1966 The Miranda rights are establishedOn this day in 1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. Now considered standard police procedure, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you,” has been heard so many times in television and film dramas that it has become almost cliche.

The roots of the Miranda decision go back to March 2, 1963, when an 18-year-old Phoenix woman told police that she had been abducted, driven to the desert and raped. Detectives questioning her story gave her a polygraph test, but the results were inconclusive. However, tracking the license plate number of a car that resembled that of her attacker’s brought police to Ernesto Miranda, who had a prior record as a peeping tom. Although the victim did not identify Miranda in a line-up, he was brought into police custody and interrogated. What happened next is disputed, but officers left the interrogation with a confession that Miranda later recanted, unaware that he didn’t have to say anything at all.

The confession was extremely brief and differed in certain respects from the victim’s account of the crime. However, Miranda’s appointed defense attorney (who was paid a grand total of $100) didn’t call any witnesses at the ensuing trial, and Miranda was convicted. While Miranda was in Arizona state prison, the American Civil Liberties Union took up his appeal, claiming that the confession was false and coerced.

The Supreme Court overturned his conviction, but Miranda was retried and convicted in October 1966 anyway, despite the relative lack of evidence against him. Remaining in prison until 1972, Ernesto Miranda was later stabbed to death in the men’s room of a bar after a poker game in January 1976.

As a result of the case against Miranda, each and every person must now be informed of his or her rights when arrested.

From History.com

AG, law enforcement panel to probe small town's large force

Francis X. Donnelly  The Detroit News

Oakley— Two Michigan law enforcement agencies are investigating a small town with a big auxiliary police force.

The Attorney General’s Office and the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards want to know if Oakley is violating any rules governing the licensing of police officers, said a commission official. The central Michigan village, with 290 residents, has more than 100 police reserves.

David Harvey, executive director of the commission, declined to elaborate about the probe or what prompted it.

Earlier this month, The Detroit News reported the auxiliary officers donate so much money that they cover the $38,000 police budget and some other government expenses.

Their status as reserves allows them to bring their guns into no-weapon zones such as bars and ballparks, according to state law.

Critics accused the officers of trading donations for the looser weapon rules.

Police Chief Rob Reznick, who denied there’s any quid pro quo, said he has nothing to hide. “We welcome the investigation,” he said. “We will cooperate fully.”

Reznick also is the police chief of Waterloo Township in Jackson County, setting up a similar program where auxiliary officers donate money to the community. But Waterloo isn’t part of the probe, said Harvey.

Joy Yearout, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Schuette, declined to comment.

The identities of the reserves aren’t known. Most are well-off residents of Metro Detroit, including doctors, lawyers, pro athletes and “maybe” a famous rock musician, said Reznick.

In Oakley, the auxiliary officers are rarely seen, said residents. A trustee said 95 percent of them never set foot in the village.

Reznick said he needs so many in case of emergencies.

The reserves look like regular police. They have a badge, police ID, gun and uniform. They don’t have arrest power, mainly assisting the village’s 12 certified police officers, who are all part-time.

The reserves give $1,000 or $2,000 donations while some give more, said Reznick.

Other auxiliary officers, in lieu of money, provide services to the village, repairing government vehicles, doing electrical work or helping renovate the village hall.

Since 2008, the reserves have donated $150,000 to the village, said town officials.

In Waterloo, where Reznick became chief in March, the officers have donated $55,000 and a $45,000 Chevrolet Tahoe. The township has 15 reserves.



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Slayings of Las Vegas officers were praised in social media By Jason Sickles, Yahoo 23 hours ago Yahoo News

The celebrating began before the coroner could collect the bodies of Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, the Las Vegas patrol officers ambushed and executed while eating at a pizzeria last month.

“The good news is, there are two less police in the world,” read an entry on the Facebook page for CopBlock.org.

The post was visible for less than a day, but it attracted at least 6,300 likes and comments by the time the page’s administrators removed it.

Jerad Miller — who along with his wife, Amanda, gunned down the Vegas police officers before dying during a shootout with police — was one of Cop Block’s 780,000-plus Facebook fans.

The decentralized advocacy group says it disavows violence while spreading a belief that “badges don’t grant extra rights.”

But the Millers, described by investigators as anti-government extremists, had a deadly animosity for authority.

