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RCPI Instructor Cadre:

 

Ed Brodt

Ed Brodt is currently the Associate Director with the Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute where he has been a consultant/trainer since its inception in 1996.  He served as Chief of Police in Anchorage Kentucky from July 1994 through July 1997.  Ed retired as a Captain from the Jefferson County Police Department after twenty (20) years of service to accept the chief’s job in Anchorage. He holds a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Police Administration from Eastern Kentucky University.  He is also a graduate of the Southern Police Institute at the University of Louisville.  Ed has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Louisville where he taught Police Administration and Police Management.  He has been a certified police Instructor in Kentucky for over twenty (20) years. 

A certified Problem Based Learning Instructor (PBL), during the last three years, Ed has been involved in helping Kentucky transition from the FTO model of post academy training to the PTO model.  During this time he has been directly involved in teaching numerous PTO classes throughout Kentucky.  He helped organize twoTrain--the-Trainer courses for Kentucky law enforcement instructors on the topics of PBL and PTO.  As a result of these efforts the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training has adopted the PTO as the post academy training model for the state of Kentucky.

Ed has acted as an advisor to the Louisville Metro Police Training Academy staff during their implementation of the PTO program.  As a result, the Louisville Metro Police Department established an annual award to be given to the Police Training Officer of the year in honor of Ed and his partner Tracy Schiller.  This award is called the Schiller/Brodt award.

In 2006, Ed was awarded the Melvin Shein Award by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.  This prestigious award is given to an individual for distinguished service in and contributions to the field of law enforcement in the Commonwealth for his contributions to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Community due mainly to his work in the areas of PBL and PTO.

Dr. Jeff Magers

Dr. Jeff Magers is currently an Assistant Professor of the Law and Public Policy Program of the California University of Pennsylvania.  He teaches full-time in the graduate programs in law, public policy and homeland security.  This program examines legal and policy issues related to law enforcement, criminal justice, and homeland security.  His courses include U.S. Homeland Security; Law and Criminal Conduct, Terrorism; Threat and Vulnerability Analysis and Protection; and Intelligence Practice in Homeland Security.

Prior to his new position, Dr. Magers was Assistant Professor of Justice Administration from 2004-2006 at the University of Louisville.  He taught undergraduate courses in justice administration and was on the faculty of the Southern Police Institute.  At U of L, Dr. Magers was involved in many outside activities benefiting the law enforcement profession as a whole.  He served as Chair of the Police Administration Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); Secretary of the IMPACT Section of the IACP (2004-2005); and trainer and consultant for hostage and crisis negotiations. He was also appointed as a member of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Issues Consortium (Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet) and served on the 2006 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Awards Committee.

Dr. Magers is a retired law enforcement practitioner and brings his practical experience to his academic endeavors. He served his first career as a member of the Jefferson County Police Department, joining the agency in 1978, where he rose to the rank of Captain, commanding a patrol district and the Jefferson County Police Training Academy.  He was a training instructor, crisis negotiator and commander of the Hostage Negotiation Team

Lt. (Ret.) John C. Mills

John, retired lieutenant with the Louisville Metro Police Department, Louisville, Kentucky, has 35 years of law enforcement experience and over 20 years as a certified law enforcement instructor, both nationally and internationally. He has previously served as Assistant Chief of Police with his department, commanding the Technical Services and Support Division and the Training Academy.  He formerly served as the Recruitment and Selection Unit commander, the Alarm Administrator and Hostage Negotiating Team commander.

Lt. Mills has served overseas as a consultant/trainer for the US Department of Justice, ICITAP program in East Timor.  He also serves as a consultant/trainer for the Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute, where he developed and presented a "Terrorism Awareness for Communities" program.  He also developed a "Counter-Terrorism Awareness" Train-the-Trainer curriculum to present to 40 law enforcement trainers in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana beginning in 2005 through June, 2008.

He is a graduate of the National Crime Prevention Institute, Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice.

 Major (Ret.) Tracy A. Schiller

Tracy Schiller is a Training Specialist for the Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute at Eastern Kentucky University.  He is a project director and trainer involving numerous KY RCPI grant activities, including Police Ethics and Integrity, Problem Solving, PTO, Problem Based Learning and Community Assessments.  

During his twenty-five year law enforcement career, Tracy served with the Shelbyville Police Department, Shelbyville, KY, where he moved from the rank of Patrolman to Captain and served as the Assistant Chief.  Tracy also served with the Louisville Division of Police, Louisville, KY, and the Louisville Metro Police Department after merger, where he retired as Major and Assistant Chief in 2003.  Tracy was commander of the Louisville Police Training Unit and he assisted in the implementation and supervision of two grants funded by the Violence Against Women Act. 

Through the Kentucky RCPI he has served as a principle instructor for Problem-Based Learning courses and Police Training Officer Program courses.  He assisted the RCPI Associate Director, Ed Brodt, in bringing PTO and PBL to Kentucky’s police departments on a statewide basis.  He has assisted agencies in their efforts to implement and manage PTO and the Louisville Metro Police Department has recognized his and Director Brodt’s work by naming an award after both of them.  The Schiller/Brodt Award is presented to the PTO of the Year within the agency.  Tracy has also participated in training PTOs for a number of agencies throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Tracy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Justice Administation from the University of Louisville.  He is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute's Administrative Officer's Course and the FBI National Academy.

 Major (Ret.) J. R. Wilkins

JR Wilkins retired in 2007 after 20 years of police service with the Bowling Green Police Department.  During that time, JR’s career spanned virtually all levels of police operations and administration – from patrol officer to Assistant Chief of Police. His duties included supervision of Field Operations, Patrol Operations, Special Operations (Crime Analysis and Community Relations.) His training experience began as a Field Training Officer and later as supervisor over the Department’s FTO Program. He is a certified instructor for “Pepperball,” and an FBI Certified Firearms Training Instructor. His successful completion of the IPTM program in Crisis Negotiation enabled him to assist in the initial formation and training of the Bowling Green Department’s Crisis Negotiations Unit.

JR is a graduate of the Criminal Justice Executive Development Program at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training and the University of Louisville Southern Police Institute Administrative Officer’s Course. He attended Western Kentucky University, where he studied Sociology and Criminology. JR is a certified Franklin Covey trainer for “The 7 Habits for Law Enforcement Professionals” program.

JR is active in various civic organizations, including the Leadership Bowling Green program through the Bowling Green – Warren County Chamber of Commerce, where he has served as past Chair. He recently launched WW Investigations, a private investigative company.