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Steve began his law
enforcement career in 1974. Over the next 15 years, he served in
various functional capacities with both municipal and county police
agencies. From 1978 until his retirement in 1989, Steve was a
Deputy Sheriff in Livingston County, Michigan. As a Deputy, he
spent several years working as a patrol officer, and was promoted to
Sergeant in 1982. Following a three year assignment as commander of
the afternoon shift, Steve was appointed to the newly created
position of Staff Services Administrator, where he had primary
responsibility for the administrative support functions of the
department, including research and development of all departmental
policies, development and presentation of training programs,
management of the department’s training effort, supervision of the
department's community service programs, and coordination of the
department's Emergency Management function. He also served as Chief
Instructor and department Armorer.
Steve is a certified
instructor in many police subjects, including firearms, driving,
radar, chemical munitions, TASER and defensive tactics, and has
attended over 5,300 hours of advanced police training. He has
served as an adjunct faculty member at several Michigan colleges,
and at the Smith and Wesson Academy. Currently, he is the Chief
Driving Instructor and a Use of Force Instructor for the Washtenaw
Police Academy, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been a police
trainer since 1985, and continues to develop and present training
programs on a regular basis. Steve attended Michigan State
University where he received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees,
and Eastern Michigan University, where he earned a second Master’s
Degree. Steve also attended Northwestern University's Traffic
Institute, where he completed The School of Police Staff and
Command. He is a multi-session graduate of the Smith & Wesson
Academy (where he earned the designation Master Force & Control
Instructor), and of the prestigious Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center. Steve is a Senior Master TASER
Instructor, a Master Instructor for TSA Baggage Screener
Training, and holds a Master Use of Force Instructor
certification from the Police Policy Studies Council.
Steve has worked as a law
enforcement expert witness since 1995, consulting on numerous
cases. He specializes in use of force, motor vehicle operation,
arrest practices and police procedural issues.
Steve has been an invited
staff member at many training and management conferences, including
those sponsored by the National League of Cities, the American
Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET), the Public Risk
Management Association (PRIMA), the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP), PPCT Management Systems, the International
Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), the
Association of Emergency Vehicle Response Trainers (ALERT,
International) and numerous State Chief’s and Sheriff’s
Associations. He has published numerous articles, and is recognized
nationally as an authority in risk management and its application to
the use of force/control, and vehicle pursuit.
Steve is a member of the
Advisory Board of ILEETA, and formerly served as Michigan State
Director and Region Five Director for ASLET. He is a Staff Member of
The Police Policy Studies Council. Steve is an active member of
ALERT International, the International Association of Law
Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Phi
Sigma and American MENSA, and is a lifetime member of the Police
Marksman Association.
Steve has published many
articles on use of force and police driving. He has written a
regular computer column for Police and Security News since
1995, and is the TechBeat columnist for Law Officer
magazine, as well as a monthly contributor to the on-line magazine
Officer.com, and the on-line magazine PoliceMag.com.
Steve designs websites, and also volunteers his time as the
Webmaster for ILEETA.
Before
becoming an independent risk management and training consultant,
Steve served as a Risk Control Manager and Director of Law
Enforcement Risk Control for American Risk Pooling Consultants of
Southfield, Michigan. Steve also served as Public Entity Loss
Control Manager and Director of Law Enforcement Risk Control for
Meadowbrook Insurance Group of Southfield. Prior to that, Steve
worked as a Risk Control Consultant, and as Manager of the Risk
Control Department, for another large municipal property and
casualty pool. During his tenure there, he earned the designations
Associate in Risk Management and Associate in Risk
Management – Public Entities from the Insurance Institute of
America.
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