Testimonials Dr. Simon
“Dr. Simon really knows how to captivate an audience with his ‘Sexual Deviance in the New Millennium’ presentation. Never a dull moment, as he keeps the class interesting at every turn. He offers valuable insight into the minds of sexual predators drawing from real world experience and research. The seminar was educational and thought-provoking at the same time. A must see for law enforcement!”
Sergeant Jeff Rousseau
Hartford Police Department
Training Academy
Detective Mike Wilson Benton County Sheriff's Office
"Dr. Simon, great presentation on Sexual Deviant Killers hosted by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. I now have a better understanding of the twisted mindset of these killers possess. Your presentation really hit home on the importance of why we do what we do. Tracking and creating a profile database on sex offenders has become a great tool for many law enforcement agencies. Your insight into the minds of this particular group has strengthened my resolve"
Detective Thomas Queen Omaha Police Department Homicide Unit
"I attended Dr. Simon's seminar Sexual Deviance in The New Millinnium in Omaha, Nebraska on May 8th and 9th, 2014. I was greatly pleased with the material presented and the way it was prese ted by Dr. Simon. He engaged the audience in conversation, kept us interested in the material and answered all the questions asked of him in a complete and thorough manner. On more than one occassion Dr. Simon would explain a paraphilia and I would remember a case I had worked and think, that's what was going on.......the training I received in the two-days that Dr. Simon was with us definately opened my eyes to an aspect of investigation that I was not acquainted with and the training will assist me in future investigations and aid in keeping citizens in Omaha safe. Thank you, Dr. Simon!"
Danny Miller
West Virginia State Police Retired
“I have been in law enforcement for 38 years.....I was an instructor at the West Virginia State Police Academy for 13 years. I have never sat in on a class more thought provoking, verbally and visually well-prepared presentation. Dr. Simon is obviously an expert on the Sexual Predator. Shocking, revealing, controversial, is how I would best describe this seminar. I would recommend this seminar to anyone interested in the mindset of criminal investigations.”
“Dr. Simon's insights and cutting-edge research into the mind of the dangerous criminal is engaging and relevant to the unique demands of a modern criminal investigation. While the veteran investigator understands the law and the investigative process, Dr. Simon clearly and concretely explains the why behind the crime. By understanding the motivations of those who harm the most vulnerable among us, Dr. Simon enhances the investigative arsenal of even the most seasoned investigator. The day after attending Dr. Simon's class, I received a disclosure. As I finished interviewing the victim's mother, she asked me how I knew the perpetrator? When I told her the suspect lived over 100 miles from me and I had never met him she seemed surprised and a little shocked. I had simply applied what I had learned in Dr. Simon's class.”
John Garner, Illinois State Police
Master Sergeant
Detective Mike Zigelman
Arroyo Grande Police Department
"Please accept thanks and kudos for both an excellent presentation, "Sexual
Deviance in the New Millennium", and even more for your kindness and willingness
to provide invaluable support and guidance in a difficult and complex
investigation which we were recently involved with."
Lieutenant Tom Leband
Fresno Police Department
"Lawrence
As commander of the Fresno Police Department’s Family Justice Bureau, which includes the Child Abuse, Sexual Assault, and Domestic Violence Units, I recently attended Dr. Simon’s training held in Fresno, California. The course, Perspectives on Serial Sexual Violence, was attended by a wide variety of area law enforcement, probation, parole, district attorney, and victim advocate agencies. Dr. Simon’s course provided attendees with important tools to help place themselves in a position to understand offender motivation, enhance interviews, determine key signs to look for and allow for successful investigation and prosecution. The material presented covered a wide range of different types of perpetrators of sexual violence. About 100 attendees were in the class, no one left early, and many stayed over after the class for further discussions with Dr. Simon. It’s a difficult but, unfortunately a necessary subject that investigators need to understand. Dr. Simon has an extensive background studying, interviewing and treating these predators and he doesn’t disappoint when he shares the insight that his extensive work has generated on the subject."
“Lawrence, I wanted to thank you personally for providing your outstanding training services to our department. Each of the students that attended your Exploring Violence and the Criminal Mind class and Inside the Mind of a Sexual Predator class had nothing but positive comments regarding the courses. The comments came from patrol officers as well as seasoned detectives from various bureaus within our agency. One common comment from most of the evaluations was to bring this instructor back for more classes because he is outstanding. Thank you again for your quality training services you provide for us."
