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Published on: 7/6/2009
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Mike Wells, Senior Facilitator
MWells@jssinc.org
Mike Wells is a senior facilitator with Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.
He joined JSS in October 2006, after retiring as a police lieutenant from the Concord (CA) Police Department, where he spent a 30-year career.
Mr. Wells holds a bachelor degree
in management and is a graduate of California POST Supervisory Leadership Institute.
He also currently teaches part-time at a California police academy and regional training center.
During his career with the Concord Police Department, Mr. Wells served in many positions, including patrol, investigations, field training, and administration.
For over 15 years, he also taught at a local police academy in the area of arrest/control, patrol procedures, and use of force.
His last assignment was a District Commander.
He was the project director for the Concord Police Department's Community Policing Demonstration Center Grant, and the Community Oriented Government Grant; both of which were funded by the U.S. Department of Justice.
He has been a presenter several times at the National Community Policing Conference and Problem Oriented Policing Conference.
Mr. Wells has conducted training and evaluation for several California agencies, has consulted for the Police Executive Research Forum, the Community Policing Consortium, and U.S. Department of Justice.
He has also worked with California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) in revising the basic police academy curriculum in community policing and problem solving.