Samuel D. Faulkner
11372 Old Columbus Road
South Vienna, Ohio 45369
(937)568-9588

Employer: Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy
1650 St. Rt. 56, (P.O. Box 309)
London, Ohio 43140
(614) 466-7772

Education:
Ridgewood High School, New Jersey, June 1967
Hiram College, Hiram, OH; Bachelor of Arts in Education, June 1971;
Major: Health, Physical Education and Biology;
Phi Beta Kappa Educational Honor Fraternity;
Taught Martial Arts and Self-Defense for the P.E. Department
Kent State University, Kent, OH;

Masters Degree in Physical Education, Exercise Physiology area of Concentration, August, 1979;

Instituted and taught Martial Arts and Self-Defense Programs;
Led KSU Noon Exercise Program for local businessman and professors, which was part of a 20-year fitness study initiated by Dr. Larry Golding;
Set up Cardiac Output testing procedure for the KSU Exercise Physiology Lab;
Did fitness testing for KSU Athletic Department for cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility, and body composition;
Also taught at Hiram College and Ursaline College
Wright State University, Post-masters work and study in the Department of Adult Education, 1991 - Present

Law Enforcement/Teaching Experience:

State Discipline Chairperson in Defensive Tactics for Basic Peace Officer Training, State of Ohio;

State Discipline Chairperson in Physical Conditioning for Basic Peace Officer Training, State of Ohio;

Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, Commander for Basic Training.
FitForce Instructor Trainer

Areas of Instruction:

Defensive Tactics Instructor Course;
Baton Instructor Course;
ASP Expandable Baton Instructor Course;
Fitness Specialist Course;
Diet, Nutrition, and Weight Control;
Fitness Assessment and Programming Course;
Use of Force Liability Risk Reduction Course;
Peace Officer Survival Training;
Police Officer Tactical Awareness and Response Course;
Introduction of Fitness and Survival Tactics for Police Officers;
Defensive Tactics for Female Officers;
Tactical Vehicle S.T.O.P.S. Course;
Defensive Driving;
Communications Response Tactics;
Developing a Winning Attitude;
Developing a Street Ready Mind Survival Fitness Training;
Becoming A Leader Your Officers Want To Follow.

Prior Teaching Experience

Ohio Department of Natural Resources;
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation;
Ohio State Capital Guards;
Ohio State Highway patrol;
Lexington, Kentucky SWAT Team and Riot Squad;
Lexington street officers;
Richland County ASORT Team;
Miami Valiey Joint Force SWAT Team;
Oho Women in Policing Seminar;
Miami Valiey Correction Officers;
City Center Security Guards, Columbus, Ohio;
W.O.R.T.H. Correctional Facility, Lima, Ohio;
Holzer Medical Center;
Guest Lecturer in Use of Force for the Kentucky Office of the Governor Criminal Justice Training;
Train the Trainers Course for the State of West Virginia
Train the Trainers Course for the Commonwealth of Kentucky;
Consultant to the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training in a state-wide Advanced Training Defensive Tactics Program;
Consultant to State of Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections on Use of Force;
Ohio Military Reserve

Adjunct Professor - Clark State University;
Instructor at:
Muskingum Technical School;
Montgomery County Joint Vocational School;
Akron University;
Kent State University;
Sinclair Community Coliege;
University of Rio Grande;
University of Illinois at Chicago

Educational Work Related Experience:

320 Hour Academy Police Basic Training;
Certified Police Academy Instructor, State of Ohio;
Active Countermeasures Instructor;
Pressure Point Control Tactics Instructor;
Baton Instructor;
Defensive Tactics Instructor
Instructor/Trainer in Defensive Tactics for PPCT Management Systems;
Physical Crisis Intervention;
Officer Tactics and Advanced Field Tactics;
PR-24 and Kubaton Instructor;
State Certified Semi-Automatic Firearms Instructor;
RIPP Restraint Instructor;
CAP-STUN Aerosol Spray Instructor;
ASP Expandable Baton Instructor;
ASP Expandable Baton Instructor/Trainer
Close Quarter Personal Control Instructor;
Close Quarter Personal Control Instructor/Trainer
Vehicle S.T.O.P.S. Instructor;
Vehicle S.T.O.P.S. Instructor/Trainer
Defensive Driving Instructor;
Defensive Driving Instructor/Trainer
Principle Based Response Tactics Instructor
Principle Based Response Tactics Instructor/Trainer;
Master Ground Defense Instructor

Court recognized expert witness in Use of Force, Defensive Tactics and Police Procedures, in both civil and criminal cases.

