COURSES

LEGAL

• Arrest, Search and Seizure: Constitutional Issues Impacting Law Enforcement Operations
• Emerging Legal Trends for Supervisors and Law Enforcement Officers
• Investigating Internal Affairs, Citizen Complaints and Officer Discipline
• National Internal Affairs Training and Certification
• Supervisor Liability

INVESTIGATION

• 5 Day Homicide Investigations, Tactics and Procedures
• 3-Day New Detective and New Criminal Investigator: Techniques, Procedures and Case Management
• 5-Day Homicide and Death Investigation
• 5-Day New Detective and New Criminal Investigator “Tactics, Techniques, Procedures and Case Management”
• 5-Day Use of Deadly Force and Officer Involved Shooting
• Burglary and Robbery Investigations for New Detectives and New Criminal Investigators
• Death Investigation for the First Officer and/or Supervisor on the Scene
• Death Investigation: Cause, Manner and Mechanism of Death and the Investigative Process
• Fatal Fire Investigation
• Investigating Cases of Child Homicide and Unexplained Deaths of Children
• Major Case Homicide and Violent Crimes Investigation
• Officer Involved Shootings

LEADERSHIP

• Field Training Officer Certification Course
• First Line Supervisor
• Leadership for the Field Training Officer
• Meeting the Leadership Challenges of Law Enforcement “First Line Supervisors”
• Managing and Supervising the FTO Unit
• Supervisor Liability
• The Essential Field Training Officer: Getting the Best Out of Your FTO Program

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

• Emerging Legal Trends and Liability Management for the Tactical, SWAT and Emergency Response Operations
• Supervising and Managing Protests, Demonstrations and Civil Unrest Operations
• Use of Force Certification

INTERVIEWS

• 5-Day Interview and Interrogation for Detectives, Criminal Investigators and First Responders
• Five Stages of Interview and Interrogations
• Mastering Interview and Interrogation Techniques for Investigators and First Responders

JAIL

• Administrative Investigation of Jail/Correction Officer Misconduct
• Best Practices for Jail/Corrections: From Intake and Beyond
• Critical Tasks in Jail/Correction Operations and Reducing Liability
• FTO for the Corrections Officer
• Jail/Correction Liability, Risk Management and Legal Issues Conference
• Jail Intake and Classification
• Leadership Skills for Today’s Jail/Correctional Officers
• PREA Investigator Training for Allegations of Inmate Sexual Abuse
• Supervising and Managing Jail/Corrections Operations

DIGITAL FORENSICS

• 5-Day Cellular Technology and Forensics (CTF) Certification
• Cell Phone Evidence: From Seizure to Court Room
• Cellular Investigations for Criminal, Drug and Homicide Investigators
• Cloud Data Investigations (Google/Apple/Facebook)
• Dark Web Forensics and Investigations: Crypto Currencies, Crypto Wallets, Bitcoin and Blockchain
• Smartphone Technology and Forensics Certification (+SMART)
• Social Networking, Router Interrogation, and On-Scene Triage Investigations

CERTIFICATIONS

• Field Training Officer Certification Course
• Day Cellular Technology and Forensics (CTF) Certification
• Smartphone Technology and Forensics Certification (+SMART)
• Use of Force Certification
• Court Security Officer Certification
• National Internal Affairs Training and Certification

COURTS

• Court Security Officer Certification
• Court Security: Response to Critical Incidents and Emergency Planning

INSTRUCTORS

JOHN “JACK” RYAN

LLRMI Co-Director, Attorney, Captain (Ret) Providence, RI Police Department

Jack Ryan is an Attorney in Rhode Island, a graduate Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude at Suffolk University Law School and has 20 years of law enforcement experience as a police officer with the Providence Police Department, Providence, RI.

Jack’s law degree and experience as a police officer gives him the unique perspective of public safety legal and liability issues. Jack is a former adjunct faculty member at Salve Regina University and lectures frequently throughout the United States. He has authored several legal publications, including the LLRMI best-selling “Legal Guide for Law Enforcement Officers and Supervisors” – an annually updated quick-reference guide to U.S. Supreme Court case law impacting law enforcement policies and procedures. Jack has authored “Law Enforcement Best Practices – 5th Edition”, “Jail and Best Practices” and “Emerging Legal Trends for SWAT, Tactical and Emergency Response Operations”. Jack has written policies and procedures that have been adopted by over 1,000 law enforcement and corrections agencies across the United States.

