This week,Skip O talks to Steven Guthrie. Steven was born in Elizabethtown, Illinois but has lived most of his life in Madison County in Anderson, Indiana.
Due to having an interest in law enforcement, he left the family business and was hired by the Anderson Police Department in 1978. He was a graduate of the fifth-third Basic Session of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and has over forty-four years of law enforcement experience. He started his Use-of- Force /Expert Witness business, S&G Consulting in 2007. Steven expanded his business to provide Realistic Self-Defense Training in 2008 and other related training to his clients that included physical tactics/self-defense, interpersonal communication, and police ethics/professionalism.
He served 24 ½ years with the Anderson Police Department. Steven joined the staff at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in 2003. His primary duties consisted of instructing Physical Fitness,
Police Ethics, Interpersonal Communication, Use-of-Force, Tactical Medical Awareness, and Stress.
Additional duties at the academy included being the Officers in Charge, (OIC) for the following: Police Chief Executive Training for newly appointed Police Chiefs, the Fitness Assessment for Basic Recruits Tier I, and the Jail Officerâs Basic 40 hours certified training.
Steven received his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice through Columbia Southern University in 2003. He obtained his Master Instructor Certification in 2008, which is the highest category issued by the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board. He has acquired an enormous amount of law enforcement education and training, along with years of experience in administration and management throughout his career.
He has been invited to teach at various organizations and agencies in the areas of Personal Safety,
Leadership, Interpersonal Communications, and other related topics in law enforcement. In addition, he has been a guest instructor for the Indiana Department of Correction Leadership Program, the Indiana Department of Education Conference, the Indiana Town Marshals conference, the Indiana Fire Chiefâs Association conference, and the Indiana Attorney General Annual Law Enforcement conference in the areas of leadership, use-of force, ethics, and searches and seizures.
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