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Jeff Baker
Medal of Valor recipient and distinguished police writer, Sgt. Jeff Baker is a veteran supervisor who has authored numerous articles and white papers on common sense leadership and critical incident survival mindset, among other topics germane to the law enforcement community. Baker is a FLETA certified police instructor and member of ILEETA.
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Betsy Brantner-Smith
Sergeant Betsy Brantner-Smith is a 28-year veteran of the Naperville (IL) Police Department and has held positions in investigations, narcotics, juvenile, crime prevention and field training, and is presently a patrol supervisor. A graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety's School of Staff and Command, Betsy writes for numerous law enforcement and government publications and has been an instructor for the Calibre Press "Street Survival" seminar since 2003.
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Karen Bune
Karen L. Bune is employed as a victim specialist in the domestic violence unit of the State’s Attorney’s Office for Prince George’s County, Md. She also serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and Marymount University in Arlington, Va., where she teaches victimology, and is a consultant for the DOJ's Training and Technical Assistance Center for the Office for Victims of Crime and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope
Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope is a retired police lieutenant from the City of Huntington Beach (CA) with more than 29 years of active law enforcement service. He is currently active as a police trainer and serves as the Program Administrator for the CA. POST Commission Institute of Criminal Investigation, Instructor Workshop Series.
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Kevin Davis
Kevin R. Davis is a full-time officer with over 25 years in law enforcement. Previous assignments include: patrol, corrections, and plainclothes narcotics investigations. He is a former SWAT operator, team leader and instructor currently assigned to the training bureau where he specializes in use of force, suspect control and firearms training.
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Tim Dees
Tim Dees was a law enforcement officer for 15 years in Nevada, and taught criminal justice full time for eight years. He holds a bachelor's degree in biological science, a master of science degree in criminal justice, and the Certified Protection Professional credential from ASIS International.
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Jim Donahue
Jim Donahue is one of the nation's leading authorities on the subject of technology in the patrol car and the tactics which ensure that it improves officer safety. Donahue is qualified to train a wide variety of mobile products from basic mobile clients through electronic ticketing and report writing. Donahue got his formal education at Michigan State University and his street-level cop education on the streets of Metro Detroit, Michigan.
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Volitta Fritsche
Volitta Fritsche is a 20-year veteran of the Morgan County Sheriff's Department in Indiana. She served as the juvenile officer at the department for ten years, chief deputy for four years, and retired holding the rank of Detective Sergeant. She currently holds the title of Jail Corrections Administrator. She's written and self-published two true crime books and one children's book.
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Sgt. Charles E. Humes Jr.
Sgt. Charles E. Humes Jr. is recognized internationally as one of the pioneers of modern, realistic police defensive tactics training. He’s taught seminars and instructor certification schools nationally and has trained police instructors at the international training conferences of IALEFI and ILEETA. Humes is the author, director, editor and producer of the top-selling police video training tape Dynamic Striking Techniques, used by police departments, training academies and individual officers worldwide. Visit his Web site at
www.charleshumes.com.
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Glen Karpovich, MS, CEM
Glen Karpovich was a police officer for more than 25 years. Currently, he serves as the Deputy Coordinator for the Ramsey, NJ Office of Emergency Management. He is a Certified Emergency Manager and an Emergency Medical Technician. While with the Ramsey, NJ Police Department, he was a patrol sergeant. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Public Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and his MS degree in Social Science from Long Island University.
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Pamela Kulbarsh, RN, BSW
Pamela Kulbarsh, RN, BSW has been a crisis psychiatric nurse with San Diego's Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) for seven years, and is also a member of the county's Psychiatrist Disaster Team, Emergency Medical Reserve Corps, and Elder Death Review Team. Pam has been a frequent guest speaker related to psychiatric emergencies and has published articles in both law enforcement and nursing magazines.
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Paul Laska
Paul Laska began his career in law enforcement with the Belle Glade, FL Police Department in 1974, where he was assigned to the Identification Section. In 1977 he moved to the Martin County Sheriff's Office in Florida, where he worked for 25 years. Since retirement in 2002 he has continued in the field, working as a consultant, an instructor for a number of programs, and as a writer.
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Keith Lavery
Keith R. Lavery, M.A., CMAS, is a full-time criminal justice educator. Keith had a very diverse police career for over 17 years, with assignments ranging from patrol to specialized functions, and works part-time as a patrol officer in Northeastern Ohio. Keith is a Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist and is currently the Law Enforcement Liaison for the Cleveland, chapter of ASIS International.
