Professional
Positions - Held in Law Enforcement

• Employed by the Michigan State Police
• from May 21, 1973 to January 31, 2001
• Michigan State Police Detective
• Lieutenant
• Michigan State Police Sergeant
• Licensed Polygraph Examiner
• Instructor at the Michigan State
• Police Training Academy
• Commanding Officer of Michigan State
• Police Hostage Negotiators
• Member of the Michigan State Police
• Emergency Services Team
• Hostage Negotiator
• Michigan State Police Trooper
• Criminal Sexual Conduct Investigator
• D.A.R.E. Officer - assisted in the
• program development for the Michigan
• State Police and taught the program to
• state-wide officers and students
• Juvenille Investigator

Education

Western Michigan University.
Master of Arts Degree: Clinical Psychology
Graduated, June 1994.

Central Michigan University.
Bachelor of Science Degree: Biology/Psychology
Graduated, May 1973

Michigan State Police Training Academy.
Michigan State Police Trooper
Graduated, August 1973.

Experience

Detective Lieutenant, Michigan State Police.
6th District Headquarters,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1994 to retired January 31, 2001.
Specialized in interviews, interrogations, hostage negotiations, polygraph examinations.

Internship.
Van Buren County Community Mental Health,
Paw Paw, Michigan.
(600 hours) January 1994 to June 1994.
Responsibilites: Provide intakes, clinical assessments, individual therapy, and psychological and intellectual testing in a mental health hospital.

Practicum Experience.
Western Michigan University Counseling Center.
(64 hours under supervision)
September 1993 to December 1993
Responsibilities: Provided individual counseling with clients through the University's counseling program.

• Temporary Limited License in Psychology
• Experienced in testing, assessment,
• intervention and evaluation
• Skilled in writing and implementing
• individual treatment plans
• Strong therapeutic skills with
• flexibility of approaches for
• individual and group psychotherapy
• Adherence to professional standards in
• delivering quality care and insuring
• client confidentiality
• Accomplished at implementing crisis
• intervention and stabilization
• Clinical foundation enhanced by law
• enforcement background as a police
• officer
• Extensive child abuse training
• Intense training in interview and
• interrogation

Teaching Experience

Eastern Michigan University.
Instructed patrol and procedure in the
Criminal Justice Program. 1978 to 1979.

Michigan State Police Academy.
Instructed interview and interrogation, criminal sexual assault, and hostage negotiation.
1993 to 2001.

Lake Michigan Community College.
Instruct interview and interrogation.
1996 to present.

Kellogg Community College.
Instruct interview and interrogation.
1999 to present.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
Instruct interview and interrogation, and instruct and certify hostage negotiatiors.
1999 to present.

Delta College.
Instruct hostage negotiation, and interview and interrogation. 1999 to present.

Schoolcraft College.
Instruct and certify hostage negotiators.

Tustin Fire School.
Instruct fire investigators in arson fire investigations

Presently: Employed by the Battle Creek Public School System as a Criminal Justice Instructor.

President of ABC Polygraph and Investigations. Licensed Polygraph Examiner and Private Investigator.

Professional Organizations

Member of the Michigan Polygraph Association. 1989 to present.

Member of the American Polygraph Association. 1996 to present.

Past member of the Michigan State Police Command Officers Association.
1993 to 2001.

References

Available upon request.

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