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John J. Guzman
CFI- Consultant, Speaker
Lieutenant, New Mexico Mounted Patrol

John J. Guzman, CFI, graduated from St. Xavier University in 1973 and received a Master of Science degree in 1984 from Chicago State University. After attending the Reid College in 1977, he was employed by Robert E. Cummins, Inc. as a polygraph examiner and behavioral analysis interviewer. Mr. Guzman worked in the private sector administering polygraph examinations and conducting interrogations until he accepted a position with the Chicago Police Department in 1978. While working with the department, he continued to conduct polygraph examinations for Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc.

Mr. Guzman was assigned as a uniformed patrol officer until 1981, when he became a member of the elite Special Operations Group and Gang Crime Unit. His assignments included uniform patrol and plainclothes tactical operations. In 1986, he was promoted to the rank of Gang Crime Specialist and has investigated gang related criminal activity, including homicides, drive-by shootings, and narcotic trafficking. Mr. Guzman has qualified as an expert witness and has lectured on street gangs before national gang conferences, law enforcement agencies, neighborhood groups and civic organizations. Mr. Guzman wrote the Gang Reference Book for the Chicago Police Department and was a gang awareness instructor for the department.

After retiring from the Chicago Police Department, Mr. Guzman moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and continued his law enforcement career by joining the New Mexico Mounted Patrol as a trooper. In 2005 he was promoted to Lieutenant. His duties include uniformed patrol, special investigations and training.

In 2004, Mr. Guzman was elected to the Board of Trustees for the New Mexico Crime Prevention Association. He belongs to the following professional organizations: Toastmasters International - CTM, National Major Gang Task Force, International Association of Latino Gang Investigators, National Association of School Resource Officers and the New Mexico Sheriffs and Police Association.

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