Employment/professional Positions

• 2012-Present Private Criminal Investigator, DeLand Investigations Owner/Private Investigator
• 1995-2012 Police Officer (retired), Salt Lake City Police Department
• Positions held:
  • Patrol Officer
  • Larceny Detective
  • Burglary Detective
  • Financial Crimes Detective
    *assigned several hundred cases over many years in detective assignments
  • Executive Protection
• 1992-1995 Probation & Parole Agent, Utah State Department of Corrections

Expert Witness:

• General Law Enforcement Practices (February 2016) - Eighth Judicial District Court, Uintah County, State of Utah

Certifications & Specialized Training:

• Correctional Officer (June 1992) - Utah Department of Corrections
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) (1993) � Utah Department of Health through EMEDCO
• PPCT Spontaneous Knife Defense System Instructor (April 1993) - Pressure Point Control Tactics Management Systems, Inc.
• PPCT Impact Weapons System Instructor (August 1994) � Pressure Point Control Tactics Management Systems, Inc.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation & Cardiac Care (August 1995) � American Heart Association
• Peace Officer (November 1995) - Utah Department of Public Safety, Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST)
• Police Officer (January 1996) - Salt Lake City Police Department Training Unit (SLCPD Academy)
• Homicide Investigations, Gang Investigations (February 1998) � Utah Peace Officers Association; Utah Attorney General�s Office; Dave Hatch, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Squad (Retired); Sgt. Greg Dameron, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Gang Unit
• Hate Crimes/Color-of-Law Investigations (March 1998) � United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Utah State Bar & Law Center
• Homicide Crime Scene Investigation, Extraordinary Criminal Events (Homicide), Use of Force, In-custody Deaths, Critical Liability Training, Cold Case Investigation (June 1998) � Utah Peace Officers Association; Utah Attorney General�s Office; Dave Hatch & Al Leavitt, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Squad (Retired)
• Officer Involved Shootings Investigations, Child and Infant Death Investigations (June 1998) � Utah Peace Officers Association; Utah Attorney General�s Office; Dave Hatch & Al Leavitt, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Squad (Retired)
• Child Physical & Sexual Abuse Investigations (August 1998) � The Children�s Justice Center, Susanne Mitchell, M.S.W. Director CJC; Sandy City Police Department
• Financial Investigations Practical Skills Training (September 1998) � The National White Collar Crime Center Training and Research Institute
• Crisis Negotiation (May 1998) � U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Utah Crime Conference/Serial Rapists Seminar (April 1999) � Utah Attorney General�s Office; Utah County Sheriff�s Office
• Advanced Officer (May 1999) - Utah Department of Public Safety, Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST)
• Critical Incident Debriefing (June 1999) � Utah Sheriff�s Association; Dr. Stephen Sampson
• Operation Jetway (November 2002) - United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
• Crisis Intervention Team Officer (CIT) (April 2003) � Utah State Department of Health, Division of Substance Abuse & Mental Health; Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Utah (NAMI)
• White Collar Crime Conference (September 2003) - Utah Attorney General's Office, Utah Cyber Crime Task Force
• Street & Prison Gangs (April 2004) � Utah Department of Corrections; National Major Gang Task Force
• White Collar Crime Conference (January 2007) - Utah Attorney General's Office
• Traffic Accident Investigations Level I (April 2007) � Salt Lake City Police Department Training Unit, Accident Investigators Ofc. Tom Potter & Ofc. Doug Shupe
• Cyber-Investigation 101, Secure Techniques for Onsite Preview (STOP) (April 2007) � National White Collar Crime Center, Computer Crime Section
• Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts (Train the Trainer) (July 2007) � U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Louisiana State University, National Center for Biomedical Research & Training, Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education
• Workable Approach to Search & Seizure Consensual Encounter Techniques (August 2007) - Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training
• Clandestine Laboratory Investigations (August 2007) - Sgt. Jim Winco, Missouri State Police; Sheriff Currie Myer (Ret), Missouri
• Pharmaceutical Drug Investigations (September 2007) � Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training
• Interview & Interrogation (October 2007) - Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training
• Courtroom Testimony (November 2007) - Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training
• Mortgage Fraud Training Conference for Law Enforcement Officers & Prosecutors (November 2007) � United States Attorney�s Office
• Utah Identity Theft Training (June 2008) - United States Attorney�s Office, Utah Identity Theft Task Force
• Conspiracy Investigations (August 2008) - Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training
• 15th Annual Economic Crime Conference (October 2008) � Utah Attorney General�s Office
• Field Training Officer (FTO) School (November 2008) � Salt Lake City Police Department Training Unit
• First Responder Human Trafficking (December 2008) - Salt Lake Area Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
• Train the Trainer Human Trafficking (December 2008) - Salt Lake Area Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
• Undercover Operations (February 2009) - Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training
• Latinos: Crime, Culture, and Community (June 2009) � Midwest Counterdrug Training Center
• Patrol Officer Response to Street Drugs (August 2009) - Midwest Counterdrug Training Center
• Post Blast Investigative Techniques I (June 2010) � United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Office of Training and Professional Development, National Center for Explosives Training and Research
• LEO Survival Spanish I (August 2010) � Executive Office of the President of the United States, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
• LEO Survival Spanish II (October 2010) - Executive Office of the President of the United States, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
• Cyber-Investigation 101, Secure Techniques for Onsite Preview (STOP) (April 2011) � National White Collar Crime Center, Computer Crime Section
• Cyber-Investigation 250 (ISEE-T3) Identifying & Seizing Electronic Evidence - Train the Trainer (April 2011) - National White Collar Crime Center, Computer Crime Section
• Cybercop 101: Basic Data Recovery and Acquisition (BDRA) (May 2011) - National White Collar Crime Center, Computer Crime Section
• Cybercop 201: Intermediate Data Recovery and Analysis (IDRA) (June 2011) - National White Collar Crime Center, Computer Crime Section
• Fundamentals of Cybercrime for Law Enforcement (January 2012) - The University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center
• Fraud Training Seminar - International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI)