught numerous topics to police and corrections officers for both entry-level and in-service classes. Conducted performance evaluations for police officers, corrections officers and civilian personnel. Conduct internal investigations on students, instructors and staff personnel. Promoted to the rank of Captain November 30, 2003.

MR. Greg Cooper USDOT

Greg Cooper - U.S. Department of Transportation, Homeland Security Greg is currently employed by the Homeland Security Corporation providing consulting and training to Federal Airports. He is also providing consulting and training worldwide for IOIS.net. Greg recently retired as the Provo Police Chief and Civil Defense Director of Provo, Utah. Prior to this position, Cooper was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving in various investigative and supervisory positions in Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles, California; Critical Incident Response Group, FBI Academy, Quantico VA; and the Behavioral Science Unit, FBI Academy, Training Division, Quantico, VA. Before his experience with the FBI, he served as Chief of Police in Delta, Utah and a police officer in Provo, Utah. While assigned to the FBI Academy, he served in several positions withing the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, including the national manager of the Violent Crime Apprehension Program (VICAP); supervisor of the Investigative Support Unit and FBI Academy Instructor of Criminal Psychology, Criminal Investigative Analysis and Analytical Aspects of Criminal Behavior. Cooper co-authored the Crime Classification Manual, Lexington Press, 1992, a landmark book classifying homicide, arson and sexual assault. He has consulted internationally with law enforcement agencies on over 1,000 cases, including homicides, rapes, kidnaping, product tampering, extortion, political corruption, arson and bombing, workplace violence, stalking and false allegations. Specific services provided include expert testimony, information for probable cause on search warrants, investigative strategy, interview/ interrogation techniques, prosecutive strategy, threat assessments, communication content analysis, criminal investigative analysis (profiles of unknown offenders) and major case management. Cooper is an expert witness in crime scene analysis. He has provided expert testimony which behaviorally linked multiple homicides from separate jurisdictions contributing to the conviction of a serial killer. This case is highlighted in the New York Times best seller, Mind Hunter, Douglas, Olshaker, Simon & Schuster, 1995. Cooper also instructs at the Utah Police Academy, Utah Valley State College and is an adjunct faculty member at the Salt Lake Community College (1997) and the University of Virginia (1995). He is an international speaker and consultant in crime analysis, crisis management, management science and negligent security matters. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board for the Utah County Major Crimes Task Force, board member Utah Council on Victims and board member for the Massachusetts State Police Behavioral Science Unit. Additionally, he is an active member of several professional associations including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Utah Police Chiefs Association, and Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Cooper has provided international training, consultation and research for law enforcement, public safety and private industry, including the Discovery Channel. Clients have included law firms, national and foreign government entities, colleges and universities and corporations of all sizes, such as Fortune 500 companies.

Sgt. Damon Fay Albuquerque

Damon Fay is a 24 year veteran investigator and supervisor for the Albuquerque Police Department in New Mexico. He was a primary case agent for homicides, police officer involved shootings and major violent crimes cases for 14 of his career years. As a supervisor he led an officer involved shooting team and assisted in numerous major crime joint jurisdictional investigations and task force initiatives. Damon is a recognized expert in homicide investigations, police use of force and pattern injury identification. During his extensive investigative career he has developed nationally accepted procedures for cold case homicide investigation and has become one of the leading circumstantial case specialists in the country. He has been called upon numerous times in his career to provide expertise in complex, high profile and highly sensitive investigations by local, state and federal prosecutors and Police Command Staffs. As a Sergeant of the Advanced Training Unit of the Albuquerque Police Academy, Damon and his staff oversaw the specialization training and career advancement of police personnel. He is an instructor in Firearms, Defensive Tactics and ground fighting, Use of force and intermediate Use of force, Homicide and cold Case Investigation, Major Case Management, Interview and interrogations and Contact Weapons Defense. Sgt Fay holds a 3rd degree (3rd Don) black belt in Tae Kwon Do through the United States TKD Federation and the International TKD Federation, and he is a Kali/Eskrima student. He lectures and teaches through out the United States and is the co-author of Contact Weapons: Lethality and Defense published by Gun Site Press.

Detective (Ret.) Earl Gould Metropolitan Police Department, Washington D.C.

