Sergeant Coker is a passionate leader and educator well known for his unwavering dedication to his community. As a veteran of Portsmouth Police Department for over two decades, he harnesses his extensive experience to educate public and private sector professionals on the ins and outs of leadership. He travels nationally conducting trainings on important topics that both motivate and empower employees to lead with the three C’s: confidence, compassion, and competence. However, his expertise lies beyond training. His primary specialty is “EnterTRAINment,” which is a one-of-a-kind immersive experience that merges learning with fun through vivid visual aids and music.
Sgt. Coker graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bethel University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. Mike is also a 2009 PLP graduate at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. Throughout his multifaceted career, Michael effectively occupied various assignments in Uniform Patrol and Investigations and supervised a multitude of different units during his tenure, including Homicide and Robbery, Domestic Violence/Sex Crimes Unit, Robbery Task Force, and served as the Shift Commander. He has also cultivated extensive lecturing and teaching experience, including the Indiana Chapter of the FBI National Academy Alumni Association Conference, Executive Staff Management Team in Sharonville, Ohio, Polaroid Corporation, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, Illinois State Police, United States Postal Service, U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern Mississippi District, Birmingham Alabama Police Department, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, Idaho P.O.S.T., Idaho Governor’s Task Force, Suffolk County Long Island New York, Virginia Juvenile Court Judges, Texas P.O.S.T, University of Delaware, Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy, Hampton Roads Academy of Criminal Justice Services, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and the United States Virgin Island Police.
Dr. Peter Collins has been the forensic psychiatrist with the Ontario Provincial Police, since 1995. From 1990 to 1995 he was a member of the first profiling unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Violent Crime Analysis Section) and was involved in the development of the Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System (ViCLAS). Since 1992 he has been a member of the crisis/hostage negotiation team of the Toronto Police Service Emergency Task Force.
Peter obtained his Masters in Applied Criminology (MCA), from the University of Ottawa, his Medical Degree from McMaster University and completed his postgraduate medical training in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His clinical appointment is with the Complex Care and Recovery Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Peter is an Associate Professor, in the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
He is a Certified Threat Assessment Professional (Canada) through the Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.
Peter is a consulting editor with the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, published by the American Psychological Association, and a columnist with Blue Line Magazine.
He retired from the Canadian Armed Forces (Reserves), at the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, and served on 2 deployments in Southern Afghanistan. In October 2012 he was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contribution to the Canadian Forces. Peter is an advisor to the newly formed Toronto Police Service outreach program for veterans in crisis.
In 1997 Peter was elected a member of the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship. In 2015 he received a lifetime achievement award from the World Association of Detectives and a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Critical Incident Association, in 2017. In 2023 he was appointed to the National Expert Committee on Countering Radicalization to Violence, by the Minister of Public Safety, Canada.
Peter is an authority on violent crime and has worked with, and instructed, numerous criminal justice agencies in North America, and 26 countries internationally, including the FBI, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Interpol, and Europol.
Senior Special Agent Jon Cromer has served with the Virginia State Police since 1992. The majority of his career has been devoted to the investigation of deaths, missing persons, and sexually motivated crimes. Agent Cromer is a graduate of the 52nd Session (1999) of the Virginia Forensic Science Academy and has extensive experience in crime scene examination and reconstruction. He has served as lead forensic specialist for scores of death scenes, ranging from mass homicide to covertly buried bodies, throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
In 2005, Agent Cromer transferred to the behavioral services section of the Virginia State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation. He is a Full Fellow with the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship, Inc. (ICIAF) and is board certified as a Criminal Profiler. Agent Cromer previously served as a member of the National Advisory Board for the FBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (2006-2016).
In addition to providing investigative advice to law enforcement agencies in Virginia, Agent Cromer routinely provides instruction to law enforcement officers, medical professionals, prosecutors, and students at various academic institutions. While his primary responsibility is to the western district of Virginia, Agent Cromer frequently consults on the behavioral aspects of violent crime throughout the United States, Canada & Australia.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Radford University (1990), and a Master of Arts in Applied Psychology from James Madison University (2016).
Detective DiGiacomo was hired with the Delaware State Police in September of 2007. Upon graduating the Academy, he was assigned to Troop 3 Patrol. During the six years spent on Patrol, with Troop 3, Josh received a Superintendents Citation and two Exceptional Performance Awards. Beginning in 2013 Detective DiGiacomo was assigned to Troop 3 Criminal Investigations Unit. In 2014 Detective DiGiacomo received the Detective of the Year Award for his outstanding performance. After gaining experience Detective DiGiacomo was again promoted and assigned to the United States Marshal Service Task Force in 2016. During his assignment in the United States Marshal Service, Detective DiGiacomo received an Exceptional Performance Award, Valor Award, and again, selected for the Delaware State Police Trooper of the Year Award. Shortly after he was transferred from the United States Marshals Service, Detective DiGiacomo was nominated for the TOP COP Award through the National Association of Police Officers. In 2021 Detective DiGiacomo was promoted into the Intelligence Sector and is currently a member of the Electronic Surveillance Unit.
