| Dr. Richard Weinblatt "The Cop Doc" |
| Police Expertise Featured: CNN, MSNBC, CBS Evening News, The Associated Press, HLN, The Washington Post, The Orlando Sentinel, etc. |
Education:
 | Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership |
Suburban Florida Police Department”
(4.00 GPA) (60 credit hours with 45 C.H. of graduate coursework)
University of Sarasota/Argosy University: Sarasota, FL (April 2008)
| Education Specialist (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership |
University of Sarasota/Argosy University: Sarasota, FL (July 2002)
| Graduate coursework in |
Pfeiffer University: Charlotte, NC (2002)
(Three graduate credit hours completed: Managing a Diverse Workforce)
| Graduate coursework in |
New Mexico Highlands University: Las Vegas, NM (Spring 1998)
(Nine graduate credit hours completed: Business Law,
Management Accounting, and Marketing Research)
| Master of Public Administration in Criminal Justice |
City University: Bellevue, WA (December 1996)
| Certificate of Graduate Study in Criminal Justice (C.G.S.) |
City University: Bellevue, WA (June 1996)
| Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice (B.S.) |
Biography
| POLICE EXPERTISE backed by: Education Experience Training |
| Author ~ Educator ~ Expert Witness ~ Media Commentator |
| Based in Orlando, Florida Email: richard@thecopdoc.com |
Richard Weinblatt
as Police Chief
as Police Chief
Training:
Over 1,000 hours of training including:
INSTRUCTOR AND RELATED COURSES:
Other courses include:
CERTIFICATIONS:
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Certified Criminal Justice Instructor in
American Society for Law Enforcement Training (ASLET)
Armament Systems and Protection, Inc.
Armor Training Academy
Taser International
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
North Carolina Justice Academy
| Southern Criminal Justice Association Conference (presented academic | |
| paper), Charleston, SC (September 2009) | ||
| Seminole Community College Leadership Academy Sanford, FL (April | |
| 2008) |
INSTRUCTOR AND RELATED COURSES:
| 2009 Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Conference– | |
| Charleston, SC | ||
| 2008 Florida Certified Criminal Justice Instructors Conference (One | |
| Week) | ||
| Florida High Liability Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructor Update | |
| (2008) | ||
| Florida Department of Law Enforcement General Topics Instructor | |
| Florida Department of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor | |
| Florida Department of Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructor | |
| Florida Department of Law Enforcement Vehicle Operations Instructor | |
| Florida Human Diversity for Instructors | |
| North Carolina Criminal Justice Standards Instructor | |
| NC’s Juvenile Minority Sensitivity Training: Train the Trainer | |
| Monadnock PR-24 sidehandle police baton instructor | |
| ASP expandable tactical baton instructor | |
| Armor Training Academy/Def Tec OC Pepper Spray instructor | |
| Taser International X26 and M26 Taser Instructor | |
| Tasertron TF-76 Taser Weapons System instructor | |
| State of New Mexico Instructor Development | |
| University of Delaware Managing Your Dept.’s Training Operation |
Other courses include:
| U.S. D.E.A. Drug Law Enforcement School | |
| Broward County (FL) Sheriff’s Dept Patrol Drug Interdiction | |
| Intoximeter 3000 Key Operator (New Mexico) | |
| Intoxilyzer 5000 Operator (New Mexico & North Carolina) | |
| AlcoSensor Handheld Alcohol Measuring Instrument | |
| Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) | |
| Doppler Radar | |
| Hawk Radar | |
| Northwestern University At-Scene Accident Investigation | |
| New Jersey/New York Hazardous Materials Worker Training Center | |
| Emergency Response Awareness and Operational | ||
| Middlesex County (NJ) IFSTA Firefighter I. and II. Fire School | |
| Reid Technique of Interviews and Interrogation | |
| Taser International Advanced M26 Taser |
CERTIFICATIONS:
| Certified Law Enforcement Officer |
Certified Criminal Justice Instructor in
| General Topics | |
| Firearms | |
| Defensive Tactics | |
| Vehicle Operations |
| Certified Law Enforcement Trainer (CLET) |
| Certified ASP expandable tactical baton instructor |
| Certified Armor/Def Tech OC Pepper Spray instructor |
| Certified X26 and M26 Taser Instructor |
| Intoxilyzer 5000 Certified |
| Certified Juvenile Minority Sensitivity Training Trainer |
| Email: richard@thecopdoc.com |
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Experience:
| Patrol Division Deputy Sheriff II. Santa Fe County (NM) Sheriff's Office (1997) |
| Police Chief City of Randleman (NC) Police Dept. (2004) |
| With President George Bush Oval Office of The White House (1992) |
| Dr. Richard Weinblatt teaching traffic stops (above), Taser (below left), and firearms (below right) at the Seminole Community College Police Academy in Sanford, FL. |
RELEVANT PAST EMPLOYMENT
(Over Basic Police Academies, Law Enforcement associates degree, Criminal
| Director, Institute for Public Safety, Central Ohio Technical College |
campuses in service area of Licking, Knox, and Coshocton counties located
