Jeff has provided consulting services for over 20 years and is the CEO of Consortium Training & Consulting. He is a nationally recognized expert and consultant in emergency management, critical incident response, workplace threat and risk assessment, school safety, and a co-author of three books.

 

After nearly three decades serving as a police officer in California, including two appointments as chief of police, Jeff retired in 2020. Jeff served as the deputy director of operations for Secure Community Network and vice president of safety initiatives at The NCHERM Group, LLC. Jeff participated also in the Advisory Board of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NABITA) and the organization's Threat Institute faculty.

 

Jeff regularly speaks at conferences, such as for the Department of Justice's, advised the U.S.Secretary of Education on K–12 response to active shooters, and was invited to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Washington, D.C. to co-facilitate a group of school safety experts to create a set of national standards for K–12 school safety.

 

While serving as chief of police for the Grant School District Police Department, Jeff implemented the School Resource Officer program within the Grant School District. Jeff was the architect behind the district’s "Trek to Success" curriculum, a youth team-building and mentoring program.

 

Jeff holds a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice Management, and is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police at the Police Executive Research Forum and the LAPD's West Point Leadership program. In 2002, he was named the "Law Enforcement Administrator of the Year" by the California School Resource Officers Association, and in 1998 he received a Meritorious Commendation Award for Life Saving while with the Grant School District.