Mr. Gould is a veteran Economic Crimes Investigator, with 40 + years law enforcement and civilian experience primarily focused in the area of Economic Crimes. He holds a degree in Business Management and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He has completed training with the FBI on Economic Crime Investigation, Basic Forensic Accounting presented by Ben Franklin University and multiple annual certification training requirements with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He has presented seminars and college credit classes, in the field of Economic Crimes to or on behalf of local, regional and national organizations including, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC, Northern Virginia Community College, Association of Special Investigation Units, Lackawanna County (PA) District Attorney’s Office, Two 80 hour National Academies on Insurance Fraud Investigation (The Academy included attendees from BATF, Phoenix City Police Department (AZ), Phoenix City Fire Department, Arizona and Utah State Insurance Fraud Divisions, Police Investigators from Mexico and Special Investigators from multiple insurance companies.), American Insurance Association (AIA) training seminars (“Response to Catastrophes – Preventing Fraud”; “Preventing and Investigating Injured Workers Compensation Fraud”; “Arson Investigation – After Origin and Cause”; “Un-Cooking the Books – Evaluating a Suspect Company’s Records”) and The United States Attorney’s Office, Washington, DC. He currently conducts background investigations on individuals seeking high level security clearances for employment with the federal government, as a Special Investigator with the FBI and other federal agencies and consults with federal agencies and supporting contract companies on improving efficiency and accuracy of investigations in addition to consulting with various private companies on uncovering fraud schemes affecting their companies. From 2000 to 2005, he was contracted with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service as a Fraud Analyst. Mr. Gould’s experience, in Economic Crimes covers a broad spectrum of schemes, from street Con Artists and check writers to embezzlers, computer fraud practitioners, organized crime rings and arsonists. He identified and investigated the first two computer related crimes ever identified by the Metropolitan Police Department and created a nationwide networking program to identify and track traveling “gypsy” fraud perpetrators. His expertise in financial crimes investigations was recognized by the Department when he was assigned to assist in the creation of a Consumer Fraud Unit and additional duties supporting the Department’s Homicide Squad, Internal Affairs Division and the city’s Medicaid Fraud Unit, to analyze financial records . After retirement from the police department, he entered employment in the insurance industry, where he was recruited to become a member of the management team to create the first Special Investigations Unit (Investigating Insurance Fraud) for the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Insurance Company. He researched and established a national, companywide program to combat Injured Workers Compensation Fraud and a program to respond to major disasters to support insurance claim teams and prevent and investigate fraudulent insurance claims. Mr. Gould served in the United States Air Force as a Air Policeman and Flight Supervisor, working in law enforcement, corrections and security. 10 years after discharge from the Air Force he joined the United States Army Reserves, serving first in a Military Police Training Brigade, as an instructor and as the Senior NCO/Manager of the Instructor Training Course. He later transferred to a Theater Army Command where he served as the Senior Logistics NCO or Security Plans and Operations, where he was responsible for subordinate unit training development, VIP and Command Officer security planning and execution, and incident investigations involving inventory shortages. He retired after 22 years combined service as a Master Sergeant (E-8).

Ofc/Attny Edward Grandis Rehoboth Beach Police

Ed has been an Attorney for over 20 years practicing law in broad ranges from Criminal, Defense, Business, Civil and Political Law. For the past few years Ed has also worked with the Rehoboth Beach Police Department, Delaware as a seasonal officer and Investigations Unit. Ed was appointed as an Assistant Alderman (Judge) for Rehoboth Beach in 2003.

Multiple Course Instructors Forensic Training Services, Inc.

Multiple instructors will be used to cover all topics. All instructors have at least 10 to 20 years in their respected fields and some are Nationally known Authors, Trainers and Investigators.

