Diplomatic Security Service

I am Patrick Mills and am currently the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service’s Chicago Field Office covering 13 states in the Midwest region. I decided to enter federal law enforcement in my early 20s because in a previous life I had...

Cold Case Detective

My name is Stuart Somershoe and I work for the City of Phoenix Police Department. I am a detective with the Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit. I got into law enforcement kind of a strange path. I graduated college with an English major. I ended up managing a...

Detective and Hostage Negotiator

My name is Timothy Fay. I am a Detective and Digital Forensic Examiner and Hostage Negotiator for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Palm Beach County, Florida. I think I was extremely interested in law enforcement from when I was very young. My hero...

How Homicide Detectives Really Solve Cases

My name is Louie Aguilera and I’m a homicide detective for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau. My career path in law enforcement goes back to probably the late ’70s, when I was about seven or eight years old, as far...

Police Hostage Negotiations – Behind the Scenes

I am Detective Mike Lumbard with the Denver Police Department in Denver, Colorado. Like many police departments around the country, hostage negotiations or crisis negotiations, it’s an additional duty. You’re primarily a detective assigned to one specialty...

How to Present Yourself as a Law Enforcement Candidate

Dan Flippo had a 30-year law enforcement career and recently retired as Deputy Chief with the Santa Cruz Police Department in California. He now provides training to law enforcement through the Savage Training Group. It is vital to prepare and become the best...