LOU REITER

Deputy Chief of Police (Retired), Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, California

Lou Reiter currently is a police consultant. He offers (3) separate professional services to the law enforcement community. He provides training to police groups in the high-liability area of use of force, emergency vehicle operations, high-risk operations, investigations of citizen complaints, Internal Affairs procedures, investigation of critical incidents, and liability management. He will normally conduct 15-20 of these programs ranging from 2 hours to 5 days in length. The primary seminars are a 2-1/2 day program on Internal Affairs and Police Discipline and a 5-day program on investigation of police use of force incidents. Each year nearly 1,000 police practitioners will attend these training programs.

Lou has been a consultant on 8 U.S. Department of Justice, civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section, investigations of agencies involving patterns and practices of Constitutional violations. He was selected as a Federal Court monitor for the Consent Decree of Colln v. Ventura County Sheriff”s Department, CA.

Lou provides litigation consultation to attorney firms involved in police civil actions. since 1983, Lou has been retained in over 1,100 such cases in nearly every state, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Lou was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1961 to 1981. During that tenure, he had 22 different assignments and rose through the ranks to retire as Deputy Chief of Police. About 70 percent of his time was spent in uniformed operations while the bulk of the remainder was in Internal Affairs, use of force review, training and personnel administration.

Lou has been published throughout his professional career. He was one of the principle researchers and authors of the 1973 Police Task Force Report, of the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Standards and Goals, where he authored the chapters on Internal Discipline, Training and Management-Employee Relations. Lou authored and published the Law Enforcement Administrative Investigations: A Manual Guide.

STEVE CAMPBELL

Major (Retired) Providence, RI Police Department

Stephen Campbell began his law enforcement career with the Providence, Rhode Island Police Department (with 500 sworn officers) in 1982 and retired at the rank of Major, Chief of Detectives in 2008. During his 26 years, he worked in numerous bureaus within the department including the Detective bureau, and developed and commanded the Domestic Violence Unit. He has investigated over 100 homicides and numerous suicides, accidental and natural deaths.

As the Chief of Detectives he had oversight of all Major Crimes, Narcotics Bureau & Organized Crime, Crime Scene Investigation & Evidence Collection, and Youth Services.

He has been an instructor since 2008 and has conducted law enforcement training seminars in 34 states. He is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute of Policing at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) at Boston University. He attended the Williams Homicide School, New York State Police. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration of Justice from Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI and a Master of Science Degree in Administration of Justice from Salve Regina University, Newport, RI.

TOM MARTIN

Tom Martin began his law enforcement career in 1988 as a uniformed New York State Trooper, and began his forensic career in 1990 as a crime scene field technician. For the majority of his career, Tom was assigned to the NYSP Forensic Identification Unit in Poughkeepsie, and supervised that unit for 14 years before retiring from that position in October 2010. Tom regularly provides forensic testimony in various state and federal courts.

Tom has a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. He is a nationally recognized speaker who has instructed at numerous forensic training seminars across the United States, including the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Conferences, The National Institute of Justice Annual Conferences and Technology Fairs, and the Smithsonian Institute. He is a faculty member of the National College of District Attorneys.

SHAUN SANTOS

Colonel, Lowell, Massachusetts Police Department, Attorney

Shaun is a Senior Associate of Jack Ryan and Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute. Sgt. Santos has been a law enforcement officer for 20 years, with over 15 years experience as a Narcotics Detective. He has extensive experience working with the Drug Enforcement Administration conducting electronic surveillance investigations into the Drug Trafficking Organizations. Shaun is currently assigned to the DEA’s Financial Investigations Team (FIT), anti-money laundering group, responsible for conducting electronic laundering investigations. He has experience with foreign and domestic money pick-ups, international bank wire transfers, familiarity with Black Market Peso Exchange, and Attorney General Exempt Operations (AGEO), allowing for the laundering of drug proceeds in furtherance of narcotics investigations.

Shaun received his Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; Master’s Degree from Anna Maria College; and Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School.

GLENN BARD

CISSP, EnCE, CFCE, CEECS, CHFI, A+, Network+, Security+

Glenn Bard is a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper First Class and U.S. Veteran of Operations Desert Storm. In 1999 Glenn began Computer Crime Investigations for the PA State Police and has since investigated crimes across the United States ranging from Child Pornography to Criminal Homicide. Glenn has also conducted forensic examinations for City, State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies including the FBI, US Postal Inspectors, and I.C.E., as well as, foreign governments.

Glenn has been certified as an expert in both State Court and by the United States Federal Court in the areas of Digital Forensics, Cellular Technology and Computer Technology.