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.Officer Alyn Beck was remembered as a loyal husband and dedicated father to his three children. (AP)

“Bout time to start killing cops, eh?” Miller, 31, wrote in May when he shared a viral video of police brutality on Facebook. “Maybe if we can kill all these despotic goons they will turn on their masters and once again be public servants and we can end this madness.”

After a historic decline in the number of police officers fatally shot last year, 2014 has rebounded to previous levels. Beck and Soldo are among 28 U.S. officers shot and killed in the line of duty so far this year. The most recent death came Sunday, when rookie Jersey City, N.J., Officer Melvin Santiago was ambushed by a gunman who reportedly told people he was “going to be famous” for killing a cop.

Such shameless bravado — online and off — and an exploding right-wing movement are creating anxiety about attacks against police.

“There's a deep concern that there has been a measurable increase in violence against police officers, especially with firearms,” said Rich Roberts, spokesman for the International Union of Police Associations. The anti-police movement “seems to feed off each other online,” he said.

The FBI has increased warnings about possible threats to law enforcement, multiple police sources told Yahoo News. The bureau declined to confirm any change.

This follows a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report that included a warning about domestic extremists using the Internet to recruit members, share tactics and raise hate to an all-time high.

Rich Stanek, who chairs the National Sheriffs’ Association Homeland Security Committee, said he proudly protects constitutional rights, but he worries social networking gives radicals such as Miller a false sense of recognition.

“They can post, blog and do so freely and anonymously without any accountability whatsoever,” said Stanek, sheriff of Hennepin County in Minnesota.

Escalating danger by anti-government extremists dominated a four-hour discussion on homeland security at last month’s National Sheriffs’ Association conference, said Stanek, who commands an 800-member department in Minneapolis.

“That’s the single greatest concern that faces our deputies today,” Stanek said.

Trent Nice, a former neighbor of Miller’s in Lafayette, Indiana, frequented his friend’s Facebook page.

“I shared a lot of his views, but would never do anything like that,” Nice told Yahoo News by email.

The week of the June 8 rampage, Nice gave an approving click to Miller’s Facebook manifesto predicting pending bloodshed and war.

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.Officer Igor Soldo and his wife, Andrea, would have celebrated their son's first birthday on July 7. (AP)

“As far as me liking the post, if that’s what he intended when he posted it, then I severely misunderstood his post,” he wrote. “His heart was in the right place. His head wasn't.”

Meanwhile police near Lafayette, where the Millers lived before moving to Las Vegas, are reportedly keeping an eye on the 765 movement, a new anti-police group on Facebook.

Sam Bradbury, a group member, was jailed in late June for posting a detailed Facebook messagethreatening to kill multiple authorities and destroy a courthouse “in a blaze of glory.” Arresting officers also recovered six bags of bomb-making material from the 22-year-old’s home.

Bradbury is being held on federal charges of using electronic communications to threaten injury to a person and destroy property with an incendiary device. According to an FBI affidavit, Bradbury ended his Facebook rant by writing “FREE SPEECH EXERCISE FOOLS” in parentheses. But a judge ruled he did not have to accept Bradbury’s First Amendment disclaimer and ordered him held without bail until an arraignment later this month.

The Bradbury arrest is similar to a spate of recent prosecutions “for alleged threats conveyed on new media, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter,”according to a brief filed in a pending Supreme Court case. Free speech advocates want the court to clarify what constitutes a true threat in today’s digital world.

Mark Potok, an expert on extremism, said he believes it is rare for social media to inspire someone to kill.

“However, the kinds of people who are prone to those kinds of hatreds find validation and real community on the Internet,” said Potok, a senior researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Last week the SPLC issued a report warning law enforcement about the increasingly hostile anti-government movement, which it estimates has grown from 150 groups in 2008 to nearly 1,100 last year.

The economic crisis, proposed gun control, Barack Obama’s election, NSA spying and the militarization of police among other issues have spurred the resurgence, the watchdog organization said.

“There’s a hell of a lot of anger out there in certain corridors,” Potok told Yahoo News. “Jerad Miller was not the only one who saw police in the United States as Nazis.”

Miller found an approving audience for his conspiracy theories and political tirades online. Some Facebook posts were original, but he shared others from pages he frequented such as Patriot Nation, Taxation is Theft and Cop Block.

Cop Block co-founder Pete Eyre told Yahoo News the Facebook entry celebrating the Millers’ rampage wasn’t appropriate.

