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Lee A. Steitz

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Career:  
Sworn California Police Officer for over 24 years
 
Experience: 
Patrol, Field Training Officer, Patrol and Narcotics Detection K-9 Handler, Detective, Patrol Sergeant, K-9 Sergeant, Community Oriented Policing Sergeant, Administrative Services Sergeant, Defensive Tactics Program Coordinator and Defensive Tactics/Baton Instructor, Patrol Lieutenant, Traffic Services Lieutenant

Expertise: 
Street Gangs, Officer Safety & Field Tactics; Defensive Tactics and Police Baton, Instructor Development, Presentation Skills, Court and Temporary Holding Facility Operations, Tactical Communications (PSP) and Sexual Harassment
 
Professional Certificates:
POST Basic Recruit Academy Certificate
POST Basic Certificate
POST Intermediate Certificate
POST Advanced Certificate
POST Supervisory Certificate
POST Supervisory Leadership Institute Certificate
POST Master Instructor Certificate
 
Education: 
Bachelor of Science in Public Administration
Master of Science in Administration of Justice & Security (in-progress)
 
Specialties: 
POST Master Instructor Development Program graduate (Class #10); POST Supervisory Leadership Institute graduate (Class #152);  POST Field Training Officer Ad Hoc Committee (2003-2004);  POST ICI Gang Murder Curriculum Advisory Team (2004); Presenter - ICI Instructor Conference (2000); Presenter - MIDP Conference (2004)
 
Hobbies: 
Teaching, Martial Arts and Music
 
Military: 
United States Army Military Police Corps (Active Duty 1976-1979; Army Reserve 1979-1981); Honorable Discharge - Sergeant E-5 (1982)

Lee is currently assigned as a Lieutenant Watch Commander for a Southern California police department. He teaches courses on Arrest & Control, Officer Safety & Field Tactics, Police Baton, Basic Gang Investigations, Search Warrants for Field Officers, Law Enforcement Officers Flying Armed, Court & Temporary Holding Facility Operations, Tactical Communications (PSP), Instructor Development, and Presentation Skills. 
 
He holds POST Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Supervisory, Supervisory Leadership Institute and Master Instructor certificates.  Lee served on the POST Field Training Officer Program Ad-Hoc Committee as well as the Curriculum Advisory Team for the gang murder block of the ICI Homicide Investigations Course.  He also teaches the gang murder portion of the homicide course. Lee works as a mentor to candidates enrolled in both the POST Master Instructor Development Program and the Institute of Criminal Investigation Instructor Development Course.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of La Verne (California) and is currently enrolled in the Master of Science in Administration of Justice & Security program at the University of Phoenix.
 
He has served collaterally as a POST-certified Defensive Tactics/Baton Instructor for over 17 years, and taught Arrest & Control and Baton courses at the Palomar College Police Academy for six years. Lee has served as his department's Defensive Tactics Program Coordinator since 1996, and sits on all officer-involved shooting training review committees. He holds a second degree black belt under Sensei Herb Olayvar and teaches Shorin-Ryu Okinawan Karate at a local neighborhood Resource Center.

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