Laurie Thomas B.A.

Laurie Thomas is a sixteen-year veteran of law enforcement. Formerly a Chief Ranger with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and a Reserve Police Officer with the Sandusky Police Department, she was injured making the arrest of a violent subject and has left active duty law enforcement.

During her active duty career, Laurie received two lifesaving awards, one for saving the life of a fellow officer on a domestic call. This incident has been used by Calibre Press in its Street Survival national seminars from 1988 to 1996. She worked with the Erie County (OH) Drug Task Force performing high-risk warrant service and narcotics raids. She now specializes in training.

Laurie is an instructor in the fields of Officer Survival, Patrol, Traffic Enforcement, Chemical Agents, Firearms, Instructor Development, and Sexual Harassment. She teaches at large departments, POST academies, and colleges across the United States. She is an active member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET). She has been selected to be a presenter at the 1998, 1999 and 2000 ASLET International Training Seminars and at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 national conferences of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Laurie assisted in the development of Ohio's 24-hour Cultural Diversity program, which is now mandatory in all Ohio basic police academies. She has a Bachelor's degree in history from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. She is now senior instructor at Public Safety Training, Inc., and she is a Special Deputy with the Ottawa County Sheriffs Department, where she is a hostage negotiator on the county's Special Response Team.

Laurie specializes in gender related issues training for both male and female officers and supervisors.

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