Author of Use of Force Model adopted by Advanced Police Training, Basic Peace Officer
Training, Corrections Training, Private Security Training for the State of Ohio.
Expert advisor and witness for the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission and the State of Ohio Attorney General.
Member of the Governor's Office of Criminal Justices Services Law Enforcement Use of Force Liaison Committee.
Presenter / Discussant for the 1992, 1993, and 1997 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justices Sciences.
Instructor in Forum For Comparative Correction Program, Topic: Use of Force in the Correctional Environment.
Instructor at the 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998 Attorney General's Conference on Law Enforcement, Topic: Use of Force.
Instructor at the 1994, and 1999 American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers annual meeting, Topic: Use of Force and the Action - Response Use of Force Continuum.
Instructor at Regional and National AFSCME Corrections United Seminars, Topic: Use of Force in a Correctional Environment.
Research Project in 1997 with the U.S. Justice Department, National Institute of Justice defining reasonable use of force for law enforcement.
Research Project in 1998 with Ohio Department of Youth Services developing a use of Force Model for control of juvenile violence.
Consultant to National Institute of Justice on Use of Force issues.
Consultant to Calibre Press, Street Survival Seminars on Use of Force, and control tactics.

Consultant to President Clinton on Use of Force issues.

Consultant to hundreds of police departments and sheriff's offices on use of force policies.

Publications in:

Ohio Police Magazine;
The Defensive Tactics News Letter;
Working the Streets, Mid-West D.T. News Letter;
The State of Ohio Basic Training Curriculum;
The Action - Response Use of Force Continuum;
Law and Order Magazine;
National Sheriff's Magazine;
Tactical Edge Magazine;
Police Science;
POLICE Magazine;
The Buckeye Badge;
Training Aids Digest;
Close Quarter Personal Control Basic & Instructior Manual
Strategies & Tactics of Patrol Stops (S.T.O.P.S.) Basic & Instructors manual;
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin;
FBI Journal.
American Journal Of Criminal Justice
Numerous programs on the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN)

Police Experience:

Homicide investigation;
Undercover drug investigation; Warrant service;
Interstate and Intrastate transport of prisoners;
Developing and teaching Rape Prevention Seminars;
Team leader in Hostage Negotiation Programs;
Wrote and implemented Use of Force Policy for Robinson Memorial Hospital Police Department, Ravenna, Ohio;
Developed Use of Force Model used by departments throuout Ohio.

Honors and Other Activities:

Speaker at Ohio Chiefs of Police Fitness Seminar, 1989;
Helped establish and perform initial fitness assessment for Richland County ASORT Team;
Speaker at seminar for Safety and Security Officers in health care organizations;
Elected by Buckeye State Sheriff s Association to establish a defensive tactics curriculum for state-wide mandated correctional officers training program, and to teach the trainer of trainers course in same;
Medalist in the 1985 Ohio Law Enforcement Olympics in Martial Arts;
Double Gold Medalist in the 1986 Ohio Law Enforcement Olympics;
Participant in the 1986 International Law Enforcement Olympics;

Honorary Kentucky Coronal;

1997 Ohio Attorney General's Office Attorney General's Professional Award

USMC Basic Training at Paris Island;
PFC Meritoriously;
Platoon Dress Blue Honor Man;
National Spirit Honor Medal from Congress awarded to I in 10,000 Marines;
First person in the history of Marine Corp Boot Camp to graduate with perfect Proficiency and Conduct evaluation marks;
USMCR Instructor in hand-to-hand combat and physical training