Campus Police and Security Oversight.

Rick is the Team Leader for the BartlettJames Campus Police and Security Oversight team. Throughout his distinguished career as a Supervisory Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he amassed a wealth of investigatory experience, frequently in matters of national security and high-profile criminal investigations. Risk’s experience serves as the foundation for his oversight of all of our background investigations and police audit capabilities. Rick is a nationally-known expert on law enforcement policies, procedures and investigations. He has served for more than ten years in civilian police oversight/auditing roles around the nation. Rick is based in Utah.

After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Rick then completed flight school and became an F-16 fighter pilot. In his ten years of active service, he was an F-16 flight leader and he was also an instructor pilot in the T-38 aircraft. After the Air Force, Rick joined the FBI as a Special Agent where he remained for more than 22 years in a variety of high-profile assignments. He participated in thousands of successful criminal investigations as both a field agent and in leadership roles. As a Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI’s violent crimes/major offender squad, he designed and initiated the first Violent Crimes Task Force, consisting of agents and officers from six different agencies and departments. His example later became the model for tasks forces nationwide. He also investigated and supervised more than ten major kidnappings and numerous drug, gang, robbery, fugitive, extortion, and other violent crime cases, while also conducting multiple internal affairs investigations. As a field agent, he also periodically worked in undercover roles for the Bureau. Perhaps most noteworthy, Rick was selected to be the Supervisory Special Agent for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was responsible for the implementation of the FBI’s Olympic Security Plan and coordinated and led more than 1,400 FBI employees, and an additional 2,800 federal law enforcement officers from other agencies such as the Secret Service, the Defense Security Service, and the ATF.

Since retiring from the FBI, Rick has become a nationally recognized, NACOLE-certified, practitioner of police oversight. With more than 30 years of law enforcement related experience, and more than 17 years of direct oversight experience, he is sought out by police agencies and their oversight boards for his input on policies and procedures and auditing practices. He currently serves as an administrator with the Salt Lake City Police Civilian Review Board (for the past 13 years) and, before that, he served as a police auditor for the City of Fresno, California for four years. He has provided training to United States and international personnel on police oversight and auditing.

Rick graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He has additionally completed or graduated from numerous specialty training courses related to his service with the FBI and the U.S. Air Force.

Ray enjoys as global reputation for excellence due to his unequaled counter-terror and security law enforcement expertise. He has over 35 years of experience, including 23 years of federal law enforcement/counterterrorism duties. Ray has conducted security vulnerability assessments for numerous Fortune 500 companies and government organizations and he has developed strategic security plans and training programs designed to improve and enhance security and safety. Ray is based in both Utah and Rhode Island.

Ray was the former Acting Section Chief of the Counter Terrorism Operational Response Section at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He has served in leadership roles in numerous post-9-11 initiatives both domestically and abroad. Additionally, Ray was the FBI’s point man from 1996 to 2006 for a wide range of major political, sporting and other events. He has extensive experience in crisis management and tactical operations, including serving in key leadership roles in the resolution of numerous hostage and other crisis incidents while assigned to the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team. He served as the FBI’s senior representative to the transition planning office for the design and strategic implementation of the new Department of Homeland Security.

Ray served as FBI Olympic Security Coordinator for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, and was responsible for all FBI counterterrorism planning and operational management involving 1,400 FBI personnel supporting the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Ray was the Deputy On Scene Commander for all FBI Counterterrorism operations in support of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Other major sporting events in which Ray has held, or holds, key security roles include: the 1998 Super Bowl, San Diego, California; the 1998 World Commonwealth Games, Malaysia; the 1998 World Cup, Paris, France; the 2000 World Cup, Seoul Korea; the 2007 Pan American Games, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; the 2007 World Boxing Championships, Chicago, Illinois; the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Doha, Qatar; the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, Jakarta, Indonesia; the 2011 FIFA Under 20 World Cup, Bogota, Columbia; and the 2015 Pan Am Games, Toronto, Canada. Ray was the Security Director for the 2016 Copa Centenario Soccer Tournament held in the United States.

Ray graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology/Psychology. He has a M.A. degree in Psychology from Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island. Ray is also a graduate of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia and he has been awarded both the FBI Medal of Merit and the FBI Shield of Bravery.

Dennis specializes in campus police oversight and auditing. Dennis served the people of California for more than 39 years as a police officer and leader. He is possessed of extensive knowledge and experience in all phases of the science of forensic investigation, the California Peace Officer’s Bill of Rights, policy making, training, police operations, internal affairs investigations, supervision and management. Dennis is based in California.

Dennis served with the Fresno (California) Police Department (FPD) for 39 years, retiring as the Southwest District Commander (one of four districts in the city). Fresno is the 34th largest city in America, and the fifth largest city in California. During his time with FPD, Dennis worked a wide variety of assignments including patrol, training, investigations, undercover work and as a member of the department’s tactical team. Dennis was promoted to the rank of Sergeant where he supervised a wide range of sections and details within the agency. Later, he was promoted to Lieutenant and served as a Field Commander, followed by five years as the Administrative Aide to the Police Chief, then six years as the Internal Affairs Bureau Commander and then one year as the Southwest District Commander before retiring from the department.

Dennis is a tenured Criminology Professor at Reedley College in Reedley, California, where he teaches five courses per semester and he oversees the Criminology Department. His classes include Police Ethics, Criminal Evidence, Multiculturalism in Policing and Criminal Law. Dennis was recently selected by the City of La Mesa, to serve as a part of our audit team, as an Independent Police Auditor for the

Civilian Police Oversight Board, and he has worked on other background and sexual misconduct investigations for us.

Dennis earned a Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree in Criminology and honors as a graduate with a M.S. degree in Criminology, both from California State University, Fresno. He is also a graduate of the prestigious California Peace Officers Standards and Training Command College.