Infiltrate Instructor — Instructor Profile

About Infiltrate Instructor

The instructor for this course is a retired 30-year veteran of a Southern California law enforcement agency. He began his investigative career in the Special Investigations Division as a street gang investigator, where his primary duties were to investigate and prosecute gang related crimes. He was then assigned to a narcotics team, which primarily focused on suspects involved in the distribution of “Street-Level” controlled substances. After these two assignments, the instructor transferred to the FBI as a full-time Task Force Officer with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, conducting investigations into national security matters. He then transferred to the FBI Criminal Enterprise Branch, working as a Task Force Officer with the Violent Crimes Task Force-Gang Group, having the primary duties of conducting long term investigations on organized and violent gang organizations. The instructor finished his career transferring back to his home agency as a detective in the Criminal Intelligence Unit, where his primary duties were to monitor, track, and prosecute organized gang groups throughout Southern California. He was also a full-time undercover operator, having worked approximately 75 undercover operations in California and several other States throughout the Country.

In performing his duties as a detective, the instructor has become proficient in informant cultivation and management, undercover operations, expert court testimony, surveillance operations, and writing and managing wiretap operations. Due to the instructor's extensive UC work, his identity is not publicly displayed.