Agent Patrick J. Kelly Federal Bureau of Investigation,

Patrick J. Kelly was with the · Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent- thirty-two years. · Polygraph Examiner from 1981-2001. · Conducted in excess of two thousand interrogations. · Conducted in excess of six thousand interviews. · Principal instructor for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for statement analysis, interviewing and interrogation. EDUCATION: · Diploma, St John’s Preparatory School, Brooklyn, New York 1961. · BA. St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York. 1965 Graduate credits from Shippensburg University and the University of Virginia in psychology and physiology. · FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. 1969. · United States Army Polygraph School, Ft. McClellan, Alabama. 1981. EMPLOYMENT: · 1966-1969 – The United States Army. · 1969-2001 – Federal Bureau of Investigation. Savannah, GA 1969-1970 Philadelphia, PA 1970-1976 Harrisburg Resident Agency Harrisburg, PA 1976-2001 SPECIALIZED TRAINING: · Basic Training (Outstanding Trainee) Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. · Officer Candidate School, Ft. Benning, Georgia. · Airborne School, Ft. Benning, Georgia. · Special Forces, Ft Bragg, North Carolina. · Ranger School, Ft Benning, Georgia SPECIALIZED TRAINING, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: · SWAT Training (1972) · Relief Supervisor (1974) · Polygraph Examiner (1981) Specialized training continued: · International Instructor Training (1993) · Police Training Instructor (1993-2001) TRAINING EXPERIENCE: · Provided training for over a thousand local, state and federal law enforcement officers in the intricacies of conducting criminal investigation specializing in statement analysis, interviewing and interrogation. · Qualified Municipal Police Instructor – Developed a course for Interviewing and Interrogation for the Municipal Police Officers Training and Education Committee. · Training new agents and agent instructors. · Adjunct instructor at the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI). · Foreign Country Teaching – first agent instructor requested to travel abroad on behalf of the FBI to teach interviewing and interrogation to hundreds of prosecutors and law enforcement officers from the countries of Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Mexico and Palestine. LECTURING EXPERIENCE: · The Dickinson/Penn State School of Law, Carlisle, PA. · Numerous local colleges, schools and agencies. · Instructor-National Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, Md. · Instructor-Harrisburg Community College. · Instructor-Northeast Regional Drug Training Center-Polygraph School. · Numerous lectures for insurance companies. POLYGRAPH EXPERIENCE: · A certified polygraph examiner since 1981 conducting specific issue criminal investigation polygraph examinations covering all types of criminal activity. · Hundreds of polygraph examinations for pre-employment screening for numerous law enforcement agencies. · Counter-espionage polygraph examinations. · Polygraph examinations for foreign governments often using a translator · Consultant on polygraph matters to the CIA, DEA, IRS, U.S.Secret Service, U.S.Customs and the Office of Independent Counsel. JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: I have provided testimony on numerous occasions in Federal, State and local courts and have been certified as an expert in the field of polygraph within the U.S.District Court, Middle District of Pa.

Dir. Mike King Homeland Security/Utah Department of Public Safety

Mike King - Homeland Security/Utah Department of Public Safety Mike King is an Intelligence Supervisor for the Utah Criminal Intelligence Center and oversees intelligence for 9 counties. Prior to working for DPS, Mike was the Director of the Utah criminal Tracking and Analysis Project and retired as a Lieutenant from the Utah Attorney General's Office. Mike began his career in 1979 with the Pleasant View Police Department and several months later with the Ogden City Police Department where he served in Patrol, Motors and the Tactical Squad/SWAT Team. In 1987, he joined the Weber County Attorney's Office as an Investigator and Chief of Staff. While there, he served as the lead investigator in the Zion Society organization, (a group of 150 individuals practicing bizarre religious doctrine and sexually abusing children). As a result of that investigation, 12 defendants were charged with major felony crimes. All the defendants were convicted in what is now considered one of the largest, most successfully prosecuted cases of organized cultic abuse in U.S. history. In 1992, King joined the Utah Attorney General's Office, and was assigned to conduct a statewide study on Ritual Crime for the Utah State Legislature. While there, he investigated hundreds of bizarre ritual or cult behavior crimes and worked with local, state and federal law enforcement in determining future protocols for the handling of ritualistic crimes. He is the former Chief of Staff to Jan Graham who served as Utah Attorney General from 1993-2001. He served in the Investigations Division and as the co-chair of the Strategic Planning Committee for Utah Law Enforcement. He also served a 3 year assignment to the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) National Advisory Board as the co-chair. He teaches Criminal Investigative Analysis for the Utah Peace Officers Standards and Training academy and as an adjunct professor in Criminal Justice at Weber State University and the Salt Lake Community College. King is the recipient of the 2002 NAPO (National Association of Police Organizations) "Top Cop" award and the 1989 National Police Officer of the Year award and various other awards for his action related to cult investigations, organized criminal activity and community resourcing. Mike has a Master of Criminal Justice degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and Communications. Mike is the co-author of "Who Killed King Tut", Prometheus Press, 2004, "Analyzing Criminal Behavior I and II", IQ Press, 2002-3, "Victimology, Predators Part I", IQ Press, 2002, "Ritual Crime in Utah", State of Utah, 1993 and "Basic Patrol Concepts", self published, 1984 and law enforcement articles in many publications including the FBI Bulletin. He is a featured speaker and trainer nationally and has consulted in major criminal cases worldwide, including consultation for APBNews.com, MSNBC, Court TV, FOX National News "On the Record" with Gretta Van Susteren, Canadian Global Television, the Michael Reagan Show and most recently for his co-lead role for the Discovery Channel in the "Assassination of King Tut" airing worldwide in 144 countries and 33 languages.

