Keynote speaker on OSINT, investigations and police leadership

Talks drawn from a career commanding officers, building an intelligence unit and teaching investigators nationwide.

Speaking topics

Using social media, OSINT and cell phone apps in investigations

How investigators find, preserve and use open-source and social media evidence, from first lead to case file. Presented to ASIS Chicago in May 2018.

Best for: Investigators, detectives, corporate security and fraud teams.

Dark net markets, cryptocurrency and online investigations

How illicit online markets and cryptocurrency work, and how investigators follow the trail. He teaches this as a core course at the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy.

Best for: Narcotics, financial crimes and cyber investigators.

Shadow AI and responsible AI adoption in law enforcement

Why staff are already using AI without policy, the risks that creates, and how agencies and security teams can adopt it responsibly.

Best for: Agency leaders, security executives and conference general sessions.

Mobile advertiser IDs: what the smartphone in every pocket reveals

What mobile advertiser IDs (MAIDs) are, how commercial location data is generated, and what it means for investigations, privacy and policy.

Best for: Investigators, analysts, privacy and policy leaders.

Building an OSINT and social media exploitation unit

Lessons from creating and commanding a police department's first OSINT and SOMEX unit, including working alongside embedded FBI agents.

Best for: Police chiefs, command staff and intelligence managers.

Commanding major events: lessons from the 2012 NATO Summit

Planning and running security details for summits, marathons, parades, protests, concerts and stadium games with the Incident Command System.

Best for: Emergency managers, venue security, event planners and police commanders.

Servant leadership, resilience and occupational stress in policing

Findings from his doctoral research on how leadership style and resilience relate to occupational stress among law enforcement officers, and what leaders can do about it.

Best for: Police chiefs, command staff, wellness coordinators and academic audiences.

Law Enforcement Knowledge Management: keeping what your best people know

When experienced officers retire or transfer, their know-how leaves with them. How agencies can capture and share it so every team performs like the best ones.

Best for: Police executives, training directors and HR leaders.

Formats

Keynotes and general sessions
Conference breakouts and panels
Half-day and full-day training for investigators and command staff
Executive briefings for leadership teams and boards
In person or virtual

Where he has presented and trained

Conferences and presentations

ASIS Chicago: “Using Social Media Open Source (OSINT) and Cell Phone Applications in Investigations,” May 17, 2018
Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference, Myrtle Beach: OSINT, June 2021
TALEA-TCIAA (Tennessee Crime and Intelligence Analysts Association)
Cook County Regional Organized Crime Conference (CCROC): presenter
National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB): presenter, education and training
ASIS International: presenter
National Domestic Communications Assistance Center (NDCAC): contributor

Training and consultation provided for

Spokane County Sheriff's Office
Memphis Police Department
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB), including multiple regional Mobile Team Units (MTUs)
Skokie Police Department
Regional Counterdrug Training Academy (RCTA): adjunct instructor and core course presenter since 2019
Chicago Police Department Education and Training Division

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