David A. Dusenbury and Associates
Police Security Experts
Curriculum Vitae

DAVID A. DUSENBURY
POLICE PRACTICES/SECURITY CONSULTANT/EXPERT

Post Office Box 90819 60847 SW Garrison Drive, Bend OR, 97702
Long Beach, CA 90809-0819 (541) 306-3485
(562) 492-9554 (562) 989-1757 (F) (310) 503-2114 (Cellular)
(310) 503-2114 (Cellular) E-mail: dadusen@aol.com

EDUCATION, CREDENTIALS & TRAINING

Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, California
          Continuing Studies Program

1999-2001

California State University at Los Angeles
          Master of Science, Criminal Justice

1971-76

California State College at Los Angeles
          Bachelor of Science, Police Science & Administration

1967-70

Compton College, Compton, California
          Associate of Arts

1959-67

Compton College, Compton, California
          Traffic Control

1966

Compton College, Compton, California
          Vehicle Code

1966

California State College at Los Angeles
          Traffic Supervision

1968

California State Department of Education, Bureau of Industrial Education
          Techniques of Teaching

1976

State of California, Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing
          Designated Subjects (Ryan) Teaching Credential

1977-1982

California Community Colleges Instructor Credential
          Subject Matter Area: Police Science (full time, valid for life)

1977

Instructor (P.O.S.T.) – Long Beach Police Department/Long Beach City College
          Recruit Academy, “Vice Investigations” 
          Recruit Academy, “Disturbance Calls”
          Training Officer Seminar, “Report Review Problem Areas”

1982-85
1979-80
1977-79

University of California, Irvine
          Program in Social Ecology, Victimless Crime Class, John Dombrink,
          Professor
          Guest Speaker, “Vice Control”

1987

California Specialized Training Institute, San Luis Obispo, California
          Emergency Management - Earthquake
          Disaster Damage Assessment

1988
1988

Federal Bureau of Investigation
          Critical Incident Management and Tactics
          Long Beach Police Academy, Long Beach, California

1988

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
          Conference on Community Policing & Drugs, Presenter/Panelist,    
          Drug Sales: “Providing a Sustained Police Presence”

1990

California Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training
          Executive Development Course
          Commander Course (Vice, Narcotics & Intelligence)
          Management Course
          Sergeant Supervisory Course
          Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Academy

1987
1984
1982
1976
1961

California Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training - Certificates
          Management
          Supervisory
          Advanced
          Intermediate
          Basic

1983
1981
1968
1968
1962

Long Beach Police Officers’ Association
          Member of Board of Directors

1980-82

Long Beach Police Department
          Sergeant/Civilian Supervisor Course

1981

Long Beach Police Department
          Ethics and Integrity Training (P.O.S.T.)

1989

Long Beach Police Department
          Verbal Judo – Command Staff

1990

Los Angeles Police Department
          Threat Management Conference - Disneyland Hotel
          Anaheim, California

1993

California Peace Officers' Association
          Police Pursuits - Ventura County Sheriff’s Department
          Chairman - Police Community Relations Committee

1996
1990-91

American Society for Industrial Security
          Physical Security - Crowne Plaza Hotel, Redondo Beach, California

1997

California Judges Association - The Rutter Group
          Use and Abuse of Expert Witnesses - The Hyatt Regency Hotel
          Irvine, California

1998

Certificate of Fitness (License to Consult) - Fire/Life Safety/High-Rise Buildings
          City of Los Angeles Fire Department – Not renewed

1998

Certified Protection Professional (CPP) - American Society for Industrial Security
          Valid 1995 through 12-31-2003

 

Security Services Survey – Epson America
          Torrance, California

1995

Police Response to Violence in the Workplace – Seminar Presenter
          World Trade Center, Long Beach, California

1995

Security Services Survey – Chevron Corporation, El Segundo, California

1996

   

Security Services Survey - World Trade Center, Long Beach, California

1997

   

Security Officer and the Law Training – Instructor – American Protective Services

1992-98

Security Officer and the Law Training – Instructor – The Macerich Company

1998-99

Security Investigations – Instructor – American Protective Services
          Fremont, California

1998

American Society for Industrial Security
          Professional Investigations - Crowne Plaza Hotel, Redondo Beach

1999

American Society for Industrial Security/Los Angeles Police Department
          LEAPS Conference 2000 – Security-Police Partnership