JEFF CARTER

Deputy Director (Retired), Fayette County Detention Center Adult Facility, Lexington, KY

Jeff retired December 2018 as the Deputy Director of the Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Over his 20-year career, he has worked all levels of custody inside a 1,300-bed correctional facility located in the horse racing capitol of the world. Jeff was an instructor for 5 years inside the academy, where he trained over 700 recruits, molding them into successful leaders in the Corrections field. He has trained and commanded the CERT team, as well as taught Drill and Ceremony to the Division Honor guard. While promoting through the ranks, he commanded the Professional Standards Unit where he specialized in Internal Affairs investigations and Gang Intel for 7 years. Jeff completed over 200 administrative investigations, as well as, conducted over 100 PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) investigations. He is well versed in PREA and is a PREA Investigator Instructor. Jeff has completed the top Leadership Academies at the National Institute of Corrections in Aurora, Colorado. He brings experience from proudly serving 4 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, followed by obtaining his BS degree in Corrections and Juvenile Services/Political Science from Eastern Kentucky University, through his career as a Corrections Leader. Jeff was a Certified Deputy Coroner within the Commonwealth of Kentucky for 8 years. He presents jail training throughout the country and serves as an Expert Witness around the United States, focusing on jail litigation.

TRACEY REED

(Retired), Kentucky Department of Corrections, Louisville, KY

Ms. Tracey Reed has over a quarter century of total corrections experience. A graduate of Brescia University, is a veteran in the field of corrections, having served the Commonwealth of Kentucky for over a decade as a Senior Probation and Parole Officer in addition to being selected as the first female jail consultant.

Since retiring from the KY Department of Corrections in 2013, Ms. Reed has served as an Independent Jail Consultant for the Kentucky Association of Counties. She routinely develops and provides training for elected jailers and their staff in critical areas of operations, to help KACO’s clients improve safety and security for those incarcerated in county jails, while also helping reduce liability for individual jail staff members and the county agencies that employ them.

In addition, Ms. Reed serves as a member of the Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute’s advisory board, conducting audits for jails, providing training for correctional officers across the United States, and serving as an expert witness for litigants in the area of intake screening, suicides, mental health, classifications, detoxification, and policy and procedures. Her expertise includes interpreting state and federal regulatory standards governing jail operations, construction, renovation, as well as conducting investigations into critical incidents. She resides in Louisville, Kentucky.

ROBERT G. LOWERY, JR.

Major (Retired), Florissant, Police Department, Florissant, Missouri

Robert Lowery was the 5th police official to be appointed as Commander of the elite 35-year Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad, a multi-jurisdictional violent crime task force concerned with the high-profile murder investigations in Missouri and Illinois. Serving 2.5 million citizens across 12 counties. Formed partnerships with Federal Law Enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United State Marshal Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Secret Service and Internal Revenue to maximize resources available for in-progress homicide cases. Robert created the Technical Operations Group, a specially-trained team designed to provide electronic support in tracking and locating suspects. Robert created the Family Liaison Program which provided specially-trained investigators to work with families of victims of homicide cases, investigated violent crimes with 500 Law Enforcement Investigators from over 100 local, county, state, federal agencies and managed high-level murder cases in collaboration with numerous officers and agencies.

Robert is a member of the International Homicide Investigators Association, Quantico, Virginia, United State Department of Justice, Federal Agency Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children, Washington DC, International Coroners and Medical Examiners Association and Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Academy Association.

DANNY L. PRICE

Major, Indiana State Police Department

Danny Price is a Veteran of Law Enforcement and Leadership Instruction. He began his Policing Career with the Indiana State Police in 1986 as a Trooper in Southern Indiana and has worked his way through the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain and Major. His 32+ years of Law Enforcement includes 24 in Leadership Positions giving him a unique view of Management, Leadership and Supervision from the perspective of a First-Line Supervisor to that of Top Management.

Danny holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Southern Indiana and a Master’s Degree from Indiana University. He is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute’s Command Officer Development Course from the University of Louisville and the 194th   Session of the FBI National Academy.

JERRY RODRIQUEZ

Captain (Retired), Los Angeles Police Department

Jerry Rodriguez is a retired Captain from the Los Angeles Police Department; he was also a Deputy Police Commissioner in Baltimore Police Department and most recently the Chief of Investigations for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. He was instrumental in the creation of the LAPD Force Investigation Division in response to the 2001 DOJ Consent Decree. Jerry is currently working as an investigator with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s.

