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Instructors
Public Agency Training Council (PATC) instructors are top-notch in their field. Each instructor is evaluated by the PATC Course Committee prior to joining our team. It is important to us that each instructor provides relevant and thought-provoking material to our attendees. You can be assured that after attending a PATC training that you will be challenged to grow as a professional and take valuable lessons back to your agency to implement right away.
Janet Arrowood
Janet Arrowood has been awriter, technical editor, and writing trainer for over 35 years. Ms. Arrowood is a mathematician by degree, an engineer by training, and a writer by profession. She specializes in training professionals, engineers, and contract specialists in “how to write in plain English.”
Ms.Arrowood has been a presenter for NIGP’s 2020 and 2021 Learning Labs and the2020 Virtual Conference. She has also presented on procurement and professional development at NCMA in 2018 and 2019. Ms. Arrowood has developed and presented plain/practical language, proposal/solicitation writing training, and presentation skills training programs for numerous government agencies, and international organizations.
Ms.Arrowood writes proposals for a number of local and nationwide companies of varying sizes. She edits proposals and trains proposal and grant writers for clients around the world.
Janet Arrowood is the author of the Rowman & Littlefield book, Plain Language, Please: How to Write for Results. She is an international author, speaker, and trainer. Her small business-focused columns appear twice a month in the Grand Junction Business Times.
In addition to her training, editing, and writing expertise, Janet brings both engineering and military backgrounds to her work. She served as an Army Signal Corps Officer, a member of the technical staff at MITRE, and a staff engineerat Martin Marietta and NATO. She holds a degree in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.
Janet’s“plain language” programs are consistently rated among the highest in any organization where she facilitates training.
Tomas Tundidor
Officer Tomas Tundidor is a 30 year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department in Miami, Florida. Tomas has served in the Organized Crime Section, Narcotics Bureau, Economic Crimes Bureau and Special Victims Bureau. As a detective in the Organized Crime Section, Tomas conducted several Gambling and Vice Instigations and was lead on several Murder for Hires and Minor Sex Trafficking/Human Trafficking Investigations. Tomas was deputized by the U.S Marshals Service and worked on the FBI’s Minor Vice / Crimes against Children Task Force. He also served as a Task Force Officer for the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Task Force. Officer Tundidor has received serval awards and honors including; Police Officer of the year in 2007, Life-saving Medal in 2001 and 2007, Gold Medal of Valor in 1995 and 2007, the Purple Heart Award in 2007, and the Florida Missing Children's Combating Human/Sex Trafficking Award in 2013.
Dr. Andy Young
Dr. Andy Young has been a Professor of Psychology and Counseling at Lubbock Christian University since 1996 and a negotiator and psychological consultant with the Lubbock Police Department’s SWAT team since 2000. He also heads LPD'sVictim Services Unit and is the director of the department’s Critical Incident Stress Management Team. He has been on the negotiating team at the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office since 2008, and is on the team at the Texas Departmentof Public Safety (Texas Rangers, Special Operations, Region 5). He is the author of, "Fight or Flight: Negotiating Crisis on the Frontline" and "When Every Word Counts: An Insider’s View of Crisis Negotiations", which contain mostly stories about his work as a crisis counselor and hostage negotiator at LPD (see www.DrAndyYoung.com). He was added as a third author for the 6th Edition of "Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections". Since 2014 he has spoken nationally and internationally at numerous hostage negotiator conferences, as well as other professional and academic conferences on crisis intervention and hostage negotiating.
Shuan Santos
Sgt. Santos has been a law enforcement officer for 20 years, with over 15 years experience as a Narcotics Detective. He has extensive experience working with the Drug Enforcement Administration conducting electronic surveillance investigations in to the Drug Trafficking Organizations. Shaun is currently assigned to the DEA’s Financial Investigations Team (FIT), anti-money laundering group, responsible for conducting large international money laundering investigations. He has experience with foreign and domestic money pick-ups, international bank wire transfers, familiarity with Black Market Peso Exchange, and Attorney General Exempt Operations (AGEO), allowing for the laundering of drug proceeds in furtherance of narcotics investigations.
