GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Law Enforcement Training Academy

The Glendale Community College is proud to present the following list of individuals who serve as instructors at the Law Enforcement Training Academy . This is a partial list and one that will change over time due to instructor availability. The Academy strives to maintain a high level of expertise in the instructional staff.

NAME	PRESENT POSITION
Eric Anspach	Az. Department of Public Safety - Officer
Michael Blaire	Glendale Fire Dept. – Dep. Fire Marshal
Wayne Booher	Tolleson P.D. - Commander
Harold Brady	Glendale P.D. - Legal Advisor - Lieutenant
Carrie Castrovinci	Glendale P.D. - Detective
Brent Coombs	Glendale P.D. - Sergeant
Kim Dominguez	Glendale P.D. - Sergeant
Bruce Foremny	Az Dept of Juvenile Corrections
Dan Golden	Az. Department of Public Safety – Lieutenant
Peter Gutierrez	Goodyear P.D. - Officer
Jeffrey Hall	M.C.S.O. - Deputy
Tom Hammer	Glendale Police Department - Detective
Brad Harkleroad	Glendale P.D. - Sergeant
Rob Hawkins	Glendale P.D. - Detective
Lori Hauserman	Glendale P.D. - Detective
Glenn Hutchinson	Avondale P.D.
Jesus Jerez	Maricopa County Sheriff's Office - Deputy
Zolton "Rob" Kardos	Maricopa County Sheriff's Office - Detective
Steve Kinkade	Luke AFB - Asst. Fire Chief
Thomas Lane	Arizona Capitol Police - Chief
Geoff Leggett	Glendale Community College - Academy Director
Jerry McCown	Glendale Community College
Ralph McLaughlin	Goodyear Police Department - Commander
Det. Shannon Reed	M.C.S.O. - Detective
Kevin Riddle	M.C.S.O. – Lieutenant
Jeff Rodgers	Goodyear Police Department - Officer
Mark Schott	Surprise Police Department – Commander
Bill Will	Goodyear P.D. - Officer

RESUMES

Eric Anspach

Officer Anspach graduated the Academy in May of 2000 where he was a reserve deputy and then a full-time deputy sheriff.  He then lateralled over to the DPS in May of 2001 where he is currently assigned to the Highway Patrol Bureau. Eric is currently a Sergeant in teh Sworn Selection and Recruiting Unit after having served as a patrol officer.  He is a General Instructor and a PT instructor and has an Associates Degree from Phoenix College in Sociology. He was also in the Army from 1995 to 1998.

Michael Blaire

Deputy Fire Marshal Blaire has been with the Glendale Fire Dept. since 1985 and has been an investigator since 1987. He has investigated over 1000 fires and is a certified peace officer. He also has extensive experience as a pathologist assistant with the U.S. Army and the Maricopa County Medical Examiners Office.

Wayne Booher

Wayne Booher currently serves as a Commander for the Tolleson Police Department and is a Native of Arizona.  Commander Booher has earned a Bachelors Degree in Education from Northern Arizona University.  He is also recognized as a Certified Public Manager (CPM) through Arizona State Universities Public Executive Program.  Commander Booher is a Graduate of the 215th Session of the FBI National Academy and an FBINAA Arizona Chapter Board member.

Harold Brady

Lt. Brady has been the Legal Advisor for the Glendale P.D. since 1979 and during this time he also became a certified peace officer by graduating from the G.C.C. Academy. His law experience also includes private practice and Prosecutor for the Town of Gilbert. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and co-chairman of the Arizona P.O.S.T. Subject Matter Expert Committee dealing with the Law and Legal Matters. Degrees: B.A. - United States International Univ.; J.D.- A.S.U.

Carrie Castrovinci

Sgt. Castrovinci has been with the Glendale Police Department since 1997 and is presently assigned to the Cainine Division. Sgt. Castrovinci graduated from GCC Academy as a Reserve Officer for the City of Goodyear. While with the Glendale Police Department she has served as a patrol officer, Child Crimes Detective, Patrol Supervisor and Canine Supervisor. Besides teaching at GCC, she teaches for the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy and Police Corps.

