BRUCE WALSTAD - Law Enforcement Professional Speaker

Bruce Walstad

Law Enforcement Professional
"Expert and popular talk-show guest, lecturer,
and consultant on fraud & swindles"

About Bruce Walstad
Detective Bruce Walstad is currently an Investigator and Youth Officer with the Franklin Park Police Department (a suburb of Chicago) and one of the best speaker/trainers in the nation!

Bruce's topic's include:

Operation S.C.A.M.S.^TM

Con Game Investigations

Making Great Community Presentations

Carnivals and Carnival Game Fraud

Bank Fraud

Home Repair Fraud

Long considered an expert on fraud and swindle, Detective Walstad has appeared on Oprah, 48 Hours, Geraldo, Maury Povich, The Morton Downey Show, and The Justice Files - in addition to all of Chicago's major television news stations.

Detective Walstad has authored two books on confidence crime - Sting Shift and Keeping Carnies Honest - plus numerous articles for professional law enforcement publications.

He is the current President of Professionals Against Confidence Crime (PACC) - an international police organization - and has served on the Board of Advisors for the National Association of Bunco Investigators.

In addition to being an accomplished speaker, Bruce is also a professional magician, having performed over 2,000 shows since 1976. He holds active membership in both the Society of American Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

If you're interested in a dynamic expert on all aspects of confidence crime, Detective Walstad is your perfect choice!

New Topic -- Maximizing Results for the Search and Rescue K-9 Handler

This one day seminar is for all Search and Rescue K-9 Handlers who want to be a complete Search and Rescue K-9 Handler. We all know how to read our dog actions, what equipment we need and how to work a trail. However, to be a complete Search and Rescue K-9 Handler you need to know much, much more...

Do you know what the civil liabilities are if you get injured while assisting the police looking for a lost person?

Do you know how to properly speak with the parents of a missing child and what questions to ask them?

Did you know in child abduction murder cases, 48% of the time, the murder site is within one quarter mile of the initial contact point between the child and abductor?

Why would I need body armor?

These are the types of issues and information you will learn if you attend this fascinating eight hour seminar.

Each person attending this seminar will receive a 90+ page booklet packed with information, statistics, facts, tips, and loads of resources. Additionally each person will receive a CD with 30+ resource documents you will read and use.
Your instructor will be Inv. Bruce Walstad, ret.. Bruce is a retired police detective and juvenile officer from a Chicago suburb. Over his 26 years of service, he has investigated countless runaway, missing and abducted children cases. Since 1985 Bruce has been presenting in-service training seminars to law enforcement throughout the country on a variety of topics including, Investigating Missing, Runaway and Abducted Children. Since retiring Bruce has been involved with K-9 SAR with his bloodhound, Tracer.

Topics included in the class will be:

Being Professional
Arrival on scene
Appearance
Behavior
Safety & Liability Issues for
K-9 Handlers Working Criminal Cases
Civil Liability
Criminal Liability
Insurance
Policy and Procedure
Personal Safety
Body Armor
Weapons
Citizens arrest

Interacting with Law Enforcement
Starting and maintaining a good relationship
Acting professional
Obtaining scent articles
Obtaining information from the police
Crime scene and evidence protection
Record keeping
Carrying a weapon
Reporting suspicious activities to the police
Keeping certain information confidential

Additionally Information will be provided on:
State Police Clearing Houses
Child Abduction Response Teams
Code Adam
AMBER Alert
AMBER Alert contacts
A Child is Missing
VICAP
Lost Children
Missing Children
Wandering Behavior
Interacting with Family Members
What to say to the family
What not to say to the family
How to interview family members
What questions to ask
Gathering scent articles
Interacting with the Media
What to say
What not to say
How to say it
Problems with the media

The Search

Trespassing

Private Property

Public Property

Legal Exception
Child Abductions
Statistics
Offenders
Locations
Family abductions
Non-Family Abductions

Child Abduction Murders
Statistics
Locations
Distances
Time lines
Offender profile
Offender behavior
Victims
Crimes committed
Murder sites

Needed Documents and Information
Documents and Information that you will need to assist your team and law enforcement

KEYNOTE FEE CATEGORY: $2,000 *

* Honorarium can vary depending on presentation length, distance to venue and many other factors.
All fees are plus travel expenses and subject to change, so please call for an exact quote.

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