2000

American Society for Industrial Security/Los Angeles Police Department
          LEAPS Conference 2001 – Security-Police Partnership

2001

   

Consultant, ABS Consulting, Risk Consulting Division, Assessment Proposal
          Port of Long Beach, Harbor Department, Security Division

2002

   

S.E.A.K. / F.E.W.A. 2005 Expert Witness Pre-Conference/Summit, Attendee
          Sutton Place Hotel, Newport Beach, California

2005

S.E.A.K. / F.E.W.A. 2005 Expert Witness Pre-Conference/Summit, Speaker,
          “Dealing with Counsel, How Not to Get Burned”
          Sutton Place Hotel, Newport Beach, California

2005

PUBLICATIONS

“Recruitment, Selection, and Training in the Long Beach Police Department,” Deputy Chief David A. Dusenbury, Journal of California Law Enforcement, Volume 22, No. 3, October 1988.

“A Systems Approach to Goals and Objectives,” D. A. Dusenbury and K. M. Shelley, California Peace Officer, September 1991.

EMPLOYMENT

DAVID A. DUSENBURY & ASSOCIATES
          Police/Security Consultants/Experts 
          Long Beach, California


1994-Present

AMERICAN PROTECTIVE SERVICES
          Los Angeles, California

1997-1998

Assistant Branch Manager. Responsible for the supervision and management of approximately 575 personnel Supervised account managers, project managers and site supervisors.  Responsible for contract security at high-rise building accounts in central, mid-Wilshire and, Century City areas of Los Angeles.  Conducted “Security Vulnerability Surveys”.  Trained new security officers on the law (Classroom Basic Training).

AMERICAN PROTECTIVE SERVICES
          Long Beach, California

1995-1997

Assistant Branch Manager.  Responsible for the supervision and management of approximately 475 personnel.  Management of field supervision, payroll, personnel, scheduling, petro-chemical and high-rise building accounts. Conducted “Security Vulnerability Surveys”.  Trained new security officers on the law (Classroom Basic Training).

AMERICAN PROTECTIVE SERVICES
          Los Angeles, California

1991-1995

Assistant Branch Manager. Responsible for the supervision and management of approximately 575 personnel Supervision of 4 account managers, 6 project managers and 13 site supervisors assigned to the high-rise Division.  Responsible for 19 high-rise building accounts: in the central, mid-Wilshire, and Century City areas, of Los Angeles. Conducted “Security Vulnerability Surveys”.  Trained new security officers on the law (Classroom Basic Training).

LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT (Service Retirement – 30 1/2 Years)
          Long Beach, California


1968-1991

DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE - July 28, 1990 to December 31, 1991

          Assignment: Support Bureau/Administration Bureau 
          Staff:  364+
          Budget: $22,747,000+

 

Managed the Budget, Communications (CAD), Food Services, Jail, Court Affairs, Records (CLETS, JDIC, CWS), and Traffic Divisions.  Activities of Bureau included management of department budget ($91,257,000); the processing, housing, feeding, movement and delivery to the court, of 36,000 prisoners annually.  Traffic Division consisted of 30 motorcycle officers, an Accident Investigation Detail, Parking Enforcement Officers, a Commercial Enforcement Unit, Special Events, Event Security (Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach Marathon, Long Beach Arena (Sporting Events, Concerts), Long Beach Terrace Theater and Long Beach Convention Center), and a School Crossing Guards Unit.  Member of the “Board of Directors”, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Long Beach Chapter.  Developed policies and procedures for a new division (Food Services, formerly within the Jail Division), reducing costs by 10%.  Conducted “Use of Force Study” for the Chief of Police, surveying 14 California police departments, including Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.  Study encompassed examination of policies and procedures related to the use of force; receipt of citizen complaints; the role of first-line supervision in the investigation of citizen complaints; the reporting and investigation of use of force; and the control and supervision of police pursuits.


DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE - January 16, 1988 to July 27, 1990
 
          Assignment: Detective Bureau
          Staff:  195
          Budget: $14,569,000

 

Management of Detective, Juvenile, and Special Investigations (Crime Suppression, Drug Investigations, Vice Investigations) Divisions.  Activities of bureau included all follow-up investigations (except traffic), Crime Analysis, Crime Laboratory, and Major Violators Unit.  Supplemented an existing Managing Criminal Investigations (MCI) component with an assigned case priority system.  Managed the Career Criminal Apprehension Program (Crime Analysis) and Property Crimes Grants.  Developed the Investigator Training Program.  Expanded the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program to the middle schools.  Consolidated the processing of local permits and Alcoholic Beverage Control licensing.  Directed and supervised the revision of Shooting, In-Custody Death and Use of Force Review Boards policies and procedures.  Reduced the number of “out of policy” shootings through more stringent review of “Officer Involved Shootings”.  Chaired these boards and made disciplinary and training recommendations to the Chief of Police.  Conducted “Skelly” (administrative appeal) hearings.  Police Department Liaison to City Council.


DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE - May 24, 1986 to January 15, 1988

          Assignment: Executive Operations Bureau
          Staff:  44
          Budget: $3,200,000

 

Management of LongBeach Police Academy, Community Relations, Gang Unit, Intelligence, Internal Affairs, and Police Officer/Reserve Officer Recruitment.  Expanded Neighborhood Watch Program participation by 50%.  Enhanced credibility of the Internal Affairs Section by re-assignment of personnel and Section re-organization.  Revised police officer selection process resulting in significant increase in academic performance of academy classes.  Instituted POST “Reading and Writing Skills Test”.  Developed plan involving the Civil Service Department, which improved Affirmative Action hiring, achieving a 40% ratio through intensive recruitment of qualified minorities.  Developed an “ethics” training program for all department personnel.


POLICE COMMANDER   - February 16, 1985 to May 23, 1986

          Assignment: Criminal Investigations Division
          Staff:  127
          Budget: $7,703,000

 

Management of adult criminal and juvenile investigations; the collection and preservation of criminal evidence and criminalistics laboratory functions. Directed re-assessment of division structure, equipment and personnel; instituted appropriate changes.  Member of the Los Angeles County Coordinating Committee for establishment of the Los Angeles County Regional Automated Fingerprint Identification System.  Instituted changes, which resulted in substantial savings to the City of Long Beach and other independent cities.  Member of the Security Sub-committee-Fire/Life Safety Committee for the Long Beach-Los Angeles Light Rail Project.


POLICE LIEUTENANT - November 28, 1981 to February 15, 1985.

          Assignment: Vice Investigations Section
          Staff:  14
          Budget: $1,000,000

 

Management of the enforcement of laws relating to prostitution, lewd conduct, pedophile investigations, gambling, bookmaking (supervision, preparation and execution of search warrants), adult entertainment licensing, entertainment café licensing, alcoholic beverage control licensing, and various vice-related “local ordinance” laws.  Responsible for the re-examination of bingo law enforcement, which resulted in suspension and revocation of some permits.  Instrumental in maintaining appropriate lewd conduct enforcement.  Facilitated the appropriate re-assignment of, some,  “Vice Investigations Section” personnel.  Represented Police Department regarding Vice related issues at City Council meetings.


POLICE SERGEANT - February 1, 1976 to November 27, 1981
 

 

Assignments:

Records Division (Report Review- review of reports for completeness, compliance with policy, procedure and law (elements of crime, probable cause for arrest, etc.),  investigative follow-up, etc.); Patrol (Station Supervisor); Supervised Reporting Office and Information Desk personnel.  Acted as Station Commander on regular basis.
Patrol Bureau, Field Supervisor, Evening and Morning Watch Shifts (June 1979-November 27, 1981).


POLICE PATROLMAN - June 1, 1968 to January 31, 1976  

 

Assignments:

Patrol (Evening Watch, Mid-Watch, Morning Watch Shifts), Communications, Jail Relief, Juvenile and Detectives (undercover enforcement unit which targeted felony offenders, preparation and execution of search warrants).

LYNWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT
          Lynwood, California

 

POLICE OFFICER  - August 4, 1961 to May 31, 1968

 

 

Assignments:

Patrol (2 years), Traffic Enforcement/Accident Investigation Officer (motorcycle) (3 years).  On military leave (2 years).

MILITARY

UNITED STATES ARMY
 
          57th Military Police Company
          United States Military Academy
          West Point, New York

1963-1965

MEMBERSHIPS

American Mensa Limited

American Philatelic Society

American Society for Industrial Security

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners – Associate Member 

California Peace Officers’ Association

International Association of Chiefs of Police

Stanford Athletics Buck Cardinal Club


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