Brent Coombs

Sgt. Coombs has been with the Glendale Police Department for 17 years. His current assignment is as a supervisor within the Special Investigations Division and the Tactical Operations Unit. He instructs in various disciplines involving Narcotics and Vice, as well as Tactical Operations.

Kim Dominguez
Kim Dominguez joined the Glendale Police Department in 1992 after serving 7 years in the USAF.  She has worked as an undercover narcotics detective, forgery detective and pawn detective.  She is currently assigned as a Recruitment Sergeant in Personnel Management and a member of the bomb squad since 2000.  Sgt. Dominguez also an instructor for Bomb Awareness, HAZMAT First Response, Defensive Tactics, High Risk Vehicle Stops, Impact Weapons, and WMD Response.

Bruce Foremny
Bruce Foremny has been in Arizona Law Enforcement for over 18 years and is currently a Senior Investigator with the Homicide Detail of the Glendale Police Department. He is a graduate of the Delinquency Control Institute at USC. Bruce teaches for the Governors Office for Children on violent crimes involving children and has been a guest lecturer for the National Police in Sweden.

Dan Golden
Lieutenant Golden is presently with the Arizona Department of Public Safety and extremely well versed in the Arizona Traffic Code (Title 28). Lt. Golden's has served as the Basic Training Lieutenant at ALEA and in various patrol and investigative functions with DPS.

Peter Gutierrez

Officer Gutierrez has been with the Goodyear Police Department since 1997. He was previously a Firefighter/Medic in the Chicago area for 11 years. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from DePaul University and recently completed his Doctorate Degree in Public Administration. He has been a member of the Academy staff since 1999. Officer Gutierrez is a Certified Crisis Negotiator and Criminal Investigator. He has served as a Recruit Training Officer, Class Advisor, and is currently the Assistant to the Director of the Glendale Law Enforcement Training Academy.

Jeffrey Hall

Deputy Hall has been with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office since 1994. He is an AzPOST certified Firearm, Defensive Tactics, Physical Fitness and High Risk Stop Instructor. He has served in Patrol functions as well as a Recruit Training Deputy for the Sheriff's Office Academy.

Brad Harkleroad

Sgt. Harkleroad has been with the Glendale Police Department since 1996. He is a tactical driving Instructor and has taught at the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy as well as being the lead driving instructor for the GCC Academy. He holds a bachelor of Arts degree from Ottawa University.

Rob Hawkins
Det. Rob Hawkins has been in law enforcement for over 33 years. He spent 10 years as a law enforcement specialist with the Air Force, 5 years of that working narcotics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has been with Glendale PD now for 23 years working as a detective in Auto Theft, Property Crimes, a member of the Bank Fraud Task Force, Undercover Narcotics, the State Gang Enforcement Unit (GITEM) and for the past 15 years, a detective with the persons unit (now violent crimes/homicide unit).

Lori Hauserman

Officer Hauserman has been in law enforcement since 1979 and is presently with the Glendale Police Department. She is currently assigned to theAccident Invstigation and Reconstruciton Unit. She has previously served in patrol and the firearms training section as the Department Rangemaster, and has assisted the firearms training at Phoenix Regional and ALETA academies as well as assisting with statewide APOST firearms courses.

Glenn Hutchinson

Mr. Hutchinson is an Identification Technician with the Avondale Police Department. He has over 23 years experience in the application of forensics at major crime scenes. He spent over 6 years as an Associate Magistrate for the City of Surprise and over 10 years as a Justice Court Hearing Officer. For over nine years he has instructed in the Maricopa County Community College District, covering Criminalistics, Evidence Technology and Fingerprints.

Jesus Jerez
Deputy Jesus A. Jerez has been employed with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office since February 1997 where he began as a Detention Officer working at the Towers jail facility. In September 1998, Jesus became a Deputy Sheriff, since then he has worked in patrol and was assigned to the Investigation Bureau for four (4) years working in the fields of undercover, clandestine lab investigations, surveillance operations, counter terrorism, etc. Deputy Jerez has also been assigned to the Training and Development Division, Basic Deputy Academy, where he assisted with the day to day operations of the Deputy Academy.

