Law enforcement keynote speaker & trainer

A cop's cop with an HR credential

Kevin has served city, county and state agencies in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Utah, as a deputy sheriff, Oregon State Police Resident Trooper, Portland Police Bureau officer and investigator, and detective. He was named Trooper of the Year by the Coos Bay Optimist Club in 2000, and earned four medals with the Portland Police Bureau, including the Police Medal for courage. He also holds the SPHR certification and a Master of Arts in Management.

Programs for law enforcement

• Back to the Beat: a keynote on rediscovering the heart of community policing, including the crash-reduction project that cut crashes in his patrol area by more than 70%.
• Supervisor and command-staff training: leading, protecting and retaining good officers.
• Employment law for police supervisors: FLSA overtime and the Section 7(k) work-period rules, FMLA, ADA and fitness for duty, discipline and documentation. Since Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (U.S. Supreme Court, 1985), the FLSA has applied to state and local governments, and wage-and-hour mistakes are expensive.
• De-escalation from a Verbal Judo instructor trained by founder George Thompson.
• Rise Where You Stand: resilience for officers carrying hard calls.

Nonpartisan and pro-officer. Kevin speaks as a private citizen; his views do not represent any law enforcement agency. Legal content is educational and is not legal advice.