DR. P. MICHAEL MURPHY, F-ABMDI

Dr. P. Michael Murphy serves as President and CEO of M Power USA, an international management consulting firm providing management and leadership guidance to public and private agencies. Dr. Murphy brings 40 plus years of law enforcement and public service experience to the position serving in a multitude of roles giving him a unique perspective beginning with boots on the ground of Chief of Police.

Dr. Murphy most recently served as Director of Special Services for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Virginia where he was responsible for the Long Term Missing and Unidentified, Forensic Services, Image Enhancement/Age Progression Units. Dr. Murphy is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a doctoral degree in Business Administration with California Pacific University. He is also Fellow with the American Board of Medicolegal Investigators.

Dr. Murphy recently received the 2018 International Homicide Investigators Association Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as, the Award for Excellence for his contributions to IHIA education and training programs. Dr. Murphy has served as President of the International Association of Coroner & Medical Examiners (IACME), President of the Nevada Chapter of the FBI National Academy (FBINA), President of the Nevada Sheriff’s and Chief’s Association, Chairman of the State of Nevada Peace Officer’s Standards and Training Commission (POST), as well as, Advisory Board Member of the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP). He continues to serve on numerous committees at the     federal, state and local levels, including, but not limited to the recently created “The Wounded Blue Project”.

DANIEL SOSNOWSKI

Dan Sosnowski has been a senior interview and interrogation instructor for over 35 years.  He has been awarded a Senior Research Fellow in Forensic Psychology at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. In January 2008, he was selected as Subject Matter Expert to teach the Counter-Intelligence Command in Iraq on behalf of the U.S. Government. In June 2008, he was once again selected as Subject Matter Expert to teach the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior on behalf of the U.S. Government. In 1997, he was selected as a Subject Matter Expert to work with John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory which developed the “Mike Simmen” FBI Interactive Computer Interview Program.

Dan was a former police officer and investigator in the Chicago area and was on the staff at John E. Reid & Associates.

Dan is President of SOS Services, Inc., a private consulting company located in Woodstock, Georgia. Dan is currently performing a wide range of interviews and specializes in sex offender testing. Dan has been a leader in the area of developing tactics and techniques to interview individuals involved in sexual deviant behavior. He has been teaching this specialized course to police agencies, therapist and probation officers.

Dan has conducted over 20,000 interviews regarding all areas of criminal behavior. These cases cover a wide range of emotional and cognitive behaviors involving the individuals being interviewed and sometimes confronted with very negative information. In order to successfully interview people, Dan has had to employ verbal de-escalation tactics to diffuse anger and turn those negative emotions into something positive. He will teach the methods and techniques he currently utilizes in everyday situations. He conducts numerous training seminars across the United States and Europe regarding Interviewing & Interrogation course. He is a clinical member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA).

Dan’s diverse background in both the private and law enforcement agencies, along with presently conducting criminal interviews and interrogations, gives him a wealth of knowledge and experience to draw from.  As a speaker, Dan is very informative and motivating.  His sense of humor makes it a pleasure to listen to him.  He easily adapts to circumstances and surroundings, which is one of the foremost assets of any successful interviewer.

STAN WALTERS, CSP

“The Lie Guy®”

Authority on Investigative Interviewing & Reliability Analysis

Stan B. Walters is an internationally recognized authority on investigative interviewing and interrogation. For more than four decades he has studied the science of interviews and helped investigators replace outdated assumptions with methods grounded in psychology, memory science, and behavioral research.

Walters is the developer of the Cognitive Reliability Framework™, a modern approach to diagnosing reliability in high-stakes interviews and evaluating statements under investigative and courtroom scrutiny.

With more than four decades of real-world experience, Walters is trusted by elite practitioners operating in law enforcement, military, and intelligence environments. He has delivered training on 23 U.S. military installations worldwide, where his methods have been applied in operational
and battlefield interview environments.

He is the author of Principles of Kinesic Interview and Interrogation and The Truth About Lying, published in seven languages worldwide, and co-author of three peer-reviewed scientific papers on credibility and investigative interviewing.

Walters has conducted extensive research on credibility assessment and maintains a unique archive of more than 1,500 videotaped interviews of incarcerated offenders recorded in 40 correctional institutions across the United States.

His work focuses on improving the reliability and defensibility of investigative interviews —because “What happens in the interview room echoes in the courtroom™.

