L.E.T.A  Associate Bios

Law Enforcement Training Associates, Inc.

Mike DeMarcus

Mike is the training coordinator of Law Enforcement Training Associates, Inc, and is currently a Detective with the North Miami Beach Police Department.  Mike has 18 years of law enforcement experience and has worked in the Special Investigations Division for over 11 years.  During his tenure in the Narcotics Division, Mike has completed assignments with a Drug Enforcement Administration narcotics task force and a State of Florida narcotics and money laundering task force.  He worked as a Marine Enforcement Officer for three years and is still cross designated as a U.S Customs Blue Lightening Officer. Mike has extensive experience in investigating major cocaine trafficking cases, indoor marijuana grow house investigations, money laundering investigations, long-term gang related crack cocaine investigations and ecstasy/club drug investigations. Mike participated in one of the largest ecstasy reverses in the history of Florida and has developed a comprehensive ecstasy and club drug-training program. Mike has also developed long-term crack cocaine and indoor marijuana grow house courses, which are based on case studies that targeted organizations involved in the illicit narcotics trade.  Mike has taught narcotics related courses to thousands of law enforcement investigators from all over the world and is also a member of the Florida Narcotics Officers Association.

Pat Fielding

Pat is a Detective with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and has over 21 years of law enforcement experience.  Pat has been assigned to several narcotics, gang, and criminal intelligence units, including a HIDTA group, FBI Task Force, and a Club Drug Task Force and is currently assigned to a Money Laundering group.  Pat has worked undercover for 18 years investigating money laundering, arms and explosives dealers, auto-theft rings and conducting storefront operations.  Pat infiltrated the Red Demons (A Hells Angels Farm Club) and rose to the rank of Treasurer during a six-month undercover investigation.  Pat has a wealth of knowledge in undercover investigations.            

Antonio Marciante

Tony is a Captain and a 18 year veteran of the North Miami Beach Police Department.  Tony has been a member of the NMBPD Special Response Team for the past 14 years and is currently the teams Commanding Officer.  He is currently serving as a Region VII representative for the Florida SWAT Association and he also completed a three year assignment with the Tactical Unit and a four year assignment on the K-9 unit.  Tony is a MP5 instructor, Taser Instructor, Firearms instructor, and a defensive driving instructor.  Tony has also completed instructor development courses for Tactical Team, Tactical shooting and L.E.O response for weapons of mass destruction.  Tony's assignments have allowed him to participate in all facets of narcotics work from undercover investigations to tactical operations.  Tony has well over 100 search warrant entries and has been a technical adviser on several major motion pictures.

Don Reynolds

Don is a Sergeant with the North Miami Beach Police Department and has over 18 years of law enforcement experience.  Don completed a 5 year assignment with the Special Investigations Division as a narcotics detective and over 8 years on the NMBPD Special Response Team.  Don also participated on a State of Florida narcotics and money laundering task force that seized over 27 million dollars in 1998.  He has extensive experience in cocaine trafficking cases, indoor marijuana grow investigations and crack cocaine investigations.  He currently teaches firearms and law enforcement driving courses at the Miami-Dade Criminal Justice Institute and for the North Miami Beach Police Department.

Jeff Seever

Jeff is a member of the Independence, Missouri Police Department and has over 18 years of law enforcement experience with over 15 as a detective.  Jeff spent 12 years in special operations, nine of those on a multi-agency drug task force and he also completed two assignments with the DEA as a Clandestine Lab Enforcement Team Member and OCDEFT Investigator.  He and his group are recognized leaders in successful methamphetamine suppression tactics, which are now used throughout the U.S.  Jeff was the case agent on one of the largest meth and marijuana conspiracy cases in Kansas and Missouri, which led to the indictment of 42 co-conspirators.  His experience includes being attached to the U.S Attorneys Office working Public Corruption cases and has been an expert witness for that office since 1997.  His success as a nationally known speaker in the area of methamphetamine and conspiracy cases has given him the opportunity to lecture for the DOJ, HIDTA and the U.S Attorneys Office.  Past investigations and service has resulted in recognition from both State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.  He continues his service in the Sex Crimes Unit and is assigned to the Gang Unit where he is currently investigating Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. 

Eric Davis

Eric is a Detective with the North Miami Beach Police Department and has 14 years of law enforcement experience. Eric has been assigned as a narcotics detective in the Special Investigations Division for over 6 years.  Eric has been a member of the NMBPD SRT unit for 7 years and is the SRT lead firearms instructor.  Eric is an MP5, Colt carbine and driving instructor for NMBPD.  Eric has participated in numerous narcotics investigations on both the narcotics and tactical sides and is currently a narcotics trained canine handler for the narcotics unit.