Shaun has received his Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; Masters Degree from Anna Maria College; and Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School.
Brandon Pierpoint
Brandon Pierpoint is a retired Sergeant with the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office and served his community for over twenty years. Brandon attended Baylor University and South Plains College, where he received an Associates Degree in Law enforcement Technology.
Since the start of his career in law enforcement Brandon has served in various capacities, such as the jail division, court division and the patrol division. Within the jail division, Brandon was a member of the Detention Response Team, and support services. Brandon served in courtroom security for high profile trials and was soon transferred to the patrol division. Brandon would then be promoted to the criminal investigations division where he spent the last half of his career.
Brandon became involved in hostage negotiations in 2003 and was the Team Leader of the SWAT Negotiations Team. In 2002 Brandon was honored with the Life saving Award for preventing an in-custody suicide attempt.
Brandon is a TCOLE instructor, Mental Health Peace Officer, Firearms Instructor, and holds a Master Peace Officer Certificate. In 2007, Brandon was appointed as the new region six director of training and was elected as President of the Texas Association of Hostage Negotiators in 2015. Brandon served as an advisor on the board of directors until 2021.
Brandon has had the honor of presenting at multiple conferences including the Texas Association of Hostage Negotiators, California Association of Hostage Negotiators, Western States Hostage Negotiators Association, National Tactical Officers Association, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police
Mike Heisinger
My name is Michael Heisinger, I started my career in Law Enforcement with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana. I worked with the department for 15 years holding the positions of Deputy, Narcotics Detective, Motorcycle Officer, FTO and SWAT. During my time with this department, I was able to enjoy teaching the reserve program academy as well as instructing several different disciplines within the SWAT program. At 15 years, I retired from the department and gained employment with the University of Indianapolis Police Department where I was a Detective, SWAT Team Leader and FTO Coordinator. While with the University I assisted in the Cadet Academy as an Adjunct Professor with the Criminal Justice Department instructing the CJ students in Law Enforcement. I then received the opportunity to come to my hometown Alamogordo, NM to work at the same department my dad worked at, and where I grew. I worked at this department for two years as a patrol Officer and SWAT Team Leader before accepting the position of Chief of Police for the Village of Tularosa, NM. During my time with the Village of Tularosa I developed the FTO program due to the department not having one. I enjoyed my time as the Chief of Police with the department and have now retired completely from Law Enforcement. I have enjoyed my time in Law Enforcement and am now enjoying teaching across the country.
Silouan Green
Silouan instructs on Leadership, Peer Support, PTSD and Mental Health, and Veterans and Officers in Crisis. He has taught around the country for organizations such as: New York Police Department, National Park Service, Department of Homeland Security, National Association of Hostage Negotiators, California Highway Patrol, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Chicago Police Department, Bureau of Land Management, Walter Reed Medical Center, Fort Bragg, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, IndianaUniversity, Purdue University, Fort Campbell, Camp LeJeune, the American Red Cross, the Marine Corps League, Mental Health America, the National Association of Mental Illness, the Veterans Administration, the National Guard, hundreds of police and sheriff’s departments, countless conventions and many other mental health and community organizations across the country.
Silouan is focused on delivering solid information and practical tools for leading. He gives a broad perspective that officers find refreshing, educational, and most of all, motivating to lead. What you learn in this class you can implement immediately to improve the morale and effectiveness of your team.
Silouan graduated from Vanderbilt University and then accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps. While serving in the Marines, Silouan was involved in a jet training accident. In the ejection, Silouan's back was broken and his co-pilot tragically killed. This horrible event and the complications that followed led to the development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD. He was disability discharged and then had to learn to put hislife back together. It began with a two-year motorcycle journey where he learned to live. He then devoted the rest of his life to service and helping others overcome trauma. He has written three books, “The Ladder UPP”, “Who Am I?”, and “Sycamore Hill”.
