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Timothy Sellers 
Drug Enforcement Administration Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Timothy Sellers initiated an investigation which led to the arrest of fourteen Hizb-I Islam Gulbidden and Taliban terrorists, who claimed responsibility for the homicide bombing and murder of five Afghanistan National Directorate of Security (NDS) agents in late 2003. SA Sellers prevented a planned attack on U.S. and NATO forces by tackling a homicide bomber as he was boarding a bus loaded with innocent Afghans, blocks from US and NATO military headquarters, the Presidential Palace, and the American Embassy. SA Sellers sustained a fractured leg in the altercation. Later that evening SSA Sellers participated in the arrests of thirteen additional terrorists. Doubtless, many American, Allied, and Afghan lives were saved because of the apprehension of these perpetrators of heinous acts against the Afghan people, which in turn uplifted and renewed the Afghan’s support of the United States.
Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Supervisory Special Agent Sellers worked 33 years in the state of Texas, serving as a Police Officer, and as a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. During his Texas assignments, he worked extensively in undercover assignments penetrating and dismantling large scale Mexican trafficking organizations.
SSA Sellers was awarded the United States Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Heroism, the DEA Administrator’s Award of Valor for Actions in Afghanistan, the DEA Administrator’s Award for Service at the Oklahoma City Bombing, and was nominated for a Service to America Medal for Counterterrorism. SSA Sellers retired from DEA in December 2005.
Dr. Harold L. Crossley
Harold L. Cro
ssley, DDS, PhD is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland Dental School. A native of Rhode Island, Dr. Crossley received a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island in 1964. He later was awarded Master of Science (1970) and doctoral degrees (1972) in pharmacology. The University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore awarded Dr. Crossley his DDS in 1980. His role as liaison between the classroom and his dental practice produced a practical approach to understanding the pharmacology of drugs used in the dental office.
Dr. Crossley has co-authored a number of articles and four books dealing with a variety of topics within the field of pharmacology. Other areas of expertise include the pharmacology of street drugs and chemical dependency. Dr. Crossley serves on the Maryland State Dental Association’s Well-Being Committee, was a member of the University Interdisciplinary Committee for Drug Abuse Education, and served on the Governor’s Commission on Prescription Drug Abuse. He is an active member of Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society, the American College of Dentists, and International College of Dentists. He has been a consultant for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement agencies since 1974. Drawing on this unique background, Dr. Crossley has become nationally and internationally recognized as an expert on street drugs and chemical dependency as well as clinical pharmacology.
Attorney Peter F. Boyce
Peter F. B
oyce is a lawyer in private practice in the Atlanta area. For much of his career, Peter has counseled and defended police officers, their supervisors, their departments, and the governmental entity which employs them when they are threatened with suit or sued for allegations of wrongful conduct. As a nationally recognized speaker and instructor in many aspects of police civil liability, Mr. Boyce has had the privilege and pleasure of making presentations to local, state, and federal law enforcement officers throughout the country on various liability issues associated with undercover drug enforcement work and a host of other topics directly related to police work.
Peter F. Boyce is a graduate of the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's Presentation Skills Course. In addition to his seminar presentations related to undercover buy-busts and the importance of training, he has made multiple presentations at the annual meeting of the Regional Organized Crime Information Center, as well as presentations related to police ethics, supervisory liability, street survival, profiling, street crimes, gangs, asset forfeiture, SWAT, and reacting to a critical incident. Since most of Mr. Boyce’s career has been devoted to representing, counseling, and advising police officers, he is able to bring to his presentations a “real life, on-the-street scenario” that street cops immediately understand and appreciate.
Peter F. Boyce regularly works with law enforcement agencies to tailor presentations to meet specific training needs. He is available to provide advice, consultation, representation, or referrals to police officers and their employing agencies when they confront the inevitable legal issues that too often frustrate effective policing. For the past five years Peter F. Boyce has had the pleasure of speaking to thousands of street level cops on issues related to buy-busts and the importance of training as an instructor for the DEA in its Basic Narcotic Investigative Schools. He has also spoken to, and on behalf of, the Investigator’s Round table, the ROCIC, the Mid-West Counterdrug Training Center, and police departments and task forces throughout the country. Mr. Boyce is a member of the National Institute of Municipal Officers, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Municipal Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc. He has served as a city attorney for 20 years, a Special Assistant County Attorney for 13 years, and he has represented large metropolitan police departments, as well as small city police departments.