“There was blanket rejoicing over the deaths of two people and I don’t think that’s good in any situation,” Eyre said. “It didn’t fit Cop Block ideology. The site’s not an anti-police thing; it’s like a pro-personal empowerment site.”

Launched in 2010, Cop Block encourages the public to submit home videos, photos and stories of rogue officers for discussion.

Eyre said the Vegas entry was put up by a former volunteer who still had administrative access. The post and its removal provoked days of intense debate on the Cop Block Facebook page, which included the following comments:

“You don't promote accountability; you promote anti-police, anti-government behavior by publicizing criminals and making them out to be heroes.”

“A cop died, opinions were stated... don't think a cop wouldn't be bragging about shooting you over some drinks with his cops buddies while he enjoys his 2 weeks paid vacation...”

By its own account, the 2011 blog post “WHEN SHOULD YOU SHOOT A COP” is one of Cop Block’s most read. A week before the Vegas slayings, a photo on Cop Block’s Facebook page portrayed a dead officer with the words: “This is what a good cop looks like.”

“Really? That’s the message we want to send?” asked Melissa, the wife of a Kansas police officer. “It makes my stomach turn.”

Melissa, who requested that her full name not be used for safety reasons, said she and other police spouses are frustrated by Facebook’s lack of action in response to their Cop Block complaints.

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.A post from Jerad Miller's Facebook page four weeks before his deadly rampage. (Screenshot)

A Facebook spokesperson told Yahoo News in a statement: “People come to Facebook to share experiences of the world around them and on occasion this may result in the sharing of content that some may find upsetting. We encourage anyone who sees content that violates our community standards to report it to us.”

Photos promoting officer deaths posted as comments to Cop Block’s page on May 25 and June 1 were removed by Facebook after being contacted for this story.

“I understand the need for people to express their opinion, but I think there is a line that has to be watched,” Melissa said. “When does an opinion become a plan of action?”

Nice hadn’t seen Miller in a few years, but his Facebook connection earned him a visit from FBI agents after the Las Vegas murders.

“I told them if they wanted to investigate someone, go investigate Barack Obama,” he recalled. “They kinda just had a smirk on their faces when I said that, and said well we're investigating this right now. I don't know if (they) were trying to get background on him or find out if there are more crazies like him.”

 

Follow Jason Sickles on Twitter (@jasonsickles).

1. What is your current title &  your previous experience? I am currently the Assistant Director of Public Safety
 
2. What is your favorite part of working for your department? I enjoy the interaction that I have with the student body.  

3. How do you define success? I define success as making a difference in my current role assisting the students, faculty and staff as they need Public Safety.
 
4. What have you learned over your lifetime that you'd like to share with the younger generation? The most important thing to me is the ability to listen and make a sound judgement based on the information that I have received. This is something I use in every day life... not just at the work place. 

5. What is your favorite hobby?  I love to hunt and fly fish.

6. Who has had the greatest influence on you? My father was and still is my hero. Thanks to my up bringing I am able to make those sound decisions.

7. What will be your legacy? Is the world better because of you/your work/your influence? I am hoping that I have left my mark somewhere in life. I try and practice the same roles that my father instilled in me. 

8. What's the funniest work story/ event you remember? I was working in the County Prison and we had a block of inmates that were in restricted housing. Every time I would enter the block for a head count or a range check the inmates began to act up. So talking with a fellow officer we came up with a plan to enter the block and randomly give the appearance that we were stepping on spiders. This had the inmates up on the bunks huddling in the corner looking all over the block for the invisible spiders that we were smashing. By the end of my shift they were so tired that on my last round they
were a still huddled up on the bunks sleeping in the most uncomfortable positions that i had to laugh out loud.

 9. Is there anything I haven't asked about that you would care to comment on? Nothing that I can think of.

10. What is your favorite dinner & what do you drink with it? I love Italian foods.And If I have a beer its a domestic.


In addition to my role as a Public Safety Officer, I have been married for
18 years and am the father of two sons.  I am an active member in my
community, and enjoy taking an active roll in my sons activities from band,
baseball, football and soccer.  I also assist the local police departments
in obtaining information when appropriate.  I have many years experience in
the law enforcement field, including a reserve police officer and corrections
officer as well as my current position.  I hope to grow in my career and
always strive to help others in need.
 