MARK LOWTHER

STEVE KELLAMS

Steven Kellams retired in 2019 as the Administrative Captain for the Bloomington Police Department in Bloomington Indiana. Captain Kellams attended Indiana University from 1987 to 1991. In 1989, he graduated from the Indiana University Police Academy. In 1991, he was hired by the Bloomington Police Department and was assigned to night shift. After spending 10 years as a night shift patrol officer, Captain Kellams was promoted to Sergeant, and then Lieutenant. His final position with the department was as the Administrative Captain, responsible for a number of duties including internal affairs, public information, and CALEA Accreditation. During his time at the department, he served as a breath-test operator, bike patrol officer, field training officer, and senior field training officer. Captain Kellams has also served as a Patrol Supervisor, Detective Supervisor, Civil Disturbance Unit Commander, Motor Unit Supervisor, Field Training Manager, Field Training Coordinator, Special Investigation Unit Supervisor, and Public Information Officer.
In 2000, Captain Kellams was instrumental in redesigning the field training program for the Bloomington Police Department and has taught that program to hundreds of departments throughout the United States. He has also instructed on field training issues at the national level when he presented two courses at the 2002 National Association of Field Training Officers Conference. He also presented courses for NAFTO in 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2000, he was elected state director for the Indiana Chapter of the National Association of Field Training Officers. He also served on the NAFTO National Executive Board and served as President of the board in 2009.
Captain Kellams was awarded the Monroe County Officer of the Year Award in 2005 for his work with the Bloomington Police Department Field Training Program.
In 2020 Captain Kellams started Blue Canary, a podcast for police officers. Tired of having other people tell our stories, Captain Kellams started Blue Canary to provide a voice for police officers everywhere to share their stories, thoughts, and ideas regarding all topics in law enforcement.

MATTHEW GREELY

Detective Matthew Greely is a veteran Police Officer with the Providence, RI Police Department with over 15 years of dedicated law enforcement experience.
Matt currently serves as the lead firearms instructor and armorer for the Providence, RI Police Department. He is a member of the S.W.A.T team and serves as the team’s medic. Matt has trained thousands of officers in firearms and less lethal munitions. He is also a member of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Detective Greely earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Roger Williams University. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Administration of Justice from Anna Maria College.

PETE WOOD

Peter B. Wood graduated from Binghamton University in New York with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Law. He graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in 1995, and has served as an Indiana State Trooper for over twenty-five years. He continued his formal education at the Valparaiso University School of Law, attaining the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence.
He currently serves as the North Zone Legal Advisor for the Indiana State Police. During his tenure there, in addition to being a constitutional law instructor and legal counsel, he has served as a road patrol trooper, canine interdiction officer, riverboat gambling enforcement agent, and a field supervisor. He currently instructs recruit level criminal law, department-wide yearly legal updates, and varied subjects revolving around search and seizure constitutional issues. He has been a guest instructor at the Indiana Prosecutors Council, the United States Attorney General’s Conference, the HIDTA National Domestic Highway Interdiction Initiative, and several local Indiana law enforcement agencies. He also provides legal instruction and advice to several Sheriffs in northern Indiana as a Legal Deputy.

BILL BACKUS

Bill Backus retired in July 2022 as a Master Sergeant with the Illinois State Police after 27 years of service to the agency. Over the course of his career, Bill specialized in mobile field force operations and undercover narcotics investigations. For 11 years, Bill served as the director of a multi-agency undercover drug task force operating in the Chicagoland area. The task force operated in three counties and had officers assigned from 24 different police departments. Since 2013, Bill also served as the statewide mobile field force commander for the Illinois State Police. Bill supervised 250 Troopers assigned to 4 regional crowd control teams during protest activity throughout the State. Bill was responsible for writing ISP policies concerning mobile field force operations and tactics. Bill was the lead instructor for both the ISP’s basic narcotics training and the mobile field force program.