Medical Examiner Neil Langolis Consultant

Medical Examiner, Forensic Pathologist, Wentworthville, Australia

Ret. Stephen R. Mathews Wicomico County Sheriff's Office

Stephen R. Mathews is employed by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office in the State of Maryland and is currently the Commander of the Law Enforcement Division of the Child Advocacy Center. He has held this position since 1999 when the Advocacy Center was first started. He supervises all the criminal investigations related to child abuse and neglect in that County. From 1969 to 1991 he was with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. From 1974 he worked in the Sex Offense Branch investigating allegations of sex offenses involving adult and child victims. He provided specialized training within his department and for the surrounding jurisdictions. During this same period of time he authored a plan to start a new unit dealing with crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children for the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia. Since 1986 Mr. Mathews has been lecturing throughout the country on “Interviewing the Sexually Assaulted or Abused Child”. He is one of 25 investigators in the United Stated qualified as an expert by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) on the investigation of pedophiles. In 1987 he was among 50 investigators in the nation chosen to attend an advanced seminar on the sexual exploitation of children at the F.B.I. Academy. Mr. Mathews is a member of the Implementation Committee for the Wicomico Child Advocacy Center, in Wicomico County Maryland. He is also on the Executive Board of the “Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault” for the State of Maryland. He is a board member of the “Maryland Children’s Alliance”. He is a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the Fraternal Order of Police. He is the Co-founder and past president of the Washington Area Sex Crimes Organization.

Det. Richard (Rick) Payson Montgomery Police Department

Richard O. “Ric” Payson Ric Payson has 27 years in law enforcement. He has worked with the Montgomery Police Department, Montgomery Alabama for the last 19 years, of this time 14 years were with the Detective Division. He is a certified instructor in Burglary and Robbery Investigation, Identity Theft / White Collar Crime. He is currently assigned as a patrol supervisor and trains patrol officers in basic crime scene investigation including the recovery of latent prints and crime scene photography. His additional duties include the S.W.A.T. as a Hostage Negotiator. He is a F.B.I. certified firearms instructor. He has over 20 years with the Alabama National Guard in both the Air Force and Army law enforcement fields. He is an Army CID special agent with 8 years experience with specialized training as a Hostage Negotiator and Protective Services.

Officer Rex T.  Plant (Former) Metropolitan Police Department, washington D.C.

REX PLANT: Senior Evidence Technician Forensic Training Services Rex Plant is the past Mobile Crime Laboratory Training Coordinator for the Metropolitan Police Department, Washington DC. Rex was a sworn Senior Officer/Evidence Technician with an extensive background in evidence recovery and crime scene examinations. Over the past twelve years Rex has specialized in homicide scenes in a city that ranks one of the highest murder rates in the nation. His hands on knowledge of death and murder scenes affords him the ability to present one of the finest crime scene reconstruction and evidence recovery classes in the field. Rex has conducted training seminars for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms, The United States Secret Service, the United States Attorneys Office, Washington, DC along with numerous state and local law enforcement agency’s. He has been qualified on numerous occasions as an expert witness in the field of crime scene reconstruction, examination and physical evidence recovery. He has authored training materials on crime scene procedures and techniques of evidence identification, recovery and interpretation. He is a former faculty member of the Prince George’s Community College Forensic Science Division and a member of the International Association of Identification. Officer Plant holds certification in Forensic training as well as instructor development and course design.

Detective II Ronald K. Reid Metropolitan Police Department, Washington D.C.

Fourteen years experience specializing in Sexual Assaults, Sexual Homicide and Child Deaths and Abuse.

Agent (Detective grade Sgt.) Ret David L. Ritter Williamsport Bureau of Police, Pennsylvania

19 years experience, Agent Ritter currently works Major Crime Scene Investigation’s for his department. Agent Ritter is also A graduate of the FBI National Academy 200th session and holds a BA in Criminal Justice.

