Rick Jacobs is the principal of Law Enforcement Training and Education Consultants (LETnEC) and author of Creating Training for Law Enforcement. He has been within the law enforcement industry for over thirty years, ten of those as a deputy sheriff in VA, and has been in the learning industry for over thirty years as an instructor, adjunct faculty, instructional designer, training manager, and learning strategist. He has worked for higher education, the military, public safety, finance, technology, and sales. He currently consults internationally on learning projects and learning organizational development for law enforcement agencies, and provides training to law enforcement instructors. He also evaluates training and assesses LE academies for accreditation for IADLEST. He has a BS in Philosophy and an MS in Criminal Justice.