JOSEPH RAUCH

Detective Joseph M. Rauch is a decorated twenty-five year veteran of the Atlantic City Police Department in Atlantic City, New Jersey, assigned to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit in Atlantic County, New Jersey since 2006.
Joe began his career in 1984 working in Atlantic City’s casino gaming industry as an Investigator with Harrah’s Entertainment Incorporated and Trump Entertainment Resorts Incorporated conducting civil and cooperative criminal investigations, serving as a law enforcement liaison and providing protective services for executives, dignitaries, celebrities and high profile clientele. In 1994, he left the casino gaming industry and joined the Atlantic City Police Department.
Detective Rauch has an extensive education, training and experience in multiple facets of law enforcement, having served a variety of assignments throughout his career including; Uniform Patrol Division, Community Policing Section, Accident Investigation Unit, Gun Reduction Unit, Narcotics Unit, Prostitution Unit, Casino Hotel Investigations Unit, Police Community Partnership Grant Team, Juvenile Investigations Section, Criminal Investigations Section, Shooting Response Team and the Special Projects Unit. He is a certified Fire/Arson investigator routinely assisting the Atlantic City Police & Fire Departments Arson Investigation Unit and Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Investigation Unit in conducting arson and fire related death investigations. As a member of the Atlantic City Police Department Emergency Response Team, he also serves as a Negotiator with the Crisis Negotiation Team and is a certified public safety diver trained in rescue and underwater search & recovery.
In August 2011, Detective Rauch accepted the position of Eastern Regional Director with the International Homicide Investigators Association. He continues to serve his position organizing and instructing training events throughout the east coast, advancing curriculum, developing new training products and promoting membership.
Since 2016 Detective Rauch has served on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Advisory Board for the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP).

RICK BAKER

Lieutenant (Retired) Putnam County Sheriff’s Office – Cookeville, Tennessee

Rick Baker retired as a Lieutenant from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office in Cookeville, Tennessee. During his 27-year law enforcement career, he supervised Corrections, Patrol, Training and SWAT operations, while also providing specialized training to agencies across the country.

Rick has extensive experience teaching and lecturing for law enforcement professionals, including officers, court clerks, court officers, and elected officials. He has presented at numerous national and state conferences and has been called upon as an expert witness in several court cases.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Lee University and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice Management from Columbus University. Rick also maintains numerous instructor, training, and specialized certifications.

Throughout his career, Rick has coordinated training programs including Academy instruction, Instructor Development, Ethics, and Leadership. He previously served as President of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Officers Association.

Rick currently serves as the National Training Director for the Legal and Liability Risk Management Institute (LLRMI).

MICHAEL IRWIN

Mike Irwin retired as a Captain with the Illinois State Police. Mike was Chief of Police for the West Frankfort Police Department in Illinois from 2016-2019. Mike is a Use of Force expert witness in Federal and State court. He is a nationally recognized expert in MCATI, crowd control, undercover narcotics training and physical skills.

BRIAN BATTERTON, ATTORNEY

Brian S. Batterton MAJOR (Retired), COBB COUNTY, GA POLICE DEPARTMENT, ATTORNEY Expert Witness Categories: Use of Force | Deadly Force | Officer Involved Shooting Law Enforcement Policies – Tactics | Procedures / Pursuits / School Related Issues

Brian Batterton is an attorney in the State of Georgia and a Major (Retired) with the Cobb County Police Department. He currently serves in the position of Legal Officer for the Cobb County Police Department.  He has been in law enforcement since 1994 and obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1999 from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. He has served in Uniform Patrol, Investigations, Training (as an instructor and as the Director), Adjutant/Legal Officer to the Chief, and as precinct commander and on-scene Incident Commander. In addition to his work at the police department, he also lectures for the Legal and Liability Risk Management Institute (LLRMI) on both criminal law and procedure topics, as well as, police civil liability.  He has also served in both the Alabama and Georgia National Guard.

MICHAEL J FALLON, ATTORNEY

Mike Fallon is a legal/law enforcement consultant who retired from the Providence (RI) Police Department (PPD) in 2024 with over 25 years of experience. He is also graduated with a Juris Doctorate (2025) from the University of Massachusetts School of Law.

Mike’s law degree and law enforcement experience as an investigator, supervisor, trainer and leader provide him with first-hand experience in many of the critical areas of public safety, legal and liability issues, and law enforcement training. He has served as an instructor at several police recruit training academies, as well as Roger Williams University’s Justice System Training & Research Institute and the New England Institute of Technology Criminal Justice program. Mike retired at the rank of Lieutenant, where he served as the Director of the PPD’s Training Bureau for a department of 450+ officers, as well as the Director of Recruit Basic Training, for five years. He also served as a District Commander, Shift Commander, Administrative Hearing Officer, Field Training Director, Major Crimes investigator, and FBI-trained Hostage/Crisis Negotiator. Mike also holds numerous training, instructor, and specialized certifications.

In addition to his law degree, Mike attained his Master of Criminal Justice (MCJ) from Boston University, his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Criminal Justice from Roger Williams University, and his Political Science degree (BA) from the College of the Holy Cross.

