Expert Details
Private Investigation
ID: 728009
Florida, USA
As a police officer in Florida, Expert worked patrol, and is highly experienced in in-progress crime situations. He was selected for Field Training Unit and trained new police officers, implemented new training methods, trained experienced officers in tactical drug search warrant raids and vehicle take downs. He has also volunteered for multi-agency Narcotics Task Force, worked undercover investigations, developed informants, and planned tactical raids, search warrant execution operations, buy busts, and vehicle arrests.
Expert was subsequently promoted to Detective Unit, Investigated Homicide, Robberies, Sex Crimes, International Organized Crime, Crimes Against Children, Economic Crimes, and other Crimes, and he developed Department’s Confidential Informant Documentation Packet and attended Intelligence Meetings and Disseminated Information to his Department.
He has managed and lead a team of plain clothes specialists and Uniformed Protection Officers in a Tampa Bay area Target store, covered other stores for vacationing managers, excelled in Employee Theft Investigations, and successfully motivated his team to shatter a store’s Shoplifter Detention Record.
He has additionally conducted Stationary and Mobile Video Surveillance for Insurance Fraud cases, investigated and photographed accident scenes for insurance claims purposes, obtained court documents, interviewed subjects involved in claims, obtained recorded statements, and conducted subject welfare interviews. Finally, he has completed scene investigations for personal injury cases, conducted mobile and plain clothes surveillance on unfaithful spouses and other cases requiring subject identification through undercover surveillance techniques.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1996 | Degree: (not completed) | Subject: Criminal Justice | Institution: Florida Metropolitian University |
Year: 1989 | Degree: Florida Police Academy Certificate | Subject: Police Academy | Institution: Manatee County VOTEC |
Year: 1993 | Degree: Homicide & Death Investigation | Subject: Homicide, suicide, drowning, and suspicious death investigation | Institution: St Pete College Criminal Justice Institute |
Year: 1987 | Degree: Underwater Recovery Specialist | Subject: Scuba and cave diving death scene investigation, body & evidence recovery | Institution: NSS/CDS |
Year: 2000 | Degree: Divemaster | Subject: dive instruction procedures, supervise divers, scuba accident management | Institution: Professional Association of Dive Instructors |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2009 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner/Lead Investigator | Department: Investigations |
Responsibilities:Expert owns an operates a licensed private investigation agency in St. Petersburg Florida. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1999 to 2001 | Employer: DynCorp International | Title: International Police Officer | Department: International Police Task Force |
Responsibilities:Expert investigated war crimes in Kosovo while working for DynCorp who was contracted by the UN/State Dept. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1990 to 1999 | Employer: Gulfport Police Dept | Title: Detective | Department: Investigations |
Responsibilities:Expert was assigned to the investigation division where he investigated homicides, suicides, drownings, and suspicious deaths. |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 1999 to 2001 | Agency: United Nations/State Dept | Role: International Police | Description: Expert investigated war crimes and ethnic cleansing for the UN in Kosovo. |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 1999 to 2001 | Country / Region: Kosovo | Summary: Expert investigated war crimes for the United Nations in Kosovo. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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FALI - Florida Association of Licensed Investigators; PADI - Professional Association of Dive Instructors |
Licenses / Certifications |
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Florida Private Investigation Agency A2900220, Florida Private Investigator C2900380, PADI Divemaster, NSS/CDS Underwater Recover Specialist |
Professional Appointments |
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Tampa Bay Public Safety Charity, Inc. Director of Business Affairs |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Expert has published two books and several articles in national, local, trade, and online publications on topics ranging from international diving to undercover drug operations. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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Expert has testified in murder and manslaughter trials and has completed special training in courtroom testimony from Stetson Law School in Florida. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Expert can provide several types of expert investigation and close protection services in Florida. |
Fields of Expertise
accident analysis, accident investigation, background investigation, case investigation, commercial diving, crime scene, crime scene investigation, crime scene photography, crime scene reconstruction, criminal investigation, death investigation, diving, diving accident investigation, Drug Information Association, equipment failure analysis, executive protection, forensics, fraud investigation, insurance investigation, international investigation, investigation, nursing home investigation, personal injury investigation, private investigation, underwater accident investigation, accident photography, criminal defense investigation, computer crime investigation, child custody investigation, auto accident investigation, gang investigation, forensic investigation, employee investigation, domestic investigation, computer investigation, civil investigation, incident investigation, boating accident, due-diligence investigation