Detective Sean Faris, Training Coordinator
Denver Police Department
Jeremy O. Spann
Fort Worth Police Department
Violent Personal Crimes Section-S.C.R.A.M. Unit
Fort Worth, Texas
“Dr. Simon's class "Inside the Mind of a Sexual Predator" helped me step out of the box in my investigations. His class helped provoke more questions and information from these investigations that allowed me to conduct a more thorough investigation. There was an over-abundance of information provided for a short 2-day course and any seasoned detective would benefit from this with prior knowledge and understanding of the terminology used in the class. This class has helped me to understand the suspects I am dealing with and have a respect that these behaviors are more informative rather than predictive. I highly recommend this class to any seasoned detective who has worked sex crimes and/or homicide."
Detective Matthew Bade
Homicide
Burton Police Department, Michigan
"As a detective for 14 years specializing in sex crimes, I found Dr. Simon's "Sexual Deviance in the New Millennium" class to be one of the best classes on the subject matter I have ever attended. In addition to classroom instruction, Dr. Simon took personal time to review and assist me with a cold case homicide I have been working on for nine years. Dr. Simon showed more interest and provided more relevant insight than any other instructor that I have requested assistance from."
Sergeant Angela Escobar
Criminal Investigation Division
Kensington Police Department
“Thank you again for the great training course on Inside the Mind of a Sexual Predator. You are a great instructor. You make the class so interesting with your high energy, humor, professionalism, stories, experience, and passion (for the topic you are teaching). You are truly contributing to the world by teaching law enforcement officer's things that not many people in society know about (sexual deviants and how they think and operate). The information you teach is important for the work that we do on a daily basis. I will look at a crime scene differently because of your training. Thank you for expanding our minds to see the things we may not have seen or thought about if we did not get the training that you gave us. You said it all in the end with the slides of the many victims. It's about helping and caring about other human beings. Also, being a part of catching or stopping people from harming others, and making a difference in the world, like what you are doing. Thank you.”
MAJOR PRESENTATIONS HOSTING AGENCIES AND CLIENTELE
Alberta Criminal Intelligence Service- Alberta, Canada. Advocacy in Action Annual Conference- Santa Fe, New Mexico Alabama Governor’s Conference for Law Enforcement- Montgomery, Alabama. Alamo Area Regional Law Enforcement Academy- San Antonio, Texas. Annual Death Investigation Conference- Daytona Beach, Florida Anthony Canelé Law Enforcement Training Center- Atlantic City, New Jersey Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office- Centennial, Colorado Arizona Crime Analyst Association Conference Keynote- Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona Homicide Investigators Association- Las Vegas, Nevada Arizona Identification Council Conference- Tempe, Arizona Baltimore County Police Department- Baltimore, Maryland Billings Police Department- Billings, Montana Books and Books- Coral Gables, Florida Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Broward County Crime Commission- Delray Beach, Florida Bridgeport Police Department- Bridgeport, West Virginia California Sexual Assault Investigators Association Conference Keynote- California Miami Institute of Psychology- Doral, Florida Centerline Police Department- Centerline, Michigan Central Illinois Police Training Center- Peoria, Illinois Chicago Police Department- Chicago, Illinois Cleveland Police Department, Cleveland, Ohio College of The Redwoods, Eureka, California Dakota Children’s Advocacy Center- Bismarck, North Dakota Dearborn Heights Police Department- Dearborn, Michigan DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, Decatur, Georgia Denver Police Department, Denver, Colorado. Des Moines Regional Academy- Des Moines, Iowa. Detroit Police Department- Detroit, Michigan. Fairfax Criminal Justice Training Academy- Chantilly, Virginia Fargo Police Department- Fargo, North Dakota Florida Crime and Intelligence Analyst Association Conference-Jupiter, Florida. Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency Conference- Tallahassee, Florida. Florida Division for the International Association for Identification Conference Florida Sexual Assault Association Annual Conference- Jupiter, Florida Foley Forensic Seminar- Foley, Alabama Fort Worth Police Academy- Fort Worth, Texas Fresno Police Department- Fresno, California Gila River Housing Authority- Arizona Great Falls Police Department- Great Falls, Montana Hallandale Police Department- Hallandale Beach, Florida Handle with Care Conference Keynote Speaker- Charleston, West Virginia. Hartford Police Department Academy- Hartford, Connecticut Houston Police Academy- Houston, Texas Housing Authority- Arizona Idaho Falls Police Department- Idaho Illinois Coroner’s Association- Illinois. Illinois State Police- Springfield, Illinois. Illinois Homicide Investigators Conference