STEVE RIGGS

IAAI-CFI, CFEI, CVFI & CFII Certified

Steve Riggs retired after twenty-two years of Law Enforcement, and Fire Service Experience in Oklahoma. Steve has been examining fire scenes for 40 years. Steve holds a Bachelors Degree in Emergency Management, and has extensive training in Fire Cause Determination, Criminal Investigation, Arson Investigation, Evidence Processing, Interviewing Techniques, and Case Management. He is a Certified Police and Fire Instructor and a Certified Fire Investigator Instructor. Mr. Riggs has successfully been involved in many Fire/Arson Prosecutions in Oklahoma and was involved in a Federal Prosecution. To date, he has never lost an Arson Case. Steve has authored and co-authored several fire training manuals and written “A Critical Analysis of NFPA 921 User’s Manual 2nd Edition”. Steve lectures nationally to Local, State, Federal Agencies, Insurance Companies, Private, and Military Investigators, Prosecutors, Vehicle Manufacture Representatives and their Engineers. Steve is on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Fire Investigators.

SCOTT CAMPAU

IAAI-CFI, NAFI-CFEI, ABMDI-D

Scott graduated from Michigan State University (MSU) with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and holds a Master’s Degree in Forensic Science with focus on Investigations.  Scott began a career in the fire service in 2002.  In 2014 he became a Law Enforcement Officer and promoted to Fire Investigator.  Since then, he has investigated 550+ fires in both public and private investigations.

In 2008 he began working as a Medical Examiner Investigator and has investigated 1000+ deaths including deployments to New York City and Lahaina wildfires with the federal Victim Information Center team.

Scott’s professional goal is to become a subject matter expert in fatal fire investigations and share this knowledge through instruction, consulting, and investigating.

JONATHAN PELLETIER

Jonathan Pelletier is a retired police detective and former forensic crime scene unit supervisor. He currently serves as the subject matter expert (adjunct professor) on campus as well as instructing online, developing and teaching courses for the Helms School of Government at Liberty University. He has been an active member of IAI since 2004 and maintains certification as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst with the International Association of Identification (IAI-CSCSA).
Graduate of Class 55 of the Virginia Forensic Science Academy (VFSA), he is recognized nation-wide as an enthusiastic instructor of death investigations and innovative police techniques. Jonathan is a repeated guest speaker for the IAI and the VFSA. He has taught law enforcement participants for over 30 years. Mr. Pelletier was honored as the recipient of the Outstanding Instructor Award of Central VA (6 times) when serving as the lead instructor of the Criminal Justice Training Academy. As a sworn police officer, Jonathan has been instrumental in teaching in the Middle East and Africa, contracted by the Department of Justice/International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (DOJ/ICITAP) to develop and deliver courses to national police eager to learn best practices. He holds a bachelors in cross cultural studies, a master’s in Christian apologetics/philosophy and a master’s in criminal justice.

JAKE SPARKS

Captain- Investigative Services Ottawa County (MI) Sheriff’s Office

Captain Sparks began his career with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office in 1999, after graduating from Grand Valley State University with a B.A. in Criminal Justice. In 2003, he was selected as Deputy of the Year for his contributions to Community Policing. In 2006, Sparks was assigned to a Michigan State Police undercover narcotics taskforce. His time with the taskforce included street level drug and gang crime, but primarily involved interdiction and conspiracy investigations, working closely with Federal law enforcement to disrupt high level drug traffickers. Sparks was promoted to Detective in 2009 and has extensive experience investigating sexual assaults, robberies, homicides, and other major crimes, while also spending two years assigned to the Cold Case Team, investigating unsolved homicides. In 2017, Sparks was promoted to Detective Sergeant and later, Services Captain, overseeing numerous Community Policing initiatives, and the School Resource program. In February of 2018, Sparks was presented with the Distinguished Law Enforcement Service Award, after negotiating the surrender of an armed individual threatening police. Captain Sparks has also supervised the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office Crisis Negotiation Team since 2019. In 2021, Sparks returned to the Investigative Services Unit, where he currently leads the Detective Bureau.

BRIAN CLOUSE

Brian Clouse is a 43-veteran of law enforcement with 14 years of experience in school safety and security, leading two major school police departments as their Chief of Police. Brian now provides consultation services to schools, including the provision of school vulnerability assessments and training for school resource officers and school administrators. Brian has also provided expert witness services in police liability cases, and has been an attorney for 24 years. Brian is a member of the National Association of School Resource Officers.

