Law Enforcement: 

Captain, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, currently Assistant Director of Training, 

Staff Instructor, Use-of-Force Training Coordinator, Sheriff’s Training Academy, 2003 – present

Reserve Lieutenant, Director of Training – Homecroft Police Dept., 2013 – present

Lieutenant, Retired 2003, Director of Training, Cumberland Police Department 

Firearms Instructor, Indianapolis Public School Police  1995 – 2003

Special Guest Instructor, Indiana Law Enforcement Academy 1995 – 2010

Managing Director, Tactical Training Associates, Inc., 1988 – present.

Management and Supervisory Background, National Training:

  • 1995-1998    The Disney Approach to Management:  Organizer, attendee, and co-presenter in 7 Disney Institute Management seminars.  168 hours overall.
  • 1997-1998     Presenter and attendee at Inc. Magazine Management seminars in San Francisco, CA, & Aspen, CO.  48 hours overall.
  • 1994-1999     ASL Management Resources, co-presenter and co-developer of a series of national seminars in management and team-building for SAAB Aircraft, Lexis-Nexis, Control 
  • Systems International, Purdue University School of Business, U.S. DoD, SOCAP, etc.  
  • 1995-2000     U.S. exclusive licensee and representative for Belbin Team Role management system.
  • 2009  MCSD inaugural Supervisory Academy
  • 2009-2014     Lead Instructor, program manager, Marion County Sheriff Department     mandatory Supervisory Academy.

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, Summa cum Laude, IUPUI, 1975

Majors in Psychology and Philosophy, Minor in Sociology.            

Marion County Sheriff’s Academy, Class President, Academic Award, Top Gun Award.

Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Basic Academy Certification

General – Over 4,300 hours of advanced training in tactics, firearms, law enforcement, and management