Sergeant (Ret.) David W. Sargent Metropolitan Police Department, Washington DC

Metropolitan Police Department Washington, D.C. Date of Appointment: 04-29-73 Graduated from MPDC Police Academy 12-21-1973 Assigned to the MPDC Seventh District Station 12-23-1973 During seven years in the Seventh District, assignments included: Scout Car patrol assignments Patrol Wagon assignments Plain Clothes tactical assignments (stake outs and undercover assignments) Station Clerk assignments Acting Sergeant assignments Promoted to the rank of Sergeant 11-30-1980 Assigned to the Fifth District Station 11-30-1980 During five years in the Fifth District, assignments included: Supervised Patrol Officers assigned to foot beats, motorcycle beats, and patrol wagons. Supervised plain clothes tactical unit Supervised uniformed special event units, (Redskins football games, parades, large crowd entertainment events) Supervised Fifth District K-9 unit Supervised Fifth District Warrant Squad Transferred to the Identifications and Record Division, Crime Scene Examination Section 06-16-1980, as Supervisor of the Mobile Crime Lab. Served as ID & Records Watch Commander on evening and midnight tours of duty, responsible for the supervision and overall operation of the Department’s Central Cell Block, Central Records Section, Latent Fingerprints Section, AFIS Identification Section, Firearms and Tool-Mark Section. Graduated from the Department’s Crime Scene Investigation School 10-26-1985. Processed over 850 homicide scenes as lead or assisting evidence technician. Processed over 600 sexual assault crime scenes as lead or assisting evidence technician. Processed over 250 bank robbery scenes as lead or assisting evidence technician. Processed numerous death scenes involving overdoses, suicides, accidental deaths, industrial accidents and traffic accidents. Processed the scene of a small airplane collision into the White House causing the death of the pilot. Testified in trials involving cases of homicide, assault withy intent to kill and sexual assaults over six hundred times. Has testified as a crime scene expert in D.C. Superior Court three times. Has testified in civil trials and depositions numerous times. Retired from the Metropolitan Police Department on June 26, 2004.

Det. (Ret.) Tracy Sparshot Montgomery County Police Department, Maryland

Tracy served for 24 years with the Montgomery County, MD Police Department. While with the department he spent time in uniform, Decentralized SWAT, Special Assignment Team, Narcotics and K-9. He has been deputized as a U.S. Marshal and been assigned to the FBI, DEA, Customs and the IRS. Tracy has been involved in undercover operations that have taken him to Florida, New York, Connecticut, as well as California. He is recognized as an expert in the field of Undercover Narcotic Investigations as well as Drug Interdiction, by Maryland District Courts as well as Maryland Circuit Courts and U.S. Federal Court. Tracy's teaching credentials span over 12 years and include Law Enforcement Academies throughout the United States, including investigators from all branches of the U.S. Military, Narcotic Enforcement Officers Associations, International Chief's of Police as well as U.S. State Department training provided to National Police Force from several countries abroad. Tracy has been the guest speaker at Narcotic Conference's in Utah, Illinois, Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has been an honorarium at several major universities, and he also served as Co-Chairman for the Council of Government subcommittee on Narcotics. During his career with Montgomery County, Tracy was involved in numerous long term undercover operations. One of these operations was a year long drug investigation between Washington, D.C. and Florida. Both the FBI and IRS were brought into the case because of the amount of money, property and statewide issues involved. The case ultimately resulted in over 30 arrests and the seizure of over $4,000,000.00 in assets. Sparshott is featured in the undercover book Trust Me written by Richard Rashke. Amazon rated Trust Me with its highest 5 Star rating and called it "a must read for all cops".

Major (Ret.) Nicholas G. Valltos Prince George's County Police

Nicholas G. Valltos retired as a Major from the Prince George’s County Police Department, Prince George’s County, Maryland after thirty-three years of service. During his career, he commanded the Criminal Investigative Division as well as two District Patrol Stations. Nick has performed at every level of the police function and has developed, instituted and supervised police procedures for the day to day responsibilities of patrol and advanced specialized operational functions demanding planning, logistics and coordination with multi local, state and Federal agencies. Nick has a B S degree in Organizational Management from Columbia Union College and an MS degree in Management from the Johns Hopkins Police Executive Leadership Program. Nick’s training style has been developed over years of working with and interacting with police officers and law enforcement personnel at every level. One recent deputy police chief that attended a training seminar said of Nick: “He didn’t teach from a book or another person's theories, he taught real life issues with real life answers from real life experience!”