Armando Sotero

Armando is a 16 year veteran of the North Miami Beach Police Department.  He is currently the S.R.O. Supervisor, which includes the D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education and Training) and G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) programs.  Armando has been a D.A.R.E. instructor since 1998 and a G.R.E.A.T. instructor since 1999.  He was the State of Florida D.A.R.E. Officer of the Year Runner-up in 1999.  Armando is on the National Training Team for the Bureau of A.T.F. under the G.R.E.A.T. program and serves as a primary law enforcement instructor within his agency and at the Miami-Dade Police Academy.  He has planned and designed emergency response plans for schools and serves as the Chairman on the North Miami Beach Education Committee. He has numerous instructional certificates and has trained personnel throughout the United States on issues dealing with school safety and violence prevention.

Hector Alfonso

Hector is a criminal analyst with the Miami Dade Police Department.  Hector is currently assigned to the Multi Agency Gang Task Force and he specializes in the area of violent gang enforcement.  Hector's course details the latest trends that gang members are using to commit robberies, home invasions, auto theft and narcotics violations.  Hector teaches gang enforcement courses through out the U.S.

Paul Bruno

Detective with the Jupiter, Florida Police Department.  Paul is currently assigned to a DEA Task Force and has completed an assignment with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office organized crime and narcotics unit.  Paul served as the gang coordinator for the Jupiter P.D and has been a member of the Critical Response Team since 2002. Paul was a case agent that was assigned to the DEA "Operation Magnum Force" which was deemed one of the largest crack cocaine distribution rings in Palm Beach County history and earned a statewide citation for his work on the case.  Paul currently serves as the Region VI Co-Chairman for the Florida Narcotics Officers Association and is a yearly guest speaker for the University of Central Florida's Criminal Justice Department.   

Jimmy Bittar

Jimmy is a Detective with the City of Miami Police Department Special Investigations Division.  Jimmy has over 25 years of law enforcement experience and has spent over 19 years specializing in Narcotics and Money Laundering investigations.   Jimmy was assigned to a nationally recognize Money Laundering Task Force where his investigations were responsible for the seizure of millions of illicit Colombian narco dollars.  Jimmy has developed a comprehensive money laundering and surveillance training course. 

Christopher Clark

Chris received his B.A in German and Philosophy from Marquette University in 1982 and his J.D from Marquette University Law School in 1985.  He work as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami, Florida from 1985 to 1989.  In 1989, Chris became an Assistant United States Attorney with the Southern District of Florida.  After assignments to the Appellate, Major Crimes, Narcotics and Economic Crimes Sections, he is currently assigned to the Public Corruption Division.

Jarrett Wolf

Jarrett is a former prosecutor and former federal agent who is now a partner in an international law firm based in Miami, Florida. From 1994 to 2002, Jarrett was an Assistant State Attorney in Miami, where he co-founded the State Attorney’s Gang Prosecution Unit; directed task force investigations of violent organized crime, and prosecuted many of Miami’s most notorious gang members.  He wrote the first warrant in Florida authorizing a search for gang evidence; obtained the first formal ruling in Florida admitting gang evidence at trial; and served as a consultant to the U.S. Army on the first gang prosecution in the military. From 2002 to 2006, Jarrett was as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, where he led investigations of cartels operating in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. For his leadership of a multi-agency international organized crime investigation Jarrett received several honors, including the DEA Administrator’s Award. Since 2006, as an attorney and consultant, Jarrett has focused his practice on litigation; investigations and security; anti-money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and law enforcement consulting; and crisis management. 

Charles Rigo

Charles is a 8 year veteran of the Miami Dade Police Department and is currently assigned to the Homeland Security Bureau.  Charles also serves as a Federal Enforcement Agent with the United States Air Force's Office of Security and Intelligence.

Rey Hernandez

Rey is a Gang Detective with the North Miami Beach Police Department and has over 13 years of law enforcement experience.  Rey served with both the North Miami Police Department and North Miami Beach Special Response Teams and currently instructs for LETA, NMBPD, Miami Dade Criminal Justice Institute and the MCTFT.  Rey currently teaches Defensive Tactics, Active Shooter Courses, Edged Weapons Defense, Advanced SWAT and is also a firearms instructor. He has earned his Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice at Florida International University and is currently working on his Master's degree in Public Administration at FIU.  Rey is also a professional actor and a technical consultant for the motion picture industry.  

