 DENNIS POTTER, MA
Dennis retired in 2004 as a Captain with the Jefferson County Colorado Sheriff ’s Department in Golden, Colorado. His assignment experience during his 33 years as a peace officer includes Patrol, Jail, Homicide Investigations, Victim Services, Motorcycles, Forensic Laboratory, Evidence, Communications, Civil and Fugitive, Recruiting, Training, Dispatch, Records Management, Crime Prevention, Public Information Officer, Accreditation, Policy Development, Emergency Management, Staff Inspections and Director of the Law Enforcement Training Academy. Dennis has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State University and a Masters Degree in American Military Studies from American Military University in Manassas, Virginia. He is currently adjunct faculty at Metropolitan State University, Denver where he teaches in the criminal justice and criminology programs.He is also a critical incident instructor for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), a certified incident command instructor for the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), an instructor for the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and a certified critical incident instructor with the New York State Office of Criminal Justice. He has conducted critical incident management seminars for line, staff, support staff, and chief law enforcement executive officers in Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Delaware, Oregon, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Michigan.
Dennis has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State University, and a Masters Degree in American Military Studies from American Military University in Manassas, Virginia. He is currently adjunct faculty at Metropolitan State University, Denver where he teaches in the criminal justice and criminology programs.
His critical incident management experience includes police operations of the 2002 Hayman Wildfire, Colorado’s largest wildfire in history, Department manager for three police officer deaths, and Headquarters Supervisor and Operations Chief at the Columbine High School shootings in 1999.
Dennis is currently a college professor in criminal justice and criminology, a critical incident instructor for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), a certified incident command instructor for the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), an instructor for the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and a certified critical incident instructor with the New York State Office of Criminal Justice. He has conducted critical incident management seminars for line, staff, support staff, and chief law enforcement executive officers in Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Delaware, Oregon, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Michigan. |