Zolton Kardos
Deputy Z. Rob Kardos began his career at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office November 2nd, 1992 as a Detention Officer.  While serving as a Detention Officer, Deputy Kardos attended the Glendale Community College Law Enforcement Training Center  Class #33 and obtained his Peace Officer Certification in May 1995.  Deputy Kardos has additional specialized training in the following areas:   Child Crimes Investigation, Fraud and Fraudulent Schemes Investigation, Street Crimes and Surveillance/Investigation, Death Investigations, CommercialVehicle Inspection, DRE and HGN, Basic Computer Crimes and Seizure, Adult andElder Abuse/Investigation, Interview and Interrogation, RailwayAccidents and HAZMAT Spills.

Steve Kinkade
Steve Kinkade has been with the fire service for 31 years. He is an Assistant Fire Chief for Operations at Luke AFB. He worked as the Hazardous Materials Assistant Chief for 8 years and is certified as Hazardous Materials Instructor to include incident command. Chief Kinkade has been teaching at the college level since 1998.

Thomas Lane
Chief Lane is with the Arizona Capitol Police Department. Chief Lane has been in law enforcement since 1980 when he joined the Az. Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol. He has served in Yuma , Gila Bend, Winslow and Phoenix . He has also worked in their narcotics enforcement unit as well as the Governor's security detail.

Geoff Leggett

Geoffrey Leggett has been instructing at GCC since 1994 and currently serves as the Director of Law Enforcement Operations Training at GCC. He has taught courses such as Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, High Risk Vehicle Stops and Impact Weapons with the Law Enforcement Training Academy. Geoff was with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for twenty-five years; serving in positions including the Investigations Division, Tactical Unit, Training Division and Patrol. Geoff is a Arizona POST certified Instructor in High Risk Vehicle Stops, Defensive Tactics, and Firearms, along with serving as a Subject Matter Expert on High Risk Vehicle Stops and Officer Survival. Geoff is a graduate of the 219th Session of the FBI National Academy and holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree's from Northern Arizona University.

Jerry McCown
Jerry McCown spent 28 years with the Glendale Police Dept. where he worked in all areas of the department:  Patrol, Investigations, Special Operations, Administration, Rangemaster, Tactical Operations (AKA SWAT) and a total of a year as Acting Assistant Chief.  His specialty is in weapons training and is currently the co-chair of the Firearms Subject Matter Expert Committee for AzPOST.  He also is an adjunct instructor for the Gunsite Training Academy, having been appointed in 1984.  In conjunction with Gunsite, he has taught numerous military units including Navy SEALs and Marine Force Recon.  He has taught in numerous states including Alaska, three classes in London, England and at the Republic of Ireland Police Academy.  Graduate of the FBI National Academy and holds a BS in Human Resources.

Ralph McLaughlin

Commander McLaughlin has been with the Goodyear Police Department since 1992. He started as a Reserve Officer and was hired full time in 1993. Prior to that he was a Reserve Officer with the City of Avondale after he graduated the Glendale Community College Law Enforcement Academy in December 1990 with Class 22. Cmdr. McLaughlin spent five years as a Correctional Officer with the Arizona Department of Corrections. Cmdr. McLaughlin attended the 206th Session of the FBI National Academy graduating in September of 2001.

Kevin Riddle

Kevin Riddle currently serves as a Lieutenant with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office where he has been employed since 1977.  His previous assignments as a Deputy have included Patrol, Tactical Operations and Vehicular Crimes.  He has supervised and/or managed Aviation, Warrants, Training and Detectives.  Kevin has been an AzPOST General Instructor since 1985 and holds instructor certifications in Impact Weapons, Firearms, Physical Fitness and High Risk Stops, along with serving as a Subject Matter Expert on the General Instructor Program.  Kevin has a Bachelor’s Degree from Grand Canyon University in Applied Management. He graduated from GCC Class #1 and has taught at the Academy since 1990.

Mark Schott

Assistant Chief Mark Schott has worked in law enforcement since 1990. He has served in various areas including patrol, criminal investigations and administration. He is currently assigned as the Division Commander of Field Operations at the Surprise Police Department. Cmdr. Schott holds a B.S. in Human Services and is a graduate of the 208rd Session FBI National Academy.

William Witte

Sgt. Witte is the Rangemaster for the El Mirage Police Department.