Wayne Sheppard
Wayne Sheppard assists local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in areas such as violent crime analysis, case consultations and investigative assistance as requested by law enforcement in the United States and abroad. Additionally, he provides training in violent crime analysis, crime scene assessments, the design of law enforcement policies and procedures, the development of regional response plans, and other efforts aimed at enhancing an agency’s overall investigative response to violent crime incidents, missing, abducted and exploited children incidents.
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He is an international lecturer on behavioral crime scene assessments and murder and rape typologies and has conducted research in the areas of serial homicide and child homicides.
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Mr. Sheppard is a retired member of the Pennsylvania State Police where he held a number of investigative and supervisory positions. Prior to his retirement, he was the supervisor of the Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit, where he was responsible for the investigation and coordination of psychosexual homicide, serial rape, and other behaviorally based crimes occurring in Pennsylvania, also, the supervisor of the Missing Persons Unit where he provided investigative assistance for law enforcement in missing and sexually exploited children cases, and the Amber Alert Coordinator where he created and implemented the Pennsylvania Amber Alert Program for Pennsylvania.
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He has also addressed professionals representing the disciplines of law enforcement, corrections, social work, probation and parole, medicine, law, television, radio and academia on a national and international basis.
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He is the recipient of numerous awards both nationally and internationally for his support and expertise in violent crime and child exploitation investigations.
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Mr. Sheppard is a member of the Vidocq Society, a group comprised of experts from various disciplines across the country that provide pro bono services in the investigation and analysis of unsolved violent crimes occurring in the United States.
He is the past Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association, Virginia Homicide Investigators Association, and past board member of the Attorney General’s Legal/Medical Advisory Board on Elder Abuse.
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Courses Taught: Death and Homicide InvestigationResponse, Search and Recovery of Missing and Abducted Children Solving Homicides: Investigative Steps to Success Kinesic and Cognitive Interview Techniques for Street & Road Patrol Officers Understanding Sexual Deviant Behaviors to Conduct Successful Interviews.
Luis Uribe
Luis was born in Colombia South America, and at the age of 13 immigrated to the U.S. Luis and his family settled in Lancaster Pennsylvania where he graduated from High School. After graduation Luis joined the U.S. Air Force where he completed a 4 year tour of duty.
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In 1987, Luis joined the Pennsylvania State Police where he worked as a Patrol Officer, Drug Interdiction Officer, Undercover Officer, and intelligence Officer. In 2006 Luis became a Spanish for Law Enforcement Instructor after completing the Instructor training provided by "Partners In Training Consultants" under the direction of Jose Alentado. Luis taught Spanish for Law enforcement classes at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy, and the Pennsylvania South East Training Center.
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Luis retired from the Pennsylvania State Police in 2008 after 21 years of service and in 2009 Joined P.I.T where he begun teaching Spanish for Law Enforcement classes throughout the U.S. At present Luis is still teaching for "Alentado Training Consultants" formerly P.I.T.C, and also works for the Yuba City School District in Yuba City, California as an interpreter.
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Mike Ruggiero
Sergeant Mike Ruggiero has been a deputy and sergeant for the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, Florida since 1991. Sergeant Ruggiero has over 20 years of investigative experience in sex crimes, internal investigations, and homicide. Sergeant Ruggiero has completed numerous hours of training in the fields of graphology, kinesics and statement analysis. He has provided thousands of hours of advanced training in the fields of investigations, interviewing, and detecting deception through identifying aspects of handwriting, body language, and statement analysis. Sergeant Ruggiero has been involved in the investigation of several hundred homicides as both an investigator and the sergeant of the Homicide Squad. He was involved in the high profile investigations of Caylee Anthony and Markeith Loyd. Mike earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology from Columbia College in 2012. Mike has provided instruction for central Florida Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers, the US Peace Corps, the International Chiefs of Police Association, the Florida Homicide Investigators Association, and various other police departments and security professionals across the US. He is a member of the teaching staff at P.A.T.C. (the Public Agency Training Council), Valencia College in Orlando, and Daytona State College.
Michael Morrison
Michael T. Morrison is the Director and Founder of MTM Enterprises, an organization dedicated to building communication between local law enforcement and the communities they serve.