Detective (Retired) William E. Wagner Metropolitan Police Department (Washington DC)

Bill Wagner was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC and has 31 years of experience as a Criminal Investigator and Investigative Supervisor. He has had extensive involvement in all areas of Criminal Investigations with a specialty in Violent Crimes. He is a nationally recognized trainer in Criminal Investigations, Case Management and Defense Proofing Techniques for Trial Presentation. Detective Wagner has been qualified as an expert on Criminal Investigations Procedures in both Federal and Local courts through his lengthy career. From 1991 to 2001, in addition to his investigative responsibilities, he has been a faculty member and on the board of advisors for the Criminal Justice Division at the Prince George’s Community College, Largo Maryland. Det. Wagner developed and assisted in the implementation of the College A.A. degree program for Forensic Science. He is the Past Deputy Director of Criminal Investigations Training at the Prince Georges Municipal Police Academy and has provided seminars nationally at both the local and federal level. Bill’s instructional style is unmatched in today’s law enforcement training environment and has been developed through years of interaction with the working police officer. His understanding of violent offenders, pattern offenses and criminal behavior have been time proven investigative directives that have lead police departments and federal agencies to enhance their investigative ability, increase arrest and case clearance rates and show a direct rise in their conviction rates. Bill currently holds certification in both law enforcement training and instructor development.

Sgt. (Ret.) Gary Watson Limestone County Constables Office

Gary started his law enforcement career with the U.S. Air Force in 1972 as an Air Policeman. Since that time he has worked for various police agencies: West Tawakoni Police Department, Heath Police Department, Rockwall County Sheriff’s Department, Rowlett Police Department where he held the Rank of Sergeant for 10 years, Mexia Police Department, Limestone County Sheriff’s Department and is currently with the Limestone County Constables Office. Gary has been a Professor of Criminal Justice at Navarro County Community College for the past six years. Gary holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, a Masters in Public Administration and is currently working on a Masters of Science in Criminal Justice at South University. He is a graduate of the Texas Law Enforcement Management Institute and Southwest Legal School of Command Management. He has held a Master’s Peace Officers Certification since 1994 for the State of Texas. Gary has worked and supervised in the divisions of Criminal Investigations, Patrol, Traffic, Tactical, and Training. Gary’s community involvement includes Board of Advisors for Criminal Justice at Navarro College, Assistant District Governor of Rotary District 5870, Board of Directors Mexia Chamber of Commerce and Co-Chairman Mexia Rodeo Committee. Gary and his wife Vicki reside in Mexia Texas where they own and operate of an automotive service center

Mr. John Wiggins North Carolina Justice Academy

Instructor: John J. Wiggins John began his law enforcement career in 1983 as a Security Policeman in the United States Air Force. John served for five years as a patrol officer then a shift supervisor. John separated from the Air Force in 1988. He then joined the Goldsboro Police Department in Goldsboro NC, were he served as a Patrol Officer. While on Patrol he held the additional duty positions as the Shift Identification Officer and Field Training Officer. John then worked as a Crime Scene/Evidence Technician. He was responsible for processing all major crime scenes and managing the evidence and property room. His next assignment was with the Selective Enforcement Unit. SEU was responsible for serving high risk search/arrest warrants, street level narcotics interdiction and stakeout duties. John was then promoted to Corporal and returned to patrol as a shift supervisor. Next, he was promoted to investigator and specialized in crimes against the person. John was eventually promoted to Sergeant of Investigations which also included the responsibility for conducting Internal Affairs Investigations. John joined the NC Justice Academy (NCJA) training staff in October 1998. His primary areas of instruction are death investigation, suicide investigation and fundamentals of the investigative process. John is responsible for coordinating all the death related courses for the NCJA. In addition to his primary courses he assists with the Crime Scene Processing and Bloodspatter Interpretation courses. John provides technical assistance in the area of homicide, suicide, sexual assaults and case reviews upon request. In addition to his Academy duties, John serves as a reserve Officer with the Indian Beach Police Department. John obtained a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Mount Olive College; He has completed the NC Justice Academy’s Criminal Investigator’s Certificate Program and obtained the Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate from the NC Criminal Justice Training and Standards Division.