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I live and work in Crystal City, VA (a subdivision of Arlington, VA). I am located in between the Pentagon and National Airport . I think that I have something of a unique perspective of the demands placed on students at Breyer State University. I completed my BA in Criminal Justice Administration and my MA in Management and Supervision, Concentration in Public Administration on a part-time basis.
I have been teaching both management and criminal justice on the ground for more than twenty-three years and on-line for five years. I also give about 10-12 speeches a year for a wide variety of annual law enforcement seminars. I am something of a teaching junkie. I am a Fellow with the Graduate School of Government at Johns Hopkins University and I co-founded that university's Master of Arts in Government, Concentration in Law and Justice. I normally teach one graduate course for Johns Hopkins a semester. Additionally, I teach online for several other universities.
I am a Supervisory Special Agent and have been involved in federal law enforcement for more than thirty-three years. I have served as an Inquiry Director or Special Agent-in-Charge for eight major investigative task forces over the last twelve years. For example, for two years, I was a Team Leader for the investigation into the events at the 1991 Tailhook Association in Las Vegas, NV. I spent a year as the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Department of Defense portion of "Filegate", which was part of the Independent Counsel's investigation into the "Whitewater" matter. I was the lead Special Agent of an Inquiry conducted at the direction of the President's Foreign Intelligence Oversight Advisory Board into allegations that US Intelligence was involved in the torture and killing of Americans in Guatemala. I was the Inquiry Director for an investigation into the destruction of the ammunition dump at Khamisiyah, Iraq. It was the destruction of this dump that allegedly caused Gulf War Syndrome. I was the Inquiry Director into allegations of misconduct by the senior leadership of a federal law enforcement agency. I was the Inquiry Director of an Inquiry involving allegations of misconduct involving personnel assigned to the US counter-narcotics effort in Latin America. Most recently, I served as a Team leader of a forty person team, composed of federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel, as well as FAA and NTSB personnel, conducting search and rescue operations in the wake of the bombing of the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
In my previous life, I was a Supervisory Special Agent with the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command and in that twenty year career, I did a variety of things. I worked undercover narcotics and weapons for about four years. I worked as the Special Agent-in-Charge of the US Forces-Korea Hostage Negotiation and SWAT teams during the 1988 Summer Olympics. I worked as a Protective Services Officer for a protection detail for a time. My final position was as the Acting Director of Field Operations for a region that spanned 23 states and the District of Columbia.
What is my educational philosophy? I believe that it is critical that anyone studying criminal justice be flexible. I am not a mathematician, but I assume that 2 + 2 = 4 throughout the Universe. This is not the case with the Criminal Justice System. There are almost 18,000 police agencies in the United States. Each is governed by a different set of laws, administrative rules, and agency policies. We will learn from one another. That said, let's roll!
1982 - Master of Arts in Management and Supervision - Central Michigan University
1980 - Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice - Park College |
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