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ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, & PERSONAL DATA

TEACHING FIELD:

Criminal Justice / Administration of Justice
Sociology (Criminology)
Distance Education & Adult Education

EDUCATION:

George Mason University, 1996. DA - Education (Community College). Dissertation: HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: A Study of Factors That Influence the Continuing Advanced Education of Law Enforcement Officers.
Virginia Tech (VPI & State University), 1985-1988. Advanced Graduate Study - Adult Education.
George Mason University, 1985. MS - Conflict Management & Resolution.
American University, 1979. BS - Criminal Justice - honors graduate.
Northern Virginia Community College, 1977. AAS (2) - Police Science & Security Administration) - honors graduate.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:

Adjunct Professor, Administration of Justice / Sociology, On-Line, ELI/AN, 2011 - .
Professor, Administration of Justice faculty, NVCC, Extended Learning Institute & Annandale Campus, 1986 - 2011.
Chancellor's Fellow, Virginia Community College System (VCCS) 1995-96.
Administration of Justice Program Head, NVCC, Manassas Campus, 1984-1986.
Educator - Instructor & Special Projects Facilitator (Law Enforcement), European Division, University of Maryland, Heidelberg, Germany, 1982.
NVCC Adjunct Professor, 1980-81 & 1982-84. AN & MA campuses.

A community college advocate, "The community college can be the beginning of a lifelong learning experience. Knowledge can be a powerful tool. Begin your quest and discover your hidden potential."

Served two elected terms as President of the Northern Virginia Community College Alumni Federation.

Listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, and WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICA'S TEACHERS.

CURRICULUM VITAE - Criminal Justice:

A retired, veteran law enforcement officer having served nearly twenty-three years in the active law enforcement profession. At the time of retirement was the Senior Explosive Technician (Bomb Unit) for a large Metropolitan Police Department. During law enforcement career disarmed over one hundred explosive and incendiary devices; and was involved in numerous police operations involving barricaded criminals and other hostage situations. Law enforcement duties also included: uniformed patrol, special weapons instructor, old clothes tactical patrol force, plain clothes and undercover assignments; and service with the U.S. Army Highway Patrol Unit (MP) in Germany. Attended numerous specialized schools and training courses while in law enforcement including: special Naval EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) School, Indianhead, MD.; Hazardous Explosive Devices School (and three refresher courses), Redstone Arsenal, AL; Nuclear Emergency Response Operations, Nevada Test Site; four Law Enforcement Armorer schools; and over fifty-five other specialized schools.

Directly involved in the protection of various dignitaries, Heads of State, and visiting foreign officials. Recipient of over 100 commendations and letters of appreciation for services, including three from U.S. Presidents. Listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT, and a recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Service Award from the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators. (All those "atta boys" which almost any active cop would receive and they still would not cancel out or even equal one complaint or one Oh S***!)

Featured speaker at numerous workshops, training conferences and symposiums. Taught and lectured throughout the United States and Europe on a variety of law enforcement and security related topics including bombs and explosives, terrorism, threat assessment, countermeasures, executive protection, hostage negotiation, special tactics, street survival, police stress, human relations, law enforcement training and education, and other subjects. Served as the principal or lead instructor for several diverse training organizations, and under contract to the U.S. Government and to private industry. Provided consultation, training, and other related services to various business organizations, international corporations, and to members of local, state, and federal agencies.

Directed an international law enforcement training and research project enabling a cross-cultural exchange of training methods and material with European law enforcement agencies. Lectured and taught in several German police academies, and conducted specialized training in the United States and abroad for a variety of foreign law enforcement officials. Prepared lesson plans and other training materials presently in use in a variety of countries. Author of several publications and articles relating to bombs and explosives, hostage negotiations, law enforcement training, and police stress.

Private consultant, educator, and trainer: law enforcement, personal protection, bombing, and terrorism. Licensed Pilot, Private Investigator and Personal Protection Specialist.

Really feel that I have "been there and done that", but have learned not to take myself too seriously, as many of my peers have similar stories.

Most recently retired (finally) from active full-time teaching after completing a very full second career as a criminal justice educator, trainer, and college professor. Will (most likely) continue to teach and facilitate some occasional (part-time) on-line courses from time to time.

Tired already, or do you want more? Here’s a way home.

PERSONAL INFORMATION and INTERESTS:

Been one of a few, and one of many thousands. Grew up surrounded by woods, fields, and animals in the Midwest with lots of room to roam, play, hunt, fish, and explore. Lived near a small town with a population of around 640 reasonably friendly (plus a few grumpy) souls with approximately only two dozen or so students in my high school graduation class. Attended and graduated from large colleges and universities with thousands of other students. Have lived in urban and suburban areas, large and small cities, and in a remote, isolated, totally underground, reinforced bunker-type barracks (former Luftwaffe facility) for a period of time while stationed in northern Germany.

