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Resumes

Josh Cheek

Education

  • BA in Psychology
    University of Arizona (1998)
  • MS in Criminal Justice
    Boston University (2004)

Experience

  • Patrol officer
  • Surveillance officer (plain clothes/undercover capacity)
  • Detective (Auto Theft / Narcotics)
  • Over 10 years experience with Tucson Police Department
  • Currently a detective with TPD

Specialty Areas

  • Police work in a patrol capacity
  • Surveillance
  • Undercover work
  • Interview and interrogation
  • Vehicle theft / Chop shop investigations
  • Narcotics investigations
  • Money laundering investigations
  • Home invasion / armed robbery investigations
  • Conspiracy investigations

 

John Cheek, ConsultantJohn Cheek

Education

  • AA in Police Science
    Cochise College, Douglas, AZ (1972)
  • BA in Public Administration-Law Enforcement
    University of Arizona (1976)
  • Master of Divinity
    Fuller Theological Seminary (2004)

Experience

  • Patrolman with the Douglas Police Dept. ~ 2 yrs
  • Criminal Investigator, Pima County Attorney's Office ~ 13 yrs
  • Patrol Officer, Tucson Police Department ~ 9 yrs

Writing & Consulting

  • Co-author: Plainclothes and Off-Duty Officer Survival
    (1988, Charles C. Thomas Publishers, Inc)
  • Author of an as-yet unpublished police procedural
  • Member of Mystery Writers of America
  • Lecturer: Interrogating Suspects; Officer Survival Training
  • Consultant to published authors:

Margaret Falk, mystery writer
Vicki Lewis Thompson, romance novelist

Specialty Areas

  • Hostage Negotiation
  • Consumer Fraud Investigation
  • White Collar Crime" Investigation
  • Interviewing & Interrogation
  • Basic Academy Instruction
  • Officer Survival Instruction
  • Firearms Instruction
  • Felony Trial Preparation