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Born in Newark N.J. and raised by single mother, Morrison understands the importance of mentorship. As a ninth degree Grandmaster in karate, he teaches karate and self-defense training to inner-city youth as a mechanism to keep them off of the streets and away from the lure of crime and drugs.
Morrison began his career in law enforcement in 1987 aspolice officer, and worked for the N.J. Transit Police in Penn Station Newark. In 1990 he was hired as the second African American police officer in the history of the Maplewood, New Jersey township.
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In 1999 Morrison became the first African American detective in Maplewood, NJ and was assigned to Columbia High School as the District’s first school resource officer.
In this role he realized the disenfranchised and marginalized students in the high school were in need of intervention to ensure academic success and graduation, and he developed the South Orange Maplewood Mentor Program, a 501c (3) organization dedicated to providing mentors for at-risk youth. Over 200 students participatedwith a graduation success rate of 98%.
In 2005 Morrison became the first African American promotedto the supervisory position of Sergeant in the Maplewood, NJ township PoliceDepartment. In response to a major incident between local police officers and agroup of at-risk youth in the community, Morrison created the inauguralCommunity Policing Program to repair and improve the relationship between thepolice and the community, called Officer Mike’s Open Gym.
For Officer Mike’s Open Gym, Morrison recruited over 30 police officers to partner with teachers, preachers and at-risk students after school daily, for basketball, boxing, jump rope, and dialogue to build understanding, trust and relationships. And, because physical activity and building relationships can work up an appetite, he recruited local restaurants to generously provide food and refreshments.
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As a consultant for police departments on community policing,Morrison is proficient in evaluating and identifying causes of breaches in community trust and assisting in the design of restorative programs with quantitative and qualitative results.
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In 2018, Morrison was recruited to serve on the Newark Anti-Violence Committee (NAVC) Advisory Board. NAVC is committed to supporting victims of violent crimes in Newark, NJ.
Morrison is the recipient of the “Beloved Community” Award from South Orange, NJ, the NAACP of the Oranges and Maplewood, NJ., and they named him “warrior for youth".
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A graduate of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary with a Master of Arts in Ministry and Community Leadership, Morrison was ordained as a reverend in January 2021. He serves as Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church of South Orange, NJ.
Morrison is the author of “Black Cop” the story of one officer’s struggle to stay committed to his community while fighting systemic racism in the police department.
Tyler Sutherland
Detective Tyler Sutherland has been a police officer for over 15 years with the Battle Creek Police Department, in Battle Creek MI. He is currently assigned to his police departments Detective Bureau. Before being promoted to Detective, Tyler Sutherland worked as a road patrol officer for five years, and then assigned to the police department’s Gang Suppression Unit for 8 years. Tyler received his Bachelors Degree from Adrian College, while majoring in criminal justice, and a minor in psychology.
As a member of the Gang Unit and Detective Bureau, Tyler Sutherland has been the lead investigator in a number of gang and violent crime cases involving cell phone investigations, drug investigations, writing and executing search warrants, surveillance techniques, undercover drug buys, and managing confidential informants. These investigations resulted in several hours of courtroom trial experiences, and jury convictions.
While participating in all aspects of gang investigations and court room prosecution, Detective Sutherland, has been qualified as, and testified as a gang expert, in Federal U.S. District Court, Michigan State Circuit Court, and Michigan State District Court, more than 15 times in in his police career. One of these gang cases was the first criminal gang enhancement jury conviction in the State of Michigan since the state statute was created. The Michigan State Supreme Court placed its first opinion on the record about gang expert testimony in the state of Michigan, as a result of Detective Sutherland's testimony.
In addition, Detective Tyler Sutherland has also been recognized in Michigan State District Court and Circuit Court as an expert in drug trafficking, identifying armed subjects, and cell phone records analyses. Detective Sutherland is a Defensive Tactics Instructor, Firearms Instructor, a Patrol Training Officer, and an adjunct teaching instructor at Kellogg Community College Police Academy. After several hundred hours of training, education, research, and on the job experience, Tyler has developed several Law Enforcement Training Courses related to Officer Safety Tactics, Hybrid Street Gangs, and Courtroom Testimony.