Raised and exhibited prizewinning 4-H Club livestock and vegetables. Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorer Scout. Participated in a variety of school activities, dramatics, choir, rifle club, and numerous other frivolous behavior. Involved in all kinds of mischief. Walked a foot patrol beat in crowded urban ghettos in the United States, and patrolled the major roads and Autobahns of Europe as a Highway Patrol Officer. Driven patrol cars in crowded U.S. urban streets, and patrolled the secondary roads, small forest roads, paths and trails into the Wald or forests in Germany. One of many thousand law enforcement officers, yet one of only a few full-time, working, police bomb technicians (in the good old days).

-Travels-

Discovered and explored the scenic and not-so-scenic pathways, the remote by-ways, the super as well as the secondary highways. The smaller county roads, both paved and unpaved, mapped and unmapped. Followed numerous routes throughout the land, journeyed the rugged coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and panned for gold in several states and in the wilds of Alaska. Tramped the sandy beaches in the east, walked along isolated and debris covered beaches in northern California, Oregon, and Alaska. Marveled at the rock-strewn coastline of Maine, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Visited coal mines running miles out under the ocean in Nova Scotia, Civil War era saltpeter caves in Virginia, and abandoned gold mines in Alaska.

Explored pueblos, cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, kivas, former hunting camps and numerous other Indian sites and ruins throughout the U.S. Followed the faint trail of the Anasazi (the ancient ones) and collected, traded, bargained, and haggled for artifacts of my ancestors.

When physically fit (and much younger), enjoyed rock climbing and rappelling, light mountaineering, trekking, hiking and camping. My wife and I have camped throughout the United States, and the entire Canadian Maritime Provinces, then across Canada, throughout Alaska, and back again. We have used tents, trailers, cabins, and motels, crisscrossing the United States and Canada several times on our journeys. Along the way, sometimes accompanied by our sons, we seem to have visited the majority of sites and scenic attractions that beckoned to us.

Traveled through a number of European countries on business and pleasure, living and working in Europe several times. Travels and adventures have taken me throughout all of the United States, all of the Canadian provinces and territories, and the vast majority of the European and Caribbean countries on numerous occasions.

Ready to give up? Here’s another chance to leave for home.

- Go fly a Kite -

A number of years ago when my children were small, I became interested in making and flying kites. A television interview conducted by Charles Karault⁽¹⁾featured

Ansel Tony and really caught my attention. Mr. Tony, a then 89 year old (young at heart) retired Indiana farmer had started making kites from scratch while in his 80s. He shared his passion for kite making and flying with thousands of individuals, from school children to politicians. That interview led me to many visits to his home in Farmland, Indiana, and I never failed to be delighted by his warmth and humor. The small town of Farmland was deluged with so many visitors that the State erected official signs recognizing Farmland as the home of Ansel Tony, the Kite Man of Indiana. For several years, until his death, I enjoyed a warm friendship with Ansel, a truly great person who always took the time for everyone. He started many kids out with their first kites, and helped a number of individuals to start their own kite making businesses.

Ansel made a fancy kite and line winder for Amy Carter when her Father was in the White House. I brought them to Washington, and was able to make the connection to get them presented to Amy. The official White House thank you letter and pictures that they sent to Tony was a major source of pride to him. I still own many of Ansel’s homemade nylon delta kites and parafoils, as well as a variety of others that I have designed, made, bought, and collected. I have really enjoy flying them. I particularly like the larger ones with 12, 14, and 16-foot wingspans. Sled kites and nylon parafoils (no sticks or rigid supports) are among my favorites. Several years ago, the NVCC Annandale Campus library displayed a part of my colorful collection, hanging them from their vaulted ceiling. I have flown many of the kites and parafoils all over the U.S. and Europe. I have usually carried a folded up parafoil in my luggage when I traveled.

- Flying, coffee, tea, or me -

I have been a licensed private pilot for over forty-five years. Although I seldom fly as the pilot-in-command now-a-days, I fondly remember when I was flying on a regular basis. I always enjoyed breaking the bounds of earth. The Blue Ridge is beautiful from the air (or anywhere else for that matter). The same is true for the Nation's Capitol but few of us will ever experience flying into that area again (except as a passenger on a commercial carrier) due to the expanded restricted areas.

I have piloted light, single engine aircraft in the eastern and mid-western states, a floatplane in Alaska, and a sailplane (glider) in upstate New York. I have also flown in a hot air balloon in New Mexico but that’s another hot-air story. Perhaps kite flying provides a vicarious (and less expensive) substitute for the airplanes.

- Active in a various professional, community, service, and civic organizations -

Served in a variety of leadership roles and positions. Have received a variety of service, civic, educational, religious, and leadership awards including the Cross and Flame, the adult Scouter's District Award of Merit, the Distinguished Commissioner's Award, and the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Was active in the Scouting program as a youth and adult Scouter for over thirty years. "Be Prepared."