Dr. Harvey Goldstein
Dr. Harv
ey Goldstein is a leader in the police psychology realm, founded the Law Enforcement Behavioral Science Association, and the Police Psychology Section of the American Psychological Association. Among his pioneering efforts were attention to the effects of shift work on police personnel and the establishment of a mandatory policy for traumatic incident debriefing, the first in the nation. Dr. Goldstein had served as an expert witness in high profile trials and before Congress on behavioral aspects of crisis management.
Dr. Goldstein has most recently focused on work with senior level executives, assisting them in leadership competencies for high performing teams. He has consulting and training relationships with Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Citicorp, Time Warner, Florida Power and Light and IBM. Recent past assignments have included motivational seminars for the world champion New York Yankees, The M2 Executive Magazine Forum and The Public Risk Management Association. He maintains ongoing training and consulting relationships with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Secret Service, the State Department and the NY City Transit Authority.
Dr. Goldstein has appeared as an expert on numerous network and local television and radio programs discussing behavioral science in the workplace. These include "60 Minutes", CBS Evening News, PBS and National Public Radio, ABC's "Nightline" and most recently an HBO production for Court TV. He has held adjunct teaching and lecture assignments at
Robert Almonte
Robert Almonte – Deputy Chief (Ret.) El Paso Police Department, was the commander of the 
narcotics section and implemented the El Paso Police Department’s Hotel/Motel unit and Stash House Unit. Robert has 25 years experience with the El Paso Police Department, including 13 years in narcotics investigations as a Detective, Sergeant, and Commander. Robert holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration. He received national recognition as the 1999 “Outstanding HIDTA Task Force Commander” by The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. He has also provided narcotics training throughout the country for thousands of officers, including at the Texas Narcotic Officers Association, and at the National Drug Enforcement Officers Association's annual conference. His unique insight into the Spiritual World of Mexican Drug Traffickers is one of the hottest topics in the United States today.
James Eagleson
James Eagleson is
a highly trained expert in the field of commercial motor vehicle criminal interdiction. He has worked as a full time interdiction K-9 Officer on the I-95 drug corridor for The South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Before retiring from the South Carolina State Police, he has made over a thousand drug and criminal arrests. He holds several records in South Carolina involving US currency and drug seizures in commercial motor vehicles and passenger vehicles. In 2001, he was named Police Officer of the Year by three different departments. He is also a Certified Instructor through the SC Criminal Justice Academy, as well as an Associate Instructor with EPIC, and Desert Snow. James has the most requested class of the year, Hidden Assets in Commercial Motor Vehicles, used by DEA all across the country. Those attending this class have already seized over a combined total of $2 million, just in 2007 alone! These courses pay for themselves within a few weeks.
Jack Thorndike
J
ack Thorndike, Training and Sales Consultant for SIRCHIE® Finger Print Laboratories, Inc. Mr.
Thorndike was an adjunct lecturer and instructor in Narcotic Field Tests with NIK Becton Dickinson (where he worked for 17 years) as well as with ODV, Inc. where he was National Sales Manager for 8 years. He has conducted instruction seminars for the DEA Field Divisions in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Atlanta, St. Louis, Chicago, Washington, New Jersey and New Orleans; the CIA in McLean, VA; US Customs & Border Patrol; NCTC of Pennsylvania; and the State Narcotic Conferences in Arizona, North Carolina, Kansas, New Jersey, Indiana, Oklahoma, Alabama, Connecticut and Wisconsin. Jack also designed and conducted Master Instruction for the NY State Police Dept. (OCCB), State of Wisconsin, State of Indiana, Las Vegas Metro Police Dept., San Antonio Police Dept., and the Dallas Police Dept. Jack now continues his training and sales efforts on the behalf of SIRCHIE®
Michael E. Grimes
“Mike” 
Grimes is retired from 28 years service as a federal narcotics agent. He served with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the successor agency, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. During his enforcement service Grimes served in the Washington, DC, and Wilmington, NC, offices with numerous TDY assignments in the United States and abroad. Grimes, a leading expert in the field of informant development and control, is the author of “A Guide for Developing and Controlling Informants”, published by LawTech, Inc. He is President of Criminal Investigation Techniques, Inc., a consulting firm dedicated to protecting officers through risk assessment audits and establishing standards for informant handling.
During his career with DEA and since, Grimes has been a primary instructor in federal, state, and local law enforcement academies, in informant handling, report writing, and conducting asset forfeiture investigations. He has also lectured extensively in community colleges and universities. Grimes has taught thousands of law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys in agencies nationwide. Grimes is the author of two magazine articles dealing with informants. Grimes’ passion for teaching officers is immediately apparent in his classes and he has consistently received top ratings from his students on both knowledge and interest.
