WORK EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
1997 - Present
DEFIANT LOVE
Consultation-Guidance-Teaching-Training-Public Speaking:
Personal Health, Fitness & Nutrition, Crisis Intervention, Suicide Prevention,
Chemical Dependency, Sober Coaching & Companionship,
Interventions,
Stress Management, Tactical Communication,
Self Esteem &
Behavior Issues.
Writer/Filmmaker:
Writing, Screenwriting and Filmmaking - Current projects include comedy &
narrative screenplays, non-fiction books and documentaries.
2008 - 2009
Morningside Recovery
Health & Behavior Lecturer:
Group Instruction/Discussion
2007 - Present
Pacific Coast Recovery Center
- Mission Hospital Laguna Beach
Chemical Dependency Instructor:
Group Instruction/Discussion
1992 - Present
Newport Beach Police
Department
Custody Officer:
Jail operations, booking of arrestees, crisis intervention & suicide prevention,
chemical dependency intervention, counseling, assistance referral and
inmate welfare.
Citizen's Police Academy Instructor - Jail
Trauma Support Team
1991-1992
Professional Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential
Master
of Arts - Education & Instructional Leadership (M.A. pending)
National University
1991
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Student Teacher:
First & Sixth Grade Instruction
1990-1992
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Instructional Aide - Special Education:
Counseling,
tutoring & teaching at risk high school students.
1988-1990
B.A.
Social Ecology - Psychology and Social Behavior
University of California at Irvine
Emphasis on Crime, Society & Human Behavior
1988-1990
UCI Field
Study project
"Special Friends" program - Internship with School Psychologist
Dr. John Whitely
& Dr. Victoria Dendinger
Counseling, tutoring & teaching at risk elementary
school students.
1986-1988
Orange Coast College
General Education
Psychology Club Chapter Member
CERTIFICATION
& COURSEWORK
Crisis Negotiations Core Course & Certification - FBI
Jail
Suicide Prevention & Crisis Intervention - OCSD
Suicide Prevention Hotline Training - Didi Hirsch LA Suicide
Prevention Center
Family Interventions -Training Institute For Addicitons Counselors - Fr. Jack Kearney
Interpersonal
Communication & Relationships - Gary Smalley
Tactical Communications & Verbal Judo - Sgt. Ralph Brown
Suicide Prevention & Mental Illness - Fullerton PD
Tactical Communication & Cultural Diversity -
Costa Mesa PD
The Definition Of Suicide - Phil McCready - UCI
Screening For Mental Illness - American
Corrections Conference
Active Listening & Communication Issues - LASO
Stress Management For Supervisors
- California Sheriff's Association
Corrections Crisis Interventions - American Corrections Conference
Conflict
Resolution - Bill Naber & Associates
Mental Illness/Developmentally Disabled Responders - Buena Park PD
Excited Delirium: Preventing In-Custody Death - Santa Clara DOC
Understanding Self Injury - American Corrections
Conference
Hostage Survival - Kern County Sheriff's Department
Managing Inmate Behavior - Bill Naber
& Associates
Controlled Substances - OCSD
Drug Use Recognition - Costa Mesa Police Department
HIV/AIDS,
Bloodborne Pathogens & Communicable Diseases - American Red Cross
Correctional Officer Core Course & Certification
- OCSD
832 PC - Powers of Arrest - Rio Hondo Police Academy
Inmate Assaults - The Corrections Center
High
Risk Inmates - Huntington Beach PD
Parolee Contacts - Sgt Ken Whitely
Street & Prison Gangs - Torrance
PD
Radical Islamic Terrorism - Long Beach PD
Emergency Terrorism Incident Response - OCSD
Riots:
Prevention & Handling - Sgt. Todd Dearmore
Employee Leadership & Management - SCCSD
MISCELLANEOUS RELATED TRAINING
CPR/First Aid, Fire & Life Safety, Cell Extractions,
Defensive
Tactics, Use Of Force/Physical Control,
Sexual Harassment, Chemical Sprays, Medical Screening,
Life Threatening
Food Allergies, Searching Techniques.