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Brian McKenna
Brian McKenna recently retired as a lieutenant with the Hazelwood (MO) Police Department, where he was assigned to the patrol division as a shift supervisor (lieutenant), and also served as an in-service trainer and lead firearms instructor. For many years, Brian authored Police Marksman magazine's "Officer Down" column. He teaches officer safety courses and consults for Winning Edge Training.
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Richard Nance
Rich Nance became a police officer in 1997, and in 2001 he took on the role of lead defensive tactics instructor for his department. Rich has been a SWAT team member since 2003. He is currently a firearm, patrol rifle, and less-lethal munitions instructor. Rich has authored several articles on police defensive tactics and co-produced a line of instructional DVDs. In 2004 Rich and a partner founded WARTAC, a company specializing in tactical training for police and military personnel.
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Deborah Osborne
Deborah Osborne was a crime analyst in the Buffalo Police Department from 1997-2007, and now teaches online course in crime and intelligence analysis for the American Military University and Empire State College, State University of New York. By engaging in liaison between levels of analysis in policing, military, and national security, both nationally and internationally, her goal is to broaden the understanding of the value of analysis in all aspects of public safety.
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Michelle Perin
Michelle Perin was as a police telecommunications operator with the Phoenix (AZ) Police Department for eight years. Currently, she is working on her M.A. in Criminology from Indiana State University. Trained as a victims' advocate, she volunteers with community organizations. She is happily married to a municipal officer and enjoys spending time with him and their two boys. They especially enjoy camping, hiking, and watching the boys play hockey.
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Suzanna Ryan
Suzanna Ryan, MS is a forensic DNA analyst who has had the opportunity to work for both public and private DNA labs in her ten years of experience. Most recently she was the DNA Technical Leader for a private lab in San Diego. She also is an adjunct faculty member at National University in San Diego, where she teaches the serology and DNA courses for the Master of Science in Forensic Science program.
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Ken Solosky
Lt. Kenneth J. Solosky retired after 21 years of service with the New York City Police Department and had been assigned as a patrolman, patrol sergeant, patrol platoon commander, to the Warrant Division and as a police academy instructor. He retired as the Chief Pilot/Director of Training in the NYPD Aviation Unit. Ken recently was appointed the Chief Pilot for the Newark, NJ Police Aviation Unit. He holds FAA Airline Transport Pilot ratings and is a certified flight instructor.
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Shane G. Sturman, CFI®
Shane G. Sturman, CFI®, is the President of Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates, Inc . He is a nationally recognized speaker on interview and interrogation techniques and has presented hundreds of seminars on the topic to federal agencies, law enforcement and the private sector. As an investigator, Mr. Sturman has personally conducted thousands of interviews and interrogations for both private and public agencies.
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Neal Trautman
Neal Trautman is the director of the National Institute of Ethics. He also teaches anti-corruption seminars to foreign government officials for United States Department of State. Neal had a highly decorated, 16-year sworn law enforcement career with the Winter Park, FL, Police Department. Neal chaired both the IACP Ethics Training Committee and the IACP Police Ethics and Image committee. He has extensive experience as an author, instructor, presenter, and researcher in police ethics.
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Valerie Van Brocklin
Val Van Brocklin is an internationally-sought speaker, trainer and noted author who doesn't know she's small. In addition to her personal appearances, Val appears on television, radio, and the internet, and in newspapers, magazine articles and books. When she's not working, Val can be found flying her airplane with a shotgun, a fly rod, her retriever and high aspirations.
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Mike Wasilewski & Althea Olson, LCSW
Althea Olson, LCSW has been in private practice in the Chicago suburbs since 1996. She has a Master's of Social Work from Aurora University. She is trained in Critical Incident Stress Management and is a certified divorce mediator. Mike Wasilewski, MSW has been a police officer in a suburban Chicago agency since 1996. He holds a Master's of Social Work from Aurora University. Together, Mike & Althea provide unique training programs for police officers and therapists.
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John Wills
John M. Wills is a former Chicago police officer and retired FBI special agent. John was a SWAT Team member, undercover agent, and taught street survival internationally. Before retiring, he taught at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA for six years. A member of ILEETA and the FBI National Academy Associates (175th Session), John has written dozens of articles on training and officer survival. He is an NCAA-approved speaker on steroids and drugs, and owns his own company, LivSafe.
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