- Anyone feel like clowning around? -

Once upon a time, served two terms as Director of the Kena Temple Shrine Clowns, and as Director of the South Atlantic Shrine Clown Association. Was an active performing Shrine Clown for over twelve years, participating in many activities, Shrine conventions, festivals, and parades. Received awards for individual performance, group performance, skits, and individual make-up. Studied with instructors from the Ringling Brothers Clown College. Entertained numerous times at Shriner Crippled Children’s Hospitals and Burn Centers, Washington Children’s Hospital and others. Guest performed with the Shrine Circus and the Ringling Brother Circus Clowns. Other performances at the White House Easter Egg Roll, Redskin Football games, Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Parades, various government agency picnics and family outings; Vienna, Falls Church, Warrenton and Washington, DC parades, plus parades in Toronto, Pensacola, Marietta, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Roanoke, Nashville, Spartanburg, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh, Myrtle Beach, and Virginia Beach. Likely the only hobo clown in costume and makeup in several of the Cherry Blossom (and many other Washington, DC) parades to be carrying a badge, gun, pager, and radio under his costume. Have made and given away, literally thousands of balloon animal sculptures.

- Bang, bang, think firearms safety -

I occasionally shoot for recreation and sport. I carried a firearm daily for nearly 23 years as a law enforcement officer, where gun control meant being able to consistently hit your target, as well as to safely secure and protect your firearm. For a number of years I taught firearms safety and hunting safety, even after I was no longer actively hunting or harvesting game. I was a Master Hunter Safety Instructor for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) for many years. I am also a certified Firearms Instructor in a variety of firearm categories, and I frequently taught firearms safety courses for the college and other organizations. Time constraints seldom allow me to do that now but I do enjoy occasional fishing and other outdoor activities. I do shoot and practice regularly and continue to keep annual qualifications updated.

"Hey! Let's be careful out there." (Remember Sergeant "Phil" Esterhaus and Hill Street Blues ). If you own a firearm, keep it (or them) safe and secure, and out of the hands of children, visitors (invited or uninvited). Store them so they are not accessible to children or unauthorized persons. There are a variety of methods and products such as secure storage containers or locking devices that attach directly to the firearm to easily allow you to do this. Keep in mind that mechanical locking devices, like the mechanical safeties built into many guns, can fail and should never be used as a substitute for safe gun handling, secure storage, and the observance of all firearm safety rules.

It is a violation of the criminal law of Virginia, (and of many other jurisdictions) to leave a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of fourteen. More importantly, it should be a moral violation. We must all stay vigilant, and not allow firearms to get into any wrong hands, of any age.

- Vroom, vroom -

I have enjoyed motorcycling for fifty plus years, from riding small lightweight imported bikes, to the ultimate machine, the Harley, “where the adventure begins”. Some physical deterioration leads me to believe that my motoring days are behind me. Sniff, sniff.

- Reading -

I am a voracious reader. I like mystery, espionage, adventure, military, and many other categories. I have read thousands of books, likely spending more time in this venture over the years, than with any other interest (except for family). I owe this pleasure to my father, who spent many precious hours teaching a youngster to read. Books have been my constant companion. Share the experience. Take time to teach a child (or an adult) to read. I have done both. You will not regret it. Check out the suggested Criminal Justice Reading List.

- Computing -

I also enjoy computer activities. I am always learning something new. With web based classes and frequent student interaction, there is seldom time for “pleasure computing”, although I am the webmaster for several organizational sites. While not exactly a "fun or recreational" activity, computing takes a very large chunk of my time. Check out the suggested Criminal Justice Web Links.

- Bow Wow. Dogs, anyone? -

Nearly last, but certainly not least on my list of personal interests was my daily interaction with Shadow, a loyal, loving, sometimes outrageous black Labrador retriever. I truly enjoyed the company, love, and antics of this great dog. Click on SHADOW to see my long-time buddy, pal, and companion. Sadly, Shad, was called to the great beyond awhile back. R.I.P. my loyal friend, you are truly missed.

My family certainly deserves more than a mere mention. They have made much of what I do (and have done) possible. Take the time to share quality time with your family.

- Don't, I know you from TV? -

For the umpteenth time.... No, I am not the Major Frank Burns from Mash. Yes, I do know he was a hopeless klutz. Two traits that I do share with the character, we both came from the same state, and we both have a terrific romantic nature. Remember, he was the only person that managed to have a continuous relationship with Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan over the years. Besides sharing a name with the late actor, we also shared the almost same birthday (right down to the year). Rest in peace, ferret face. (One of his nicknames from the series.)

- Epilogue -

If you stuck it out through all of this, you now know much more about me, my background and interests than I am ever likely to know about you. To those of you that are not now, have never been, or are not likely to be students of mine, this is especially true. To those of you that I have met through my classes, I have tried to be true to my words, "quid pro quo". Literally meaning, an equal exchange, or something for something. You gave of yourselves, sharing information, and I have now reciprocated. Life and education are both like that. You must give in order to get. Put forth the effort. Knowledge can be a powerful tool. Begin (or continue) your quest and discover your hidden potential.

You've already skipped two previous offers. Now, here’s your last chance to get home.

¹ From CBS Sunday Mornings with Charles Karault, and his other program, On the Road with Charles Karault.

WWW Links of Interest:

Suggested Criminal Justice Web Links

Suggested Criminal Justice Reading List

NVCC Home Page

62^nd. Highway Patrol Unit (MP) - Germany

International Police Association