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Bio
Detective Mike Proctor, Det. Retired, President of Duck Works Criminal Consulting, LLC’s Bio.
• Graduated with a B.A. in Geography, a minor in Safety Education, teachable minors in Physical Education & one in Business, from California State University at Long Beach in 1970. Also has a Lifetime Standard Teaching as well as Community College credential, along with a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Basic Instructor Proficiency Certificate.
• Worked for thirty-three years for the Westminster Police Department, located in Orange County California. During his tenure at Westminster P.D., he worked uniformed patrol, then wrote the pilot program on School Resource Officers for the Garden Grove Unified School District and then became an S.R.O./F.T.O. and chief’s administrative aid. He developed and later participated in the C.S.P. (Crime Specifics Unit—an undercover investigation team who follows heavy felons until they commit crimes). He then was promoted to detectives, and for the majority of his years on the department was a robbery/homicide and predator crimes detective, as well as the stalking expert for the department’s Family Violence Unit (F.P.U.). While at the Police Department, he received numerous awards and commendations—some of which were officer of the year, detective of the year three times, as well as The Defender of Justice Award given to him by members of the California State Legislature for his continued work on stalking.
• In 1991 he began working stalkers. He is considered one of the pioneers in the investigation of stalking, and stalking threat assessment. He was one of the commissioners assigned to P.O.S.T. (Peace Officers Standards and Training) to develop the first known training video and workbook on the topic of stalking.) He has developed a stalking protocol that is utilized by law enforcement entities both in the United States and abroad. He was a consultant on a DOJ grant sponsored by USC (University of Southern California) emphasizing a better approach to handling stalking on college campuses. (The USC College Consortium Project)
• He is a consultant for OVC (Office for Victims of Crime) out of Washington DC., He received a certificate of Appreciation from US Dept. of Justice (Office for Victims of crime) on web training on Workplace Violence, in 2010. and in Jan. of 2013 was “Spotlighted” by OVC for his work on stalking and threat assessment. (In 2016, he completed his evaluation and editing, OVC’s VAT—Victim Advocate Training on the Stalking Training Module.) He is a member of NCVC (National Center for The Victims of Crime), who he also consults for from time to time. In 2011 he was empaneled on the board of The National Stalking Training Academy developed by the Home Office of the United Kingdom. (Unfortunately, this entity recently lost funding.) In 2018, he was asked to become an Expert Advisor to the Scottish Organization known as Action Against Stalking. Proctor has assisted countries legislators and advocates in developing stalking laws as well as states in the US developing and amending their laws.
• He is regularly quoted in the print media like the Economist, Cosmopolitan, and others—most recently two Florida newspapers on different stalking cases along with the Internet Magazine Oxygen in October/2018; as well as consults for television and radio both in the United States and abroad. This would include Atlas Media, A & E, BBC America, E-Hollywood, etc. He has appeared on America’s Most Wanted, Case Closed, CNN, Fox news—his last consult for Fox was on the Gwyneth Paltrow stalking—Japanese and Korean television just to name a few. The most recent interview is for a special regarding celebrity stalkers produced by Buck Productions out of Canada, which is currently airing on Reelz TV. He also just completed an interview for an Irish television network (Peninsula Media), yet to be aired. He also does guest appearances on Pod-Casts, his most recent was for The forensic psychology network, The Thread of Evidence: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/malcolm-out-loud-2/a-thread-of-evidence/e/60293858
• Proctor has written several articles for professional law enforcement journals along with two books designed to assist the victims of stalking, victim advocates, educators, and law enforcement. How to Stop a Stalker, Prometheus Books in 2003, and his latest Antidote For a Stalker, initially released in December of 2012, re-released in May of 2013 currently on Amazon. His blog is Stalking Detective’s First Aide For Victims. His company, of whom he is President is Duck Works Criminal Consulting, LLC.
• He continually consults on ongoing criminal cases, such as threats to college and university staff and current ongoing stalking cases; his most recent a celebrity stalking case in the San Francisco Bay area.
• He lectures both in the United States and elsewhere outside of the U.S.; including venues like the 2016 National Coalition for Domestic Violence conference in Chandler AZ., and the state-wide training for The California District Attorneys Association. He assists states in amending their laws and countries in obtaining same. His most recent work abroad was in Scotland and Norway. He can be reached via his e-mail located on his website, www.detectivemikeproctor.com.
Proctor is also a longtime member of ATAP (Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.) ATAP is an international organization designed to assist law enforcement, educators, and victim advocates, concerning the issues of stalking. Over the years, ATAP has become one of the leading advocates in the area of threat assessment.
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