Vladimir Sergevnin, Ph.D. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Leningrad Pedagogical University in History and a doctorate of philosophy from the Moscow Institute of National Economy. Dr. Sergevnin is the Director of the Center for Applied Criminal Justice at Western Illinois University, Editor of the Law Enforcement Executive Forum journal and Western Journal of Criminal Justice at Western Illinois University.

Dr. Sergevnin held several leadership and instructional positions over his career. He is the former Chairperson of the Department of Humanitarian Sciences at the Vladimir Juridical Institute and a Professor at the Saint-Petersburg University. He retired as a Colonel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (federal police) of Russian Federation. He is a former Senior Research Scholar at the Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the former Director of the Illinois Police Corps Academy at Western Illinois University.

Dr. Sergevnin has published over 60 articles, chapters, brochures, and authored or co-authored ten books pertaining to law enforcement training, leadership, recruitment, history and education.

Michael J. Bolton, is a professor of criminal justice and former chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Marymount University. In addition to university teaching and research, Dr. Bolton is active in law enforcement training and scholarship, including having served on various advisory committees with IACP, PERF, and the Justice Department. His research interests include police interactions with persons with mental illnesses and autistic spectrum disorders, as well as the exploring the potential of principles of complex system science and simulation modeling to reduce interpersonal violence. Dr. Bolton’s recent publications appear in Public Administration Review, The Public Sector Innovations Journal, The Journal of Excellence in College Teaching, Critical Criminology, and The Law Enforcement Executive Forum.

Dr. Becky Kohler da Cruz is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice and Law in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social and Political Science at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice, law, and the courts. She received her PhD from Capella University and her JD from the University of Dayton, School of Law. She serves on the International Services Committee of the Red Cross and coaches the university's Moot Court team. Prior to teaching, she practiced law as an associate attorney for O'Loughlin & Gudorf Law Firm in Dayton, Ohio; was a night court hearing officer and weekend intake reviewer for the City of Dayton Prosecutor's Office; a law clerk for Stephen E. Klein Law Office in Vandalia, Ohio and the Piqua, City Prosecutor's Office in Piqua, Ohio; and a senior legal researcher for Lexis-Nexis in Dayton, Ohio. Her publications have appeared in The National Social Science Journal, International Journal of Restorative Justice, Law Enforcement Forum, and Journal of Third World Studies.

Dr. José de Arimatéia da Cruz is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Comparative Politics in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social & Political Science at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Comparative Politics (Latin America and Africa) and International Relations. He received his Ph.D. from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He is on the Board of Directors of the Savannah Council on World Affairs, a former Commissioner, Mayor's Commission on Human Rights, City of Springfield, MO, and former Assistant Ombudsman (Joint Office of Citizens Complaints), Dayton, OH. His published articles have appeared in the The Latin Americanist, International Journal of Restorative Justice, Studies Revue Canadienne des Etudes Latino-Americaines et Caraibe, International Social Science Review, Law Enforcement Executive Forum, and Latin American Politics & Society.

Dr. Lewinski is one of the world's leading behavioral scientists whose work has focused primarily on the intensive study of the human dynamics involved in high stress, life-threatening encounters. He has a Ph.D. in Police Psychology and is a professor emeritus of Law Enforcement at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he taught for more than 25 years. In 2003 he was named Distinguished Professor of the Year for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He is the founder and director of the Force Science® Research Center (FSRC) at Minnesota State University, Mankato and the Force Science® Institute, Ltd. (FSI), which is a research, consulting and training organization focused primarily on human behavior in use-of-force situations. The combined mission of FSI and FSRC is to gather experts from a variety of academic and research disciplines from a wide range of educational institutions, including Minnesota State University, Mankato, the University of Arizona, the Mayo Clinic, UCLA, University of Calgary, Indiana University, and many universities in the United Kingdom, to assist in the study of officer and subject behavior, primarily in lethal force encounters. Force Science® publishes a popular, twice-monthly e-newsletter, Force Science® News, that presents research and commentary on force issues in law enforcement. FSN has an estimated total readership of approximately 200,000 readers. The International Association of Chiefs of Police distributes select articles to top administrators worldwide.

One focus of Dr. Lewinski's research is on subject and officer movement in lethal force encounters as well as action/reaction parameters, perception and memory. His groundbreaking findings have been presented at peer-reviewed conferences in psychology, criminal justice and engineering. They have also been published in national law enforcement publications, Web sites, e-newsletters and have been discussed in peer-reviewed publications. Additionally, his work was highlighted on the Daily Planet, a televised program on the Discovery Channel Canada, 48 Hours Investigates, and a BBC Panorama special program, When Cops Kill. Dr. Lewinski's studies involve technologically sophisticated investigations into the perceptual and psychological factors that impact an officer's perception, reaction and memory in lethal force encounters. A recent study involved a collaborative effort with the University of Calgary and police services in the United Kingdom to determine the relationship of focal vision to information processing, judgment and accuracy of shot placement in a lethal force encounter.

Dr. Lewinski has trained in Goju Karate (traditional Japanese Karate) since 1967. He is a regional director and on the national board of examiners with Goju Kai Karate Do, U.S.A. He has testified in grand juries, coroner's inquests, arbitration hearings, and both criminal and civil cases throughout North America. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology (1967), from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and a Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of Arizona (1979). He subsequently earned a Doctorate in Police Psychology from Union University and Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio (1988). Additionally, he has completed graduate work in psychology at the University of Vermont, University of Ottawa and the Alfred Adler Institute in Chicago.

Dr. Lewinski is an extremely popular speaker and consultant who has presented to and worked with a diverse span of groups, ranging internationally from the British House of Commons and House of Lords to the London Metropolitan Police (armed units) and domestically from the FBI and other major law enforcement organizations to local police departments. He has presented at more than 100 international, national and regional conferences and has conducted more than 150 training classes and seminars worldwide. His audiences have represented a vast array of professionals, including investigators, attorneys, administrators, internal affairs personnel, and civilian review groups.

Dr. William P. McCamey received bachelors and masters degrees in Law Enforcement Administration. He received his Ph.D from the University of Iowa in 1994 and has been a faculty member at Western Illinois University since 1982. He currently teaches criminal justice management, policing and ethics at the graduate level and also teaches in the Degrees at a Distance program for the National Fire Academy. He is currently the co-author of three books on criminal justice and policing. Dr. McCamey has been a criminal investigator, police trainer and has published numerous journal articles.

Michael J. Palmiotto, Ph.D. is Professor of Criminal Justice at Wichita State University. He is a former police officer in New York State and has experience in establishing and operating a Police Training facility. He has a master's degree from John Jay College (CUNY) and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Palmiotto has ten books published, numerous book chapters and articles on policing and criminal justice.

Dr. Gene L. Scaramella currently serves as the Dean of Graduate Studies for Ellis University and is a former member of both the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Sheriff's Office. He can be contacted at GScaramella@ellis.edu