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Joe Callanan

Joe Callanan

A retired sheriff's lieutenant from the County of Los Angeles (CA) with an extensive patrol background including SWAT and special operations, he holds multiple POST Commission certificates and is recognized as a subject matter expert concerning the use of force and deadly force. He has more than 35 years of law enforcement teaching experience and has been published more than 50 times in professional journals and magazines. As an early researcher into officer involved shootings, he assisted in the development of the original "shoot-don't shoot" weapons reaction training systems and the production of several "officer survival" training films. Since the early 1970's, he has been recognized as an expert in Superior and Federal Courts throughout the United States and in the Provincial Courts of Canada and Australia. Mr. Callanan holds BA degree from Pepperdine University and a MA from the University of Southern California, both in Public Administration.

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