Security Solutions International is proud of its Advisory Board comprised of dedicated, men and women, committed citizens and First Responders with a common goal - preventing terror attacks against our country. The Board is advised of new courses and important SSI events. We honor its members and thank them for their invaluable contribution to our enterprise.

Board Members:

Tom Dempsey
Tom Dempsey is the Director of the Police Training Institute, a unit of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has published two textbooks in law enforcement operations and training, a chapter in another text and numerous edited articles. Mr. Dempsey has more than 30 years experience in law enforcement and law enforcement training. He is retired from the Torrance, California Police Department. His practical training experience is largely in use of force, officer safety and control tactics. Mr. Dempsey has managed U.S. Department of Justice Byrne grants totaling more than $750,000. He has masters’ degrees in public administration and criminal justice administration.

Christopher Schneider
Christopher Schneider has been with the Anaheim Police Department for 20 years as an Officer, SWAT Team Member, Assistant Team Leader and Sniper and has extensive experience as a tactics & firearms instructor. Chris served 5 years with the U.S. Army Military Police. Investigator Schneider is currently assigned to the Homeland Security Bureau where he coordinates the Anaheim Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). He is also an Advisor and Member of the Board of Directors for the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO).

Chris is the Vice President and Senior Instructor for National Training Concepts, a Law Enforcement training company specializing in special weapons and tactics training and ICS/NIMS.


Major Tim Carney
Major Tim Carney oversees the Emergency Operations Center. During times of activation, he coordinates all training including high-liability topics such as pursuit driving, defensive tactics and firearms. Major Carney is also in charge of administration for Information Technology, Public Safety Communications, support services and the Training Bureau for the Sheriff of Sarasota, Florida.


John Donald Rose, M.A.
John Donald Rose is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Walters State Community College, and the Specialized Law Enforcement Training Coordinator. His primary duties are curriculum development and instruction at the Walters State Regional Law Enforcement Academy and In-Service Program. This position provides an opportunity for John to stay at the cutting edge of developments in law enforcement while helping to train future and current law enforcement officers. John specializes in the development of Counter Terrorism Techniques for the patrol curriculum and the delivery of that training. He is also a guest lecturer at East Tennessee State University on the topic of Terrorism. His Law Enforcement career spans SWAT Operator, Canine Handler, Canine Trainer, Firearms Instructor, Defensive Tactics Instructor, and supervisory positions culminating as a Division Major.


Chief Mark Deluca
Chief Mark Deluca - Police Chief of Duxbury, Massachusetts - was a member of Metro Dade County Florida’s Special Response Team, Boston Police S.W.A.T. and is currently the Duxbury, Massachusetts Chief of Police.

Doug DeLeaver
Doug DeLeaver is a 37-year Law Enforcement Officer from the State of Maryland. Doug spent 22 years with the Maryland State Police, retiring on July 1, 1992 with the rank of Lieutenant. On July 1, 1992, the Governor of Maryland appointed Doug to the rank of Captain to the Maryland Natural Resources Police. On July 1, 1993, Doug was appointed Major and the executive assistant to the Superintendent of that Department. On December 2, 1998, Doug was appointed to the Maryland Transportation Authority as Director of Strategic Planning, at the request of the Chief of that Agency.
On July 1, 2000, Doug was appointed to the rank of Colonel as the Chief of Police for the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force.


Sergeant Al Doane
Sergeant Al Doane is currently assigned as an Acting Lieutenant in the Strategic Services Bureau of the Sarasota Sheriff's Office. January 1, 2004 he was assigned as the sergeant of the Homeland Security Unit within the Strategic Services Bureau. He continues to serve as a Task Force Agent (TFA) with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Regional Domestic Security Task Force, Region VI and TFA assigned to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and is sworn as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal.


Captain John Cost
Captain John Cost is an original member of the Regional Domestic Security Task Force that was developed in October of 2001 by FDLE, and is a member of the Sarasota Sheriffs Office.


Quinn Mackin
Quinn Mackin has more than 14 years event management experience at one venue with successfully coordinating and managing major concert, sporting, family show, religious and private events, on behalf of a 19,000 seat multi-purpose, city-owned and privately managed facility. Major events he has been responsible for include NCAA Men's Regional Basketball Finals in 1998, 2001 and 2003, NHL Stanley Cup Finals with tenant Anaheim Ducks, NHL regular season games, NBA pre-season and regular season games, World Gymnastics Championships, Rolling Stones, Streisand, Neil Diamond, Boston Pops, Eagles, CSN&Y, U2, Paul McCartney, Madonna, and Jimmy Buffet, Ringling Circus, and Disney on Ice to name just a few, religious events, private events and special events. (2,100 events and 21 million fans in the 14 years at the Honda Center formerly Arrowhead Pond)

Lt. Scott Lucia
Lt. Scott Lucia is a commander and trainer in the Special Operations Division of a Southwest Florida Sheriff's Office.  During his 23 years in law enforcement, his duties have included Special Operations Unit Team Leader, entry member, road patrol and road patrol supervisor, FTO and FTO supervisor, Training Division supervisor, and Academy instructor. Lt. Lucia is a former Secretary and Vice President of the Florida SWAT Association. He is also a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. He has seen deployments to Cuba and the Middle East in support of both Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, among others, and is qualified as a tactical boat operator. He is an instructor in the following specialties including, but not limited to, small arms, CQB, waterborne operations, dignitary protection, less lethal and chemical munitions, and physical fitness. 

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