Michael Aman Walter Guertin Sergeant First His civilian occupation as a career firefighter spans over 28 years of combined experience in Emergency Medical Services and Fire Service. He is the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Coordinator at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, where he has taught Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) courses, Program Development and Walter Guertin holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Science from Don Howell Don How During his career Don has written two books, Interviewing Sex Crime Victims and Interviewing Sexually Motivated Offenders, published by LawTech Publishing Co. Don currently teaches victim and suspect interviewing skills at the 
Detective Michael Aman is assigned to the Crimes against Persons/Cold Case unit of
the El Paso Police Department. He has also served in the Gang Unit, Dignitary Protection Unit, as well as in the Criminal Investigations and Patrol Divisions. Detective Aman is the published author of "Preventing Terrorist Suicide Attacks". This resource provides essetial information for law enforcement officers on techniques for recognizing potential terrorists and preventing suicide attacks, domestic and international in origin. Before joining the El Paso Police Department, Detective Aman served thirteen years in the German Air Force as an Air Defense Tactical Officer, Operations Officer and Instructor Officer. He has an M.B.A. from the 
Class Walter Guertin (U.S. Army - Retired) has an extensive history working in weapons, intelligence and related fields. His timely presentation will shed light on the many aspects of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). He led a Weapons Intelligence Team in the collection and analysis of IED intelligence for a fifteen month period. He was deployed in 
ell has been investigating sexually motivated crimes for over 25 years. He received his B.S. degree from
Rodney Pierce
DEA Task Force Officer Rodney Pierce has been a Monroe (NC) Police Officer for fourteen years before reaching the rank of Captain. For the past two years Rodney has been assigned to the DEA Charlotte Drug Task Force, working major Narcotic Trafficking Investigations, including wire taps, indoor Cannabis Cultivations, and Methamphetamine Clan Labs and Trafficking. For the past nine years Rodney has been an instructor for the
Colin Comer
Colin Comer began his law enforcement career with a B.S. in Criminal Justice Admin. from
Colin then went to Mitchell, S.D. as the Police Chief where his department hosted the regional drug task force and at the time was the largest E-911 dispatch center in the state, serving four counties as well as the city. During this time he continued to provide training to various departments as a consultant. From
Attorney Wiley B. McAfee
Wiley (Sonny) McAfee, has thirty five years of experience in Criminal Justice with 20 years as a police officer, and 17 years as a prosecutor, legal advisor, and legal trainer. Sonny retired from the Houston Police Department as a lieutenant. During his tenure with the Houston Police Department he worked in investigative divisions such as Narcotics, Internal Affairs, and Homicide. Sonny oversaw planning, warrant drafting and execution of search warrants during his career with the Houston Police Department. He graduated from the 129th Session of the FBI National Academy where he studied constitutional law, search and seizure, and other law enforcement management topics. Sonny obtained his law degree from the University of Houston and was licensed as an attorney prior to his retirement from the Houston Police Department. Upon retirement, he practiced law as a briefing attorney for the First Court of Appeals in Texas, and later served as a prosecutor in Harris and Smith Counties in Texas. In his capacity as a prosecutor he assisted in the drafting of search warrants and training officers in search and seizure. He
was also the Legal Advisor for the Irving Police Department where he trained officers in search and
seizure and writing search warrants. In 2000, Sonny worked as a contractor for the Department of Justice training officers in Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina. He developed and implemented the “train the trainer” program for the first Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia - Herzegovina and ensured the training of 12,000 officers throughout the country in all aspects of criminal procedure including writing search warrants and using informants.
Dr. Steven A. Rhoads
Dr. Ste
ven A. Rhoads has a Ph.D. in Behavior Science from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, OH. He is a recognized leader in the law enforcement community and serves on several committees at the International, State and Local level. He is one of the contributing authors of the rewrite and updating of the Police Code of Ethics and the Value Statement adopted by International Association of Chiefs of Police. Dr. Rhoads has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Internationally and is recognized as an expert in the field of Subconscious Communication and Body Language. He is a certified police instructor in 17 states and has presented his material to agencies in all 50 states, every federal law enforcement agency and students from 67 foreign countries. Dr. Rhoads has served as an expert witness in court proceedings concerning this topic and the subject of physiological testing utilized in Driving Under the Influence cases. Dr. Rhoads has been recognized for solving many major felony crimes in several differing jurisdictions, including Senate Resolutions in the States of Mississippi and Illinois, using his Subconscious Communication® techniques.
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