Keynote- Chicago, Illinois. Illinois Valley Crime and Prevention- Princeton, Illinois Indiana Division for the International Association for Identification Conference. Indiana Law Enforcement Academy- Plainfield, Indiana International Association for Identification- Reno, Nevada International Association Women’s Police IAWP Conference-Anchorage, Alaska International Law Enforcement & Educators Association Conference- St. Louis, Missouri Intersections of Violence Conference- Norfolk, Virginia. Idaho Falls Police Department- Idaho Falls, Idaho Iowa Law Enforcement Academy- Johnston, Iowa. Irvine Police Department- Irvine, California Kern County Sheriff’s Department- Bakersfield, California. Lakewood Police Department, Lakewood, Colorado Lake Zurich Police Department- Lake Zurich, Colorado Laramie Police Department- Laramie, Wyoming Law Enforcement Advisory Commission- Springfield, Illinois. Law Enforcement Officer Regional Training Council- Flint, Michigan Lexington Police Department- Lexington, Kentucky. Louisiana State Police- Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Louisiana Homicide Investigators Association Conference- Baton Rouge, LA Macomb County Community College Criminal Justice Academy- Michigan Major Crimes Apprehension Task Force Conference Keynote- Chicago, Illinois. Massachusetts State Police Academy- New Braintree, Massachusetts. Major Case Assistance Team- Chicago, Illinois. Metropolitan Police Institute- Miami, Florida Mesa Police Department- Mesa, Arizona. Miami Beach Police Department, Miami, Florida Miami Dade Community College School of Justice- Miami, Florida. Minnesota Social Services Association- Minneapolis, Minnesota Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy- Pearl, Mississippi. Mississippi Division of International Association for Identification- Oxford, Mississippi Missoula Police Department- Missoula, Montana Missouri Southern State University- Joplin, Missouri Mobile Training Units 9 and 10- State of Illinois Mobile Police Academy- Mobile, Alabama Montana Children’s Justice Conference- Big Sky, Montana. Montana Violent Crimes Conference- Billings, Montana. Montana Law Enforcement Academy- Helena, Montana National Conference on Crimes Against Women- Dallas, Texas National Crimes Against Children’s Conference- Dallas, Texas New Jersey Homicide Investigators Association- Princeton University, New Jersey New Mexico Department of Public Safety- Santa Fe, New Mexico Northeast Multi-Regional Training Academy- Chicago, Illinois North Carolina Homicide Investigators Association- Hickory, North Carolina Northern Illinois Training Advisory Board- Rockford, Illinois Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy- Roanoke, Virginia Northern Michigan Law Enforcement Academy- Marquette, Michigan Nova Southeastern University CIT Law Enforcement Conference- Davie, Florida Office of The State Attorney, Miami, Florida Omaha Police Academy- Omaha, Nebraska Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orlando, Florida Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department- Santa Ana, California Paso Robles Police Department- California Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix, Arizona Policing in the 21st Century Conference- Albuquerque, New Mexico Pride Manchester House- Bismarck, North Dakota Saint Petersburg College- Saint Petersburg, Florida Sandy Police Department- Sandy, Utah San Bernardino Police Department Public Safety Training Association- California Seventh Annual Death Investigation Conference- Daytona Beach, Florida Somerset County Criminal Justice and Fire Academy- Hillsborough, New Jersey Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association Conference (SEHIA) Dallas, Texas South Bay Regional Training Consortium- San Francisco, California South Carolina Law Enforcement Academy- Charleston, South Carolina South Western Illinois Law Enforcement Commission- Belleville, Illinois South Windsor Police Department- South Windsor, Connecticut Southern Police Institute-University of Louisville Conference- Pompano Beach, Florida Spokane County Sheriff’s Office- Spokane, Washington State of Texas Crimes Against Women Conference- Dallas, Texas St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office- St. Augustine, Florida St. Louis County Municipal Training Academy- St. Louis, Missouri Tennessee Division for the International Association for Identification Conference Texas Department of Public Safety- Austin, Texas Texas Police Association- Austin, Texas. Texas Polygraph Association Conference 2012- Granbury, Texas Titusville Police Department- Titusville, Florida. Toledo Police Academy- Toledo, Ohio University of Missouri Law Enforcement Training Academy- Columbia, Missouri. Vancouver Police Department- Vancouver, British Columbia Violent Crimes Robbery Conference- Salt Lake City, Utah. Violent Crimes Conference- Roanoke, Virginia Washington State Sex Offender Conference Keynote- Wenatchee, Washington. West Central Illinois Criminal Justice Council- Jerseyville, Illinois West Virginia Police Expo- Charleston, West Virginia West Virginia State Police Academy- Charleston, West Virginia West Jordan Police Department- West Jordan, Utah Wheeling Police Department- Wheeling, West Virginia Wisconsin Homicide Investigator’s Association Conference- Green Bay, Wisconsin