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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 5,700 hours of advanced police training. He has
served as an adjunct faculty member at several Michigan colleges,
and at the Smith and Wesson Academy. Prior to his retirement in
2007, he was the Chief Driving and Firearms Instructor for the
Washtenaw Police Academy, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been a
police trainer since 1975, 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 TASER Senior Master 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 is also certified as a Force Science Analyst by the Force
Science Institute.
Steve has worked as a law
enforcement expert witness since 1995, consulting on over 120 cases,
and testifying in many. He specializes in use of force, motor
vehicle operation, arrest practices and police & corrections
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. Steve is a prolific author, and is recognized
nationally as an authority in risk management and its application to
the use of force/control and vehicle operations.
Steve is a member of the
Advisory Board of ILEETA, and formerly served as Michigan State
Director and Region Five Director for ASLET. 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 the use of force and control, police driving, and the
management of risk in criminal justice operations, as well as police
training and training management. He has been the regular computer
columnist for Police and Security News, and has been a monthly
contributor to the on-line magazine Officer.com, as well as the
Training Columnist for 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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