HEIDI RAMSEY

Heidi Ramsey retired after 23 years with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, serving in various operational and administrative capacities during her tenure. During this time, she was responsible for creating SIGNAL, a preparation course for troopers seeking promotion to sergeant; the Public Safety Leadership Academy, a 10-week leadership course for mid-level police supervisors; and Ohio ASSIST, a three-day post critical incident seminar for first responders dealing with the aftermath of traumatic events. She also held assignments at the Academy, Labor Relations, Legal Services and Human Resources prior to her retirement in 2019.
Currently, Mrs. Ramsey serves as an instructor at the FBI National Academy, a 10-week leadership course for law enforcement executives from around the world.
Mrs. Ramsey graduated from the FBI National Academy in December 2016 and has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cleveland State University, a Master of Business Administration degree from Capitol University and a Juris Doctorate degree with a concentration in Employment Law from Capitol University Law School. She is a certified attorney in the State of Ohio and resides in Manassas, Virginia.

WILLIAM FRITZE (BILL)

William Fritze (Bill) is Chief of Gun Violence Task Force of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.  Bill created the Analytics Program Division of GVTF, a lab of computer forensic analysts that extract cell phone and use other electronic media to assist law enforcement in the arrests and prosecutions. Known as the “Electronic Sherlock Holmes”, Bill continues to focus on using digital forensics pushing the Gun Violence Task Force to become a unit known for its extensive investigations and prosecutions of straw purchasing and gun related violent crime and conducting large scale investigations to tackle gun violence in Philadelphia.
Bill joined the District Attorney’s Office in 2007, finding his passion in providing public legal service as a Victim/Witness Coordinator serving the needs and protecting the rights of victims in the City of Philadelphia. During his time with the District Attorney’s Office, Bill attended Law School in the evening at Widener School of Law, and graduated with honors in 2012.
Upon graduation, Bill became an Assistant District Attorney assigned to the Southwest Division.  During that time Bill handled Municipal Court preliminary hearings and trials, Court of Common Pleas felony waiver and major trials. Bill later served as an Assistant Chief of the Northeast Division before transferring to the Gun Violence Task Force in 2018.

TIMOTHY P. GOCHA

Timothy P. Gocha is an Associate Director of the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University. Prior to this, he was a forensic anthropologist in Las Vegas, NV. He has participated in forensic anthropology casework throughout the U.S. as well as internationally. This experience includes assisting with victim recovery and/or identification from several mass fatality events including the deadliest hot air balloon crash in U.S. history, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, the deadliest wildfire in California history, as well as the ongoing humanitarian crisis of migrant deaths along the U.S./Mexico border. His personal research focuses on improving methods for estimating age at death from human skeletal remains, as well as positive identification of decedents.

STACEY L. CHEPREN

MFS, MSc

Stacey Chepren is a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran who served as a legal investigator for prosecution, defense, and victims’ counsel at stateside, overseas, and deployed locations. She managed thousands of federal criminal cases on major crimes trial teams, collaborating with local, state, and federal partners. She also conducted death investigations for active-duty personnel and served on fatal ground/aircraft accident investigation boards. She represented the Air Force before the House Armed Services Committee on the Victims’ Counsel Program and a Congressional review panel on active-duty suicides.
She is the Programs Manager for the International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners, managing the accreditation program and overall operations of the association, and founder/owner of Pegasus Forensics, LLC, a consulting firm providing forensic reconstruction, expert consultation, and witness testimony—specializing in death cases—for criminal and civil matters. She is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners, and National Association of Medical Examiners, serving on committees and presenting regularly.

LISA FARMER

Director (retired) Fayette County Detention Center Adult Facility. Lexington, Kentucky

Lisa Farmer retired in October 2022 and the Director of Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, KY. Fayette County Detention Center is a Direct Supervision 1260 facility bed, with a staff of 358. She worked in many areas of the jail including the Classification Department. While promoting up the ranks, she was a Sergeant in Professional Standards for 7 years which included Internal Affairs investigations and starting the Gang Intel Unit. As she continued to promote up thru the ranks, she was a commander over the Custody Bureau. In March 2014, Lisa completed the National Jail Academy Leadership Command Academy in Sam Houston, TX and was the first to receive the CJM certification at Fayette County Detention Center in November 2014. Lisa was an adjunct instructor for training and recruit academy classes covering topics of gangs and Internal Affairs. Lisa completed her BS degree in Corrections and Juvenile Services from Eastern Kentucky University in 2001 and then followed up with her MS degree in Criminal Justice from Eastern Kentucky University in 2004, while working at the detention center.

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