Kelly is a Sergeant with the Miami-Dade Police Department, currently assigned to the Public Corruption Investigations Bureau.  He has over 16 years of law enforcement experience and prior to his current assignment, was the supervisor for the MDPD Organized Crime Section, Vice Unit for five years.  During his tenure in the OCS Vice Unit, Kelly was tasked with the oversight of complex investigations including; Child Prostitution, Human Trafficking, Organized Prostitution, Organized Gambling, Continuing Criminal Enterprises (RICO), Murder for Hire, Murder Conspiracy, Organized Crime-related Extortions, and Money Laundering.  During his tenure in this assignment, he and his unit were active participants in the US Attorney’s Office South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force (FBI / ICE / MDPD / HPD / FDLE) and the FBI Innocence Lost Minor Vice Task Force (FBI / MDPD / MPD / MBPD).  The OCS Vice unit initiated and participated in numerous long-term investigations which resulted in a multitude of arrests, Federal indictments, prosecutions and monetary seizures/forfeitures. Throughout his role as the Vice Unit Sergeant, Kelly took an active role in all facets of the investigations, including numerous undercover assignments, report preparation and review, grant writing and monitoring, and surveillance and enforcement operations.  Kelly’s primary area of expertise is in the areas of Human Trafficking and Child Prostitution, and he has been a presenter at the United States Attorney’s Office-Miami, the Broward Sheriff’s Office, and the Miami-Dade Police Department on both of these topics.

 Lino Diaz

Lino is a Detective with the North Miami Beach Police Dept.       and has 12 years of law enforcement experience. Lino is         currently assigned to the Crime Suppression Team, which        targets gang members, street level narcotics dealers, burglary subjects and violent criminals.  Lino has also participated on   the NMBPD Tactical Unit, the Robbery Intervention detail and    a multi jurisdictional street crimes enforcement team that         targeted violent subjects in Miami Dade County.  Lino has       been on the NMBPD Special Response Team for over 7 years    and is currently the Assistant Team Leader. Lino's other         duties include being a Colt MP5 and Chemical Munitions            instructor for NMBPD.    

Michael Vadnal

Michael is a 20 year veteran of the Broward County Sheriff's Office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  He has been a detective for over 16 years investigating animal crimes and has investigated over 2,000 cases including Pit Bull fighting and animal abuse crimes.  Michael has testified as an expert witness in both the 17th Judicial Circuit and the 10th Judicial Circuit courts of Florida.  Michael has been interviewed by numerous television networks, newspapers, magazines and Internet sites.  Michael has also been featured on Animal Planets "Miami Animal Police" television show.  Michael has been instructing law enforcement officers on the underground world of Pit Bull fighting organizations since 1999.  

Phil Dorfman

Phil is a Sergeant with the Delray Beach Police Department. Phil was in the Vice and Narcotics Unit for over nine years and has conducted numerous Vice and Narcotics investigations.  Phil was involved in conducting undercover investigations along with the Palm Beach County State Attorneys Office, which targeted illicit massage parlors.  The investigations resulted in the use of "Sneak and Peek" search warrants that led to numerous arrests for racketeering and prostitution charges on the businesses and employees.  Phil has developed a presentation based on actual case studies and techniques utilized during the undercover investigations.  

Joe Morris                                                         

Joe is a retired Florida Highway Patrol Trooper who spent the    last 14 years of his 26 year law enforcement career working on a highway narcotics interdiction team.  Joe teaches Highway     Narcotics Interdiction and Concealed Vehicle Compartments      as well as officer safety techniques when dealing with               narcotics trafficking subjects. Joe was also cross designated     as a Blue Lighting Customs Officer. Joe has worked cases        with DEA, FBI and US Customs resulting in successful             prosecutions in Federal as well as State courts.                                                       
Chris Starnes                                                     
Chris has been a Police Officer for over 11 years.  He is            currently assigned to Uniform Patrol and is also the                Sniper Team Leader for the NMBPD Special Response Team.     He has been a member on SRT for 10 years and has               completed multiple Tactical and Instructor schools.  Chris has   attended training conferences, competitions and seminars        regarding high risk tactics, sniping, tactical shooting, bus         assaults and vehicle assaults.  He is also certified as an            instructor in firearms, taser, low light tactics, chemical             munitions, OC and impact munitions.  Chris has participated in numerous high risk operations and brings a wealth of              knowledge to the training table.  He is also the Florida SWAT   Diversionary Device Instructor and is a South Florida Region     VII Representative.                                                        

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