Aaron Brehove is an author and television personality who has been a featured body language expert on the Today Show, CNN's TruTv, Head Line New's Nancy Grace, and has been interviewed by various radio, print, and electronic media. He is a keynote speaker, jury and trial consultant, and fraud investigator who has been trained in interviewing techniques and detecting deception by government investigators from the ATF, FBI, and State Police. Aaron continues to work at one of the big-four accounting firms. His past investigations have included multi-billion dollar ponzi schemes, IRS tax evasions, and whistle blower allegations. He is also a senior instructor at the Body Language Institute, in Washington, DC.

In conjunction with these analytical abilities, Aaron also mastered the skills and knowledge needed to become an expert in human interaction - applying what he has learned about human communication, interrogation techniques and detecting deception to bring a unique perspective to the examination of not only finances, but of the personal interactions that accompany them.

Aaron Brehove is a sought after consultant, helping companies and individuals take every interaction to a deeper, more intuitive level. He lives in Washington D.C.

Chief H. Dean Crisp is a thirty year veteran of law enforcement. He has received numerous State and National awards as an innovative leader in law enforcement. He is frequently asked to speak at national level conferences and leadership seminars on such topics as leadership, motivating employees, gangs, community service, and crime reduction.

He is known as a highly energetic and motivational speaker who shares information from his lifetime of experiences as a Police Officer and Chief. Since his retirement from the Columbia Police Department he has remained active as the Senior Faculty member for FBI -Law Enforcement Executive Development Association. He was recently promoted to National Training Coordinator with FBI-LEEDA. He is also a National Gang Instructor and a National Instructor for Carolinas Institute for Community Policing teaching Seven Habits for Highly Effective Law Enforcement Officers and as a Consultant for The Institute for Intergovernmental Research in Tallahassee Florida. He also travels extensively across the nation as the National Director for FBILEEDA and LifeLock coordinating Identity Theft Training Summits for Law Enforcement Officers. He is also writing his first book on the subject of "How to Be an Effective Leader".

A former professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins. He began his career in Asheville, North Carolina as a Police Cadet. Before he was eligible to become a Police Officer, he served as a police dispatcher for one year. At the age of 21, he became a full time Asheville Police Officer. Chief Crisp attended night school while working full time and earned three advanced degrees, he has an Associate of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters in Public Affairs also from Western Carolina University. Quickly rising through the ranks of law enforcement he was promoted to Captain at the age of 29, Major at 31 and Police Chief at 33.

A Police Chief for 17years he accepted his first Chief appointment in Greer S.C. He served from February 1991 to May 2004. He also served as the Chief of Police of Columbia, S.C. from May 2004 to March 2008. He retired after 21 years of command experience. Chief Crisp has lead Police Agencies from 72 persons to 450.

Chief Crisp is known as an innovator and a motivational leader who is always seeking ways to improve the organizational climate. Some of the more well known professional awards that Chief Crisp has received during his law enforcement career include Distinguished Graduate Western Carolina University 2001, Strom Thurmond Award for Law Enforcement as the Officer of the Year for the State of South Carolina awarded by the Attorney General 2006, Lillie Mae Brock Award for Community Diversity Greenville 2002, Tablet of Honor National Kiwanis International, and National Officer of the Month October 2000 from the National Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation. Chief Crisp also received the National Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service as a Police Officer in Asheville. He was the first Police Officer to receive this award and the youngest at the time. The award was received in the spring of 1983 at a ceremony in the United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C.

Chief Crisp has dedicated his life's work to improving the communities he has served. He is married to his high school sweetheart Kim, who is a Registered Nurse with Mission Hospital in Asheville. They have twin sons Adam and Andrew who were drafted out of high school by the Baltimore Orioles. After a distinguished baseball careers both sons are currently employed as Patrol Officers with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.

Gordon Graham is a 33 year veteran of California Law Enforcement. During his tenure as a police professional, he was awarded his Teaching Credential from California State University, Long Beach. He was later graduated from University of Southern California with a Master's Degree in Safety and Systems Management. Subsequent to this he was graduated from Western State University with a Juris Doctorate. His education as a Risk Manager and experience as a practicing Attorney, coupled with his extensive background
in law enforcement, have allowed him to rapidly become recognized internationally as a dynamic presenter with multiple areas of expertise.

Mr. Graham has taken this background as a street cop, supervisor and manager and coupled it with his formal education as a risk manager and his education and experiences as an attorney and is now President of Lexipol – a company designed to standardize policies, procedures and training within law enforcement agencies around America.

Mr. Graham has centered his efforts in providing knowledge to other law enforcement officers in the area of Civil Liability, Professionalism, Ethical Decision Making and related topics. Instead of focusing solely in after incident damage control, he focuses his efforts in the prevention of mistakes through his program SROVT (Solid Realistic Ongoing Verifiable Training). He teaches police officers why things generally go wrong, and how to prevent these unfortunate situations from happening. He follows up his prevention efforts with a dynamic presentation on how to recognize the incidents that have a likelihood of ending up in litigation. He concludes his program with a detailed examination on how to prove proper conduct. Additionally, Mr. Graham has developed the CATSINRO approach to the elimination of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Each of his presentations includes the appropriate written "rules" for the topic covered. These risk management rules allow the informed listener to make immediate, progressive changes in operations to better protect themselves and their organization.