just East of Columbus, OH)
Newark & Pataskala, OH
| Professor and Program Manager, Criminal Justice Institute, |
| Chief of Police, City of Randleman Police Department, Randleman, NC |
| Chairman, Public Services Department & Instructor/Director, Criminal | |
| Justice, South Piedmont Community College (Over Criminal Justice, Sociology, Human Services Developmental Disabilities, Social Work, COE: Co-Operative Education Internships collegewide, Early Childhood Education Pre-School and School Age, and Early Childhood Resource Center). |
| Reserve Police Officer, Wingate Police Department, Wingate, NC |
| Deputy Sheriff II., Patrol Division, Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, | |
| Santa Fe, NM |
| Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice, Northern New Mexico Community | |
| College, Espanola, NM |
| Adjunct Instructor, Business & Public Speaking, |
| Auxiliary Lieutenant, South Brunswick Township Police Department, | |
| South Brunswick, NJ |
| Deputy Sheriff (non-compensated), Essex County Sheriff's Office, City of | |
| Newark, NJ |
COURSES TAUGHT
| Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee |
Argosy University Twin Cities campus (2010)
Taught many college level degree courses including:
| Introduction to Business | |
| Introduction to Corrections | |
| Introduction to Criminal Justice | |
| Introduction to Criminal Justice System | |
| Introduction to Criminology | |
| Introduction to Law Enforcement | |
| Introduction to Loss Prevention | |
| Civil Liability | |
| Communications | |
| Corrections | |
| Constitutional Law | |
| Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice | |
| Court Procedures and Evidence | |
| Courts and Criminal Justice | |
| Criminal Investigation | |
| Criminalistics | |
| Criminal Law | |
| Drugs and Society | |
| Ethics and Community Relations | |
| Forensic Investigations | |
| Investigations | |
| Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Juvenile Justice | |
| Juvenile Justice Procedures | |
| Organized Crime | |
| Police and the Community | |
| Police and the Media | |
| Police Operations | |
| Police Organization and Administration | |
| Principles of Criminal Justice | |
| Public Speaking | |
| Selected Topics in Criminal Justice | |
| Substance Abuse |
Taught many Basic Criminal Justice Academy (Law Enforcement, Corrections,
courses including:
| ASP Expandable Police Baton | |
| Communications | |
| Crime Scene Investigations | |
| Criminal Investigations | |
| Cross-Over to Law Enforcement Introduction | |
| Dart-Firing Stun Gun | |
| Defensive Tactics for Criminal Justice Officers | |
| DUI Traffic Stops | |
| Firearms for Criminal Justice Officers | |
| Human Issues– Diversity, Cultural Sensitivity, Mental Illness, & | |
| Substance Abuse | ||
| Introduction to Corrections | |
| Introduction to Law Enforcement | |
| Instructor Techniques | |
| Legal | |
| Patrol | |
| Patrol I. | |
| Patrol II. | |
| Pepper Spray - Oleresin Capsicum (OC) | |
| PR-24 Side-handle Police Baton | |
| Tactical Applications– Bombs & Explosives, Court Procedures, & | |
| Crowd Control | ||
| Taser | |
| Traffic Crash Investigation | |
| Traffic Stops | |
| Vehicle Operations | |
| As reserve officer for Wingate Police (left) and Professor and Program Manager, Criminal Justice Institute at Seminole Community College (above) |
Dr. Richard Weinblatt, as
Director of the Institute for
Public Safety at Central Ohio
Technical College, conducting
inspections of
Basic Police Academy cadets
with the Mayor of Pataskala
(above left), the Sheriff of
Licking County (above right),
and a Columbus Police
lieutenant (right).
Director of the Institute for
Public Safety at Central Ohio
Technical College, conducting
inspections of
Basic Police Academy cadets
with the Mayor of Pataskala
(above left), the Sheriff of
Licking County (above right),
and a Columbus Police
lieutenant (right).
| Chief Richard Weinblatt with a young fan. |
Right: Dr. Richard Weinblatt
receives a plaque from the
Cadet Lieutenant at the April
28, 2010 LET Basic Police
Academy graduation
ceremonies for his service as
Director of the Institute for
Public Safety at Central Ohio
Technical College.
receives a plaque from the
Cadet Lieutenant at the April
28, 2010 LET Basic Police
Academy graduation
ceremonies for his service as
Director of the Institute for
Public Safety at Central Ohio
Technical College.
CURRENT & PAST WRITING & COMMENTARY POSTS
| Authoring Police Articles since 1989 | |
| Host, "The Cop Doc" radio show | |
| Regular column, PoliceOne.com ("Weinblatt's Tips" and formerly "The | |
| Police and the Press") | ||
| Regular column, PoliceLink.com ("Law Enforcement Career Expert") | |
| Regular column, Lake Mary Life Magazine (FL) | |
| Regular contributor "Police Examiner", National Edition, Examiner.com | |
| Former columnist, Law and Order: The Magazine for Police | |
| Management (for a decade from 1991-2001) ("Reserve Report" column) | ||
| Former columnist, Officer.com ("Career Corner" & "Reserve Power") | |
| Former columnist, Asheboro Courier-Tribune (NC) | |
| Former Editorial Advisory Board, Law Enforcement Technology | |
| Magazine |