1. Where did you grow up & what was it like? Grew up in Brown City, Mi--It was GREAT! Nothing like growing up in the country! was great knowing everyone in town. Loved the party's and riding dirtbikes with my friends

2. What is your favorite part of working for your department? I Love Training the new recruits, and watching them succeed, especially when they have struggled in the beginning. I love it when THE LIGHT COMES ON and you see it in a recruits face that he/she GETS IT!!

3. How do you define success? Career success is when your peers respect you, and they come to you for advice on a situation whether its job or personal related. Personal success is having a nice home, vehicles and some money in the bank.

4. What have you learned over your lifetime that you'd like to share with the younger generation? SLOW DOWN! Don't try to grow up too fast...Good things in life don't come easy, nor do they come quickly.

5. What is your favorite hobby? Riding my motorcycles...it clears my head and relieves my stress.

6. Who has had the greatest influence on you?  .My DAD...He pushed me do get off my butt and do something worthwhile with my life...So, I did...and I thank my mom and dad for the motivation

7. What will be your legacy? Is the world better because of you/your work/your influence? My personal legacy is that I didn't take any guff from anyone...not even other cops. I never caved-in to peer pressure regardless if it was popular or not. I do believe that the Denver Police Department has certainly benefited from my training new officers to be professional, dedicated and honest to everyone. Senior officers have also benefited from the same.

8. What's the funniest work story/ event you remember?  There are many...One story that sticks out is ....One time I was sent into Aurora, Colorado (a neighboring jurisdiction) to handle a domestic violence call. The actual domestic violence assault had occurred in Denver, but the couple lived in Aurora. The male had struck the female several times and she did receive obvious bruising on her face and chest area. They were at a social event in Denver, but the fight continued after the got home in Aurora. The female eventually called 911 and Aurora police responded. After interviewing both parties it was determined the fight started in Denver, and should be handled by Denver PD since it started in our city. When I arrived in the middle of Aurora at the victims address I seen THREE Aurora PD police cars and FIVE Aurora officers. The main senior Aurora PD officer was SEVEN FOOT TALL (Seriously) and was a Aurora SWAT officer. I also seen about 5 kids sitting on the sidewalk a house down the street from where I was going....As I walked past the 5 kids on the sidewalk I overheard the kids say "OH SHIT....THIS MUST BE SERIOUS...DENVER IS HERE!!!!"  LOL......Mind you, I'm 5ft 10..on a good day and the senior Aurora officer was 7 ft tall,.....and there was 5 Aurora guys...and I was by myself!! It made me smile (and on the inside I said..YOU GOT THAT RIGHT KID!!)...The male was arrested for Assault/Disturbance/Domestic Violence....As I walked back past the 5 kiddos they got up and saluted me.....I gave them all Denver Police stickers.

9. Is there anything I haven't asked about that you would care to comment on? My favorite thing about being a cop. Well, two things. First, is helping people out of bad situations...and catching the bad guys. Second, is the look on little kids faces when they see you, whether its in a restaurant, a store, or in their home....they just stare at your uniform like your from Mars, when you smile at them and they smile back...it melts your heart...If it doesn't your not human..

10. What is your favorite dinner & what do you drink with it? I'm pretty easy to please at the dinner table. But, there is nothing like a well cooked NY strip steak, with garlic-mashed potato's , corn on the cobb and a wheat beer..

Bio: Currently I'm 43 years old. I have been with the Denver Police Department almost 14years. I have been A Corporal (Senior Field Training Officer) for 8 years. Prior to that I was a Narcotics Detective for a year. Prior to that I was on the IMPACT Team for 2 years.  Ive spent most of my time in Patrol-Related assignments. My favorite assignment is what I do no, teaching new officers.  

Prior to working for Denver PD I was a Correctional Officer in Canon City, Colorado for the Colorado State Department of Corrections for just over 2 years. I worked mainly in Minimum Security, but spent time in the Colorado State Super Max and in Womens Facility and started the Armed Perimeter Patrol Unit and Armed Gate Guard Unit.   I met my now ex-wife Gail in the Army. She now lives in North Carolina with our daughter (Nicole, who just turned 17)...We were married 6 years.  

Prior to that I was in The United States ARMY right out of Highschool. I spent 9 years total in the ARMY. I achieved the rank of Sergeant in 5 years. I was in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. I was in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and many other assignments. I was in White Sands, NM for 1 year, and 6 years in Germany (Frankfurt, Werthheim, Nurnburg, Wuerzburg, Giebelstadt ..to name only a few assignments)...and 1 1/2 years in Ft Carson, Colorado....   I was fortunate enough to travel all over Europe while in Germany..I went to Spain, Italy, France, Austria to name only a few places visited....  