Over the last decade, Mr. Graham has spoken to over 300,000 law enforcement and other public safety professionals from every State in the country, no doubt some from your Department. Since 1990, he consistently received the highest evaluations on California P.O.S.T critiques. In 1995, Mr. Graham received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement Training, the highest tribute available in the critical mission of training police professionals. His penetrating wit coupled with his vast knowledge in multiple disciplines provides the enlightened listener, regardless of rank, with an information packed seminar that will benefit him/her in current and future assignments.

Michael Ferguson has been employed by the East Texas Police Academy since September 1, 1998. Prior to his employment with ETPA, Ferguson was a deputy with the Gregg County Sheriff's Office in Longview, Texas, where he served as a patrol officer, a jail supervisor, and in communications. Ferguson continues to hold an unpaid peace officer commission with GCSO.

Before beginning his career in law enforcement, Ferguson taught 8th grade United States History in the Houston, Texas, area. In addition to his police academy duties, Ferguson teaches Criminal Justice classes for Kilgore College and is an adjunct instructor of Criminal Justice for Sam Houston State University. Ferguson holds an M.S. in Criminal Justice Leadership and Management from Sam Houston State University; a B.A. in History and Political Science (double major) from Stephen F. Austin State University; and an A.A.S. (with honors) in Criminal Justice from Kilgore College.

Ferguson has considerable experience in using desktop computer applications in educational-related activities, including word processing; web page creation and maintenance; proper use of slideware; spreadsheets; and others. Ferguson has done extensive training and research on Apple's Keynote, Pages, and Numbers applications; Microsoft's Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Slideware- and presentation-related works in Ferguson's library include Presentation Zen; Presentation Zen Design; Brain Rules; The Non-Designer's Presentation Book; slide:ology; How To Be A Presentation God; and The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs.

John M. Helenberg is currently the Director for Agency Operations at the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. John began his law enforcement career with the Harris County Constable's Office Pct. 8 assigned to the patrol division and NASA Astronaut Support. After four and a half years with Harris County, he joined the Nassau Bay Police Department and served as the agency's first patrol K-9 handler until he began working for TCLEOSE as a Field Agent. As a Field Agent he was assigned to the South Texas Field Office in Victoria Texas where he was responsible for conducting agency audits and evaluations, as well as, investigating criminal and administrative law violations in the thirty three counties comprising the South Texas Region. In November 2008, he was promoted to the Agent in Charge of Special Projects and concurrently served as a Special Deputy United States Marshal assigned to the US Marshal's Joint Fugitive Task Force.

John's teaching experience began in 1998 with the Clear Creek Independent School District in Clear Lake Texas. During his time as an intermediate school teacher he taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in a variety of subjects including teen leadership. After joining law enforcement he became a Field Training Officer in 2003 and Basic
Instructor in 2004 and has since trained law enforcement officers in a variety of courses. He currently holds an Advanced Peace Officer's Certificate and Advanced Instructor's Certificate from TCLEOSE. John is a graduate of the 245th Session of the FBI National Academy, the IACP Police Leadership Course (WestPoint Model), and the FBI
Command Institute.

John is a professional member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST), and the FBI's Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA).

John resides in Travis County with his wife Crystal, who is also a peace officer, along with their two sons, Nicholas and Caden.

Jack Ryan is a retired Police Captain from the Providence, Rhode Island Police Department where he served twenty years. Jack was the commanding officer of the Agency's Public Information Office for 5 years and served as the department's chief spokesperson. During that time, he was an active member of the National Information Officers' Association. After completing his assignment as the lead PIO, Jack continued to assist the Chief of Police in all high-profile cases that attracted media attention.

During his police career, Jack Ryan also attained his Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude and became an attorney. He has used his legal education to focus on the law as it relates to police operations including issues related to the media. Jack was an adjunct faculty member at Salve Regina University for ten years. He currently conducts training and audits for law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

Chief Vickers began his law enforcement career with the Abilene Police Department in 1979 and continued to serve until his retirement in 2006. During his 26 years with the Abilene Police Department he served in many capacities, such as training officer with oversight of the applicant selection process, School Resource Officer, Detective, Public Information Officer, and Commander of the Critical Missing Response Team (CMRT). It was while he was the commander of this team they gained nationwide attention when they handled and quickly solved the first Amber Alert stranger kidnapping case in Texas. He is nationally recognized as an expert instructor and consultant in the area of Family Violence dynamics and law. He has drafted several pieces of Texas family violence law; testified as an expert witness before the Texas legislature; and is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the National Council on Family Violence and National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Chief Vickers has 26 years of teaching and education experience including teaching a variety of courses for universities, academies, associations, and law enforcement departments across the state of Texas.

Chief Vickers has been married to his wife, Chrys, for 38 years and has two children and two grandchildren. His son, Eric, is a crimes against persons detective with the Abilene Police Department and daughter, Jennifer, is a medical doctor in New York City.