Education
2100 Hours
2100 hours Advance Law Enforcement Education
Certified Instructor
Certified Law Enforcement Instructor
Executive Development
FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development
FBI National Academy
FBI National Academy Class 2004
SD Law Enforcement
SD Law Enforcement Academy Graduate
Locally Educated
Philip High School Graduate;
Black Hills State University, BS Business Administration
Experience
- 28 years Law Enforcement Experience
- 24 years Sturgis Rally Experience
- 15 years DCI Sturgis Rally Task Force Commander
- 4 years as a Special Assistant Attorney General
- 16 years as a Supervisory Special Agent, South Dakota DCI
- 6 years as a Special Agent, South Dakota DCI
- 1 year as a Deputy Sheriff, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office
- 3 years as a Police Officer, Deadwood Police Department
- 2 years as an Emergency Medical Technician, EMT, Deadwood Ambulance
- 8 years in the South Dakota Army National Guard
Special Certificates and Education
Past Member of the International Association for Identification (IAI)
Past Member of the International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigator Association
Past Special Deputy United States Marshal
Past President of the SD DCI Agents Association
Certified Law Enforcement Instructor
State recognized Expert in Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
State recognized expert in crime scene investigation
State and Court recognized Expert in Drug Investigations
State Recognized expert in Police Officer Involved Shooting Investigations
Deadwood Police Officer of the Year 1994
South Dakota Law Enforcement Officer of the Year 2015
Over 2100 hours of additional law enforcement investigative and leadership training