Prior to all that...I was born in Marlette, Michigan and raised in Brown City, Michigan. I graduated from Brown City Highschool.... I lived in Brown City until I was 18 years old and went into the military...My younger brother Danny, died in 2003 in Sterling Heights, Michigan...My saddest memory of Michigan. He is buried in Imlay City, Michigan-where my parents still live now. My older sister, Kathy lives in North Branch, MI. My older brother Dave, lives here in Parker, Colorado with his wife and 2 kids.

1.  Where did you grow up & what was it like?  Born in Phoenix, I grew up in the Ozarks of Missouri.  My formative years were is small town America with a graduating high school class of 106.  We spent a lot of time outdoors swimming, fishing, and camping. 

2.  What is your title & your favorite part of working for your department?  I worked my way up through the ranks to Captain and retired as a Lieutenant.  The LE side of our dept. was 350 personnel serving a metro area of 1 million.  My favorite part, as I climbed the ranks, was “fixing” broken or out of date processes or functions that I was given charge of.  I believe it’s a manager or supervisors job to provide his personnel with all the tools and training to do their jobs and then get out of the way.

3.  How do you define success?   Making someone’s day better. 

4. What have you learned over your lifetime that you'd like to share with the younger generation?  It’s not about the money or the stuff it’s about the people.  Relationship is all that matters.  If you can leave somebody feeling better about their job or their day than the rest will take care of its self.

5.  What is your favorite hobby? It used to be golf but now I find by “retirement job” of teaching and consulting my hobby.  I find great satisfaction in sharing what I’ve discovered over the years and then helping agencies apply that to their training programs.  I still play a little golf and do some fishing and deer hunting.  Most of my free time is spent with my family which I enjoy the most.

6.  Who has had the greatest influence on you?  I’ve never had “idols” in people so this has always been a hard question for me.  My dad was a great example of hard work, loyalty, and commitment.  Leaders the employ common sense in their theme and make it easy to learn from like John Maxwell or Ken Blanchard are good examples.  I have a deep Christian faith and use treating others as I would want to be treated in like circumstances as my guide.

7.  What will be your legacy? Is the world better because of you/your work/your influence?My legacy at the dept. I retired from was taking them from a training ground to one of the best funded in the state.  I believe that you must be accountable for yourself and your future or someone else will by default and you will probably not like the results.  I hope my legacy now is that people consider themselves or situations the better for knowing me.

8.   What's the funniest work story/ event you remember? As a young troop I was dispatched to a “Rattle Snake” call.  I have an extreme dislike for snakes.  I found a six-footer, coiled under a roll around toolbox on the carport, that was none too happy with our presence.  It had almost bitten one of the children that lived in the home and mom had called us.  I positioned myself about fifteen feet away, pistol in hand, trying to figure out how I was going to shoot it without a ricochet from the concrete foundation he was up against.  As we continued to stare each other down, me holding my .357 magnum, in my shaky hands, he not trying to leave but none too happy with me being there, the misses of the house video camera on her shoulder behind me recording the event for her husband, and a previously unnoticed blue “bug” light hanging from the corner of the carport.  Do you know the sound one of those lights makes when it zaps a bug?  Especially a big bug?  Well it’s similar or at least seemed very similar at the time to that of a rattle snake…..  No I didn’t shoot it but almost….  The misses promptly said…”let me turn that off” of to which I shakingly responded yeaaaa.  I eventually took my chances with shooting the snake where he was and now he is a belt in my closet.  I don’t know whatever happened to that video tape but I’m sure it would win the big money on the funniest video show.

9. Is there anything I haven't asked about that you would care to comment on?  I would encourage those behind me to find an honorable mentor and someone that has full access and permission to hold them accountable.  This would have prevented me from making some of the mistakes I make in my life.

