• California College of Law – Completed one year of law school
• California State University at Los Angeles – Completed four years of undergraduate study – course work in major completed
• Attended University of Southern California Executive Breakfast Series for 1993 and 1995.
• Graduate of Police Officer Standards and Training (P. O. S. T.), Supervisory Leadership Institute, Class 53
• Graduate of West Point Leadership Program, July 13, 1998.

1976 - Advanced Officer Training – 40 hours
1978 – Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Representative School – 8 hours
1978 - FBI Instructor Development – 40 hours
1978 - Shooting Policy Seminar – 4 hours
1978 - Juvenile Procedures School – 24 hours
1979 – Defense Representative School – 8 hours
1980 – Basic Detective School – 120 hours
1980 – Side Handle Baton Training 24 inch – 8 hours
1981 – Homicide School – 24 hours
1984 – Juvenile Justice Update – 40 hours
1985 – Network Communication System – 16 hours
1986 – Advanced Field Officers Course – Domestic Violence – 24 hours
1987 – MDT / DFAR School – 8 hours
1987 – Side Handle Baton – Update Certification – 2 hours
1989 – Auto Theft Investigation – 24 hours
1989 – CJIS/NCIC Mandated Training – 2 hours
1990 – Stolen vehicle recovery network – 4 hours
1991 – Missing person training – 2 hours
1991 – SIDS training – 2 hours
1991 – Advanced field officer course – Tactical Awareness – 24 hours
1992 – Gang awareness school – 8 hours
1993 – CJIS/NCIC mandatory re-training – 1 hour
1993 – Detective Supervisor – 80 hours
1993 – Civil Unrest Response Training Phase 1 – 8 hours
1993 – Civil Unrest Response Training Phase 2 – 8 hours
1994 – Affirmative Action For Supervisors – 4 hours
1994 – Leadership Update – 4 hours
1995 – Supervisory Update Course – 24 hours
1995 – Sexual Harassment – 3 hours
1995 – Bloodborne and airborne pathogen – 3 hours
1995 – Bloodborne/Airborne pathogen – 4 hours
1995 – 1995 CLETS NCIC re-training – 1 hour
1996 – Supervisory Leadership Institute – 192 hours
1996 – Cultural Awareness – 8 hours
1996 – Standardized emergency management system training – 16 hours
1996 – Community police problem solving – 8 hours
1996 – Polaroid domestic violence training – 3 hours
1996 – Cultural awareness – gay/lesbian community – 2 hours
1996 – Network communications (LANS) – 16 hours
1997 – Affirmative Action for supervisors – 2 hours
1997 – RIPP Hobble restraint device – 2 hours
1997 – Internal discipline report format training – 2 hours
1997 – Arrest & control techniques – 8 hours
1998 – West Point Leadership Program – 136 hours
1998 – Injury identification in domestic violence cases – 2 hours
1998 – Preventing work place violence – 2 hours
1998 – Ethical Decision Making – 2 hours
1998 – Injury identification in domestic violence cases – 2 hours
1998 – CCHRS (LANS) – 4 hours
1998 – 21st Century crime control – 8 hours
1998 – 1997-1999 CLETS/NCIC training – 1 hour
1999 – Cultural division tools for tolerance – 8 hours
1999 – CCHRS (LANS) – 4 hours
2000 – Civil service rules for supervisors – 4 hours
2000 – 1999-2001 CLETS/NCIC training – 1 hour
2000 - Sexual Harassment – 2 hours
2000 - Legal actions involving police officers: Criminal/Civil – 2 hours
2000 – Homicide/death investigation – 2 hours
2000 - Tactical Communications – 2 hours
2000 - Elder Abuse – 2 hours
2000 – 21st Century crime control seminar – 8 hours
2000 - Elder Abuse – 2 hours
2000 - Victim Contact Skills – 2 hours
2001 – Field Officer updates – 8 hours
2001 – Firearms/tactical handgun – 8 hours
2001 – Officer rapid deployment – 8 hours
2001 – Terrorism Awareness – 2 hours
2001 – Field data capture training – 2 hours
2001 – Officer safety/field tactics – 8 hours
2002 – Officer safety/field tactics – 8 hours
2002 – Electronic surveillance course/wiretap – 8 hours
2002 – 2001-2003 CLETS/NCIC training – 1 hour
2002 – Consent decree source document training – 4 hours
2002 – Managing workplace conflict – 8 hours
2003 – Mental illness update – 4 hours
2003 – Weapons of mass destruction – 8 hours
2003 – Field data capture report update – 2 hours
2004 – Capital Case Defense Seminar – 25 hours
2004 – California Association of Licensed Investigations Continuing Education – 7 hours
2004 – California Association of Licensed Investigations Continuing Education – 15 hours
2005 – Capital Case Defense Seminar – 25 hours
2005 – Terrorism/ Weapons of Mass Destruction – 4 hours
2005 – Liability/ Legal Issues – 4 hours
2005 – California Attorneys for Criminal Justice – Legal updates – 24 hours
2006 – Capital Case Defense Seminar – 25 hours
2006 – The Validity of Fingerprint and Ballistics Evidence – 2 hours
2006 – Recent Trends Involving the Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure – 6 hours
2006 – Detecting Deception and Eyewitness Identification Procedures – 8 hours
2006 – National Black Police Association International Education and Training Conference – 24 hours
2007 – Capital Case Defense Seminar – 21.50 hours
2007 – Expert Witness Summit – 22 hours
2007 – National Expert Witness Association Conference – 21.50 hours
2008 – Capital Case Defense Seminar – 21.50 hours
2008 – Expert Witness Summit – 16 hours
2009 – Legal Recipes for Successful Expert Consulting – 1 hour
2009 – National Expert Witness Association Conference – 19 hours
2009 – Expert Witness Pitfalls – 1 hour
2009 – Arizona Public Defender Association Seventh Annual Statewide Conference – 18 hours
2009 – Effects of Computer Related Evidence – 1 hour
2010 – Capital Case Defense Seminar – 18 hours
2010 – National Expert Witness Association Conference – 18 hours
2010 – Amendments to Federal Rule 26 – 1 hour