10. What is your favorite dinner & what do you drink with it?  A Ribeye steak, cooked on the grill, medium rare, with a baked potato cooked in the coals and then covered in butter and sour cream, and grilled zucchini.  I glass of Merlot is a nice addition

Richard L. Whitehead bio...
Joining the Travis County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO), Austin TX, in 1986 Rick worked his way up through the ranks to Captain as the agency grew from a few hundred to over fifteen hundred personnel. Command positions included: Homicide, SWAT, White Collar Crime, Computer Forensics, Family Violence, Child Abuse, Intelligence, Crime Lab, 911-Communications, School Resource Officer, Canine (K-9), Lake Patrol, Traffic, Patrol Platoons, and the Field Training Program. After retiring from TCSO, Rick accepted the position of Director of Columbia 911, Columbia County, Oregon. Among his accomplishments were the adoptions of a multi-million dollar budget after one meeting and a dispatcher contract in two. He now provides professional public safety services and consulting for corporations and agencies across the country through Richard Whitehead & Associates LLC.
Rick’s administrative experience includes: directing high profile investigative units, SWAT, managing multi-million dollar budgets, employee compensation programs, and equipment solutions. Incident Command during natural disasters such as the Jarrell tornado, hurricanes Rita and Katrina, and events with influxes of over 60,000 attendees. As a member of the Operations Board for the Combined Transportation Emergency Communications Center (CTECC), Austin TX, he was part of a multi-jurisdictional team which brought to realization a regional digital radio and mobile data system that serves over a million people.
His technical expertise includes: assessing unit efficiencies, design, review and implementation of training programs, instructor development, and investigative training and consultation. As a mentor and trainer, he created a Field Training Program singularly used by TCSO and widely adopted by agencies across the country.
Rick holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Degree from Midwestern State University focused on Public Administration and Criminal Justice; is a graduate of the FBI National Academy; and the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute Leadership and Command College. He is a Certified Public Manager, and trains on a national level to include the National Incident Management System (NIMS) in Incident Command.
With 34 years in public service, Rick has been working with agencies of various sizes across the nation. At 18 years of age, he served his country in the US Army as a Military Policeman and after Honorable Discharge began his civilian career as a Patrolman for Baytown, suburb of Houston, then 25 years with the Travis County Sheriff's Office. He is married and has three grown children and two grandchildren.
Richard Whitehead & Associates LLC.
Consulting Services
 Investigative
 Surveillance
 Forensic Statement Analysis
 Case Consultation
 Executive Protection
 Event Security Planning
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 Efficiency Review and Assessment
 Training Programs Designed
 Returning Veteran Re-Immersion
 911 Communications (CTO)
 SWAT Operator (STO)
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Training Curriculums
 Field Training Officer Certification and Program Administrators Course
Designed to assimilate officers into the role of becoming professional field training officers, supervisors, or administrators. The course covers the history of field-training programs, task analysis, field-training manual development, roles and responsibilities, the learning process, conflict resolution, ethics, training/evaluation techniques, policy development, case law, and proper documentation techniques. Excellent for those wishing to redesign or build a program.
 Instructor Development and Certification
Theory and practice in the learning process, learning styles, teaching styles, adult vs. youth learning, instructor ethics, personalities, and hand-on practice developing learning objectives, teaching materials, lesson plans, and presentations.
 Leadership 101
Prepares supervisors and field training officers for their new role. Topics include values, ethics, principles, communication, leadership styles, problem solving, counseling techniques, personality types, cultural diversity, planning, and organizing.
 Forensic Statement Analysis
Is a highly effective tool in the detection of deception and the identification of hidden information in a person’s written or spoken statement. The forensic analysis involves a process of critically examining word choice, structure, and content to determine the veracity of a statement and pinpoints areas for the investigator to explore during the interview.

Spent 13 years with the Bellevue Police Department, Six years with the Washington State Gambling and 13 years with the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.

1.  Where did you grown up & what was it like?
I grew up in several places mostly in Colorado spending a few of my younger years in Hanna Wyoming.  We moved from place to place while my dad followed construction work.  He worked as a carpenter most of the time with the exception of coal mining while we lived in Wyoming.  During my teen-age years we lived in Brighton, Co where I met my best friend at the time.  He later moved to Denver and I went there a lot to visit.  Through him I met my wife when she was 12 & I was only 13 (we married in later years though).  I did not really care about living in Brighton and would have much rather lived in Denver so I spent most of my time there especially after getting a driver’s license and a car.  In my later high school years we moved closer to Denver to a town called Derby.

I got married in 1960 and worked at various jobs mostly in the silk screen business.  Around 1966 I started thinking about being a police officer but did not pursue that career until we moved to Washington State.  I worked at Boeing Co for 3 years before being hired as a patrolman for the City of Bellevue WA, a suburb of Seattle.

2.  What were your positions & titles?  What is your favorite part of working for your department?
I started out my career as a patrolman at the age of 27 which was much later than most other officers.  After 3 ½ years in patrol I was promoted to the detective division where I worked as a narcotic’s detective.  After 18 months there I went into the person’s crime unit, as a Person’s Detective, where I investigated rape, robbery, assault and homicide cases.  After 13 years with Bellevue I went to work for the Washington State Gambling Commission as a Special Investigator and then onto the Washington State Attorney General’s Office with the Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS for short).  My title there was Senior/Supervisor Investigator/Analyst.  There we collected homicide cases state wide, entered them into a computer system and looked for case linkage.  We also reviewed homicide cases for police agencies, gave them procedural advice and investigative assistance.  I also gave classes to detectives from other agencies.

As you can see I worked for 3 different agencies during my 32 years so I am not sure if I can make a determination of my favorite thing.  I will say that I enjoyed every step in my career but one of the most memorable was during my 18 months in the narcotic division.  We made a lot of drug cases and I worked undercover at times to make them happen.  I also worked surveillance while my partners were undercover.  This was a very exciting time at the PD.  The most favorite part of working for the Gambling Commission are the people that I worked with.  We had some great times from playing poker to making great meals in the office at lunch time.  Working at the HITS unit was a great job in that I got involved in the investigation of many homicide cases without having to be called out in the middle of the night or going to the sometimes gory crime scene and it was exciting to review cases and help other agencies with their investigations.  This was the best of both worlds so to speak.

3.  How do you define success?
I think success is defined as being happy with what you are doing, doing a good job at it and being remembered by your fellow peers as a good person and a good investigator.

4.  What have you learned over your lifetime that you’d like to share with the younger generation?
One thing is what I stated under question 3.  Just being a good person, doing the best job you can do and doing a job that you really enjoy.  Knowing that you can do anything that you set out to do but not allowing the job to take over other things in your life, such as a spouse and children.

5.  What is your favorite hobby?
Currently my favorite hobby is entering all our photographs into my computer system.  We have thousands and it is taking a good deal of time.  My last hobby was wood working, making clocks, boxes and wall hangings.  We moved into a smaller home recently and I don’t have the room I once had, so the wood working has slowed down some.  I am attempting to write some stories also.

6.  Who has had the greatest influence on you?
I would have to say that my mom & dad had the most influence on me as they both told me to always be the best at whatever I did in life.  Neither of them was in law enforcement but they taught me a lot.

I have to also give my wife of 52 years a lot of credit for staying with me and supporting me in my year career.

7.  What will be your legacy?  Is the world better because of you/your work/your influence?
I think my legacy is that I was helpful in setting modern standards for investigating homicide and rape cases for the Bellevue Police Department before I left there.

I cannot say with certainty that the world is better because of me but I would like to think so.  Given the above statement and the fact that I did a lot of training during my career I think I made at least a small impact.

8. What’s the funniest work story/event you remember?
I was working the night shift in patrol, sneaking around some buildings looking for possible burglars.  I had all my lights off as well as the brake lights.  I was creeping very slowly when I drove over a speed bump which made me hit the horn accidently.  So much for being sneaky as anyone for several blocks would have heard the horn honk.

9. Is there anything I haven’t asked about that you would care to comment on?
I would like to say that my wife and I got married when I was18 and she was only 17.  We had two children, a boy and a girl two years after him.  We have been married for 52 years and she stood behind me all the way through my career.  We also have 4 granddaughters and one great granddaughter (where are all the boys).  My wife and I both come from a large family with 6 siblings each.

10.  What is your favorite dinner & what do you drink with it?
I would have to say that currently my favorite meal is East Indian food.  I love the flavors and the great after taste it gives me.  I sometimes drink a glass of red wine with this meal but just as often I just drink water.

Short Bio: Gary F. Trent, born in 1942 in Colorado Springs, Co.  I lived in several places in Colorado, Wyoming, and Washington State & now in Arizona.  I have been married to the same wife for 52 years.  We have two children, a boy and a girl, four granddaughters and one great granddaughter.  I spent 13 years with the Bellevue Police Department, Six years with the Washington State Gambling and 13 years with the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.

We have traveled extensively over the years going to Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Bolivia, Balez, Costa Rica, Madagascar and France.  Our daughter owns and runs a Bed & Breakfast in southern France and we have been there often.  We plan on a trip to Panama this fall with a possibility of living there or maybe house sitting