Agent Tammy Lee currently works as a Field Agent for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Agent Lee has worked in a variety of capacities while employed by the CBI, which includes Major Crimes, Gaming/Organized Crime, and Human Trafficking. Agent Lee has extensive experience in investigating homicides, sexual assaults, crimes against children, officer involved shootings, human trafficking, and organized crime. In 2017, Agent Lee was named the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s ‘Agent of the Year.’ Agent Lee has been a certified polygraph examiner since 2013 and has conducted hundreds of criminal and pre-employment examinations. In May of 2019, Agent Lee received a national award from the American Association of Police Polygraphists related to her involvement with a missing person investigation, which was initiated in August of 2018 out of Frederick, Colorado.
Agent Lee was assigned as the Case Agent for the missing person investigation, which involved a pregnant mother, Shanann Watts, and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste. Agent Lee assisted with the polygraph and interrogation of the suspect, Christopher Watts. Christopher Watts ultimately confessed to murdering his pregnant wife and burying her in a shallow grave and disposing of his two young daughters in large oil tanks. In November of 2018, Christopher Watts plead guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree murder of a child under the age of 12, three counts of tampering with a deceased human body, and one count of unlawful termination of a pregnancy. Christopher Watts was sentenced to five life sentences plus 84 years in prison.
Special Agent Coder is currently serving as an FBI Agent assigned to a Violent Crimes squad. SA Coder has been a criminal investigations Special Agent his entire career and has investigated cases to include Mexican Cartel Drug Trafficking, Domestic Terrorism, Crimes against Children/Missing persons, and Violent Crimes/Fugitives. SA Coder has been the recipient of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) “Task Force of the Year” Award during two separate years, and has been nominated for the DOJ “Attorney General’s Award” and the FBI’s “Director’s Award” for his role as Lead Case Agent during a Domestic Terrorism investigation related to an assassination attempt on the Nederland, Colorado Police Department in October of 2016.
SA Coder is recently known for his work as the lead Case Agent for the FBI during the 2018 Christopher Watts quadruple homicide case. In August of 2018 Christopher Watts murdered his pregnant wife Shannan and their two daughters Bella (4) and Celeste “Cici” (3) via strangulation with his bare hands. Watts disposed of his wife in a shallow grave in rural eastern Colorado, and dumped the bodies of his children in a nearby oil refinery tank where he worked. Watts was found to have been involved in a sexual affair with a co-worker, and killed his entire family in order to pursue his illicit affair. SA Coder (FBI) and SA Lee from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted a two day interrogation of Watts and obtained a full confession to include the locations of his pregnant wife Shannan, and their daughters Bella and Celeste.
Richard Lewis has been a Boston Police Officer since 1995. Since 2015, Richard has been assigned as a supervisor in the Homicide Unit and the Lead Investigator of the Firearm Discharge Investigation Team. Richard has previously been a supervisor assigned to the Narcotics Unit and Internal Affairs and Gang Unit.
Jenna Milecki is a Deputy Attorney General at the Delaware Department of Justice and is the current Unit Head of the Domestic Violence Unit. She has been a prosecutor working in New Castle County, Delaware since graduating from Widener Law School in 2012. During her time at the DOJ, she has tried cases in various units within the office, ranging from misdemeanor offenses to sexual assault and homicide cases. In her current position she handles domestic violence felony cases, as well as the supervision of domestic violence prosecutors who handle intimate partner and familial violence cases and child abuse cases in Superior Court, Family Court, and the Court of Common Pleas. She also addresses issues in domestic violence investigations and prosecutions throughout the State. In her time in the Special Victims Unit and in her current position in the Domestic Violence Unit, she has focused her career on the protection of vulnerable victims, including women and children. She hopes to continue to support victims in the cases she prosecutes and to improve the criminal justice process for those affected by crime.
Sergeant Michael McNasby is currently an eleven-year veteran of the New Castle County Division of Police. Sgt. McNasby has been previously assigned to the Criminal Investigations Unit for six years working in the Property Squad, Major Crimes Squad, and Homicide Squad. Sergeant McNasby has also served as the Public Information Officer for the New Castle County Division of Police. Currently, Sergeant McNasby is assigned to the patrol division as a supervisor and serves as a crisis negotiator for the NCCPD on the Crisis Negotiation Team. Sgt McNasby is a certified police instructor and teaches various topics both at the police academy and at in-service training. Sgt. McNasby is an active member of the International Homicide Investigator's Association and the National Information Officer's Association.
· Appointed to DSP as a Trooper on November 1st 1996
· Worked as a patrol trooper and detective in New Castle County
· Worked as a patrol sergeant and detective sergeant supervising the vice unit and drug/probation task force (GTF).
· Worked as a lieutenant at Troop 6 (Patrol) and Troop 2 (Detectives)
· Assigned as the commander of the Criminal Intelligence and Homeland Security section as a Captain in June 2010.
The Criminal Intelligence and Homeland Security section consists of the criminal intelligence investigations squad; the Electronic Surveillance Unit (covert surveillance, wire taps, etc) the High Technology Crimes Forensic Unit (computer and other digital media examinations); the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force; the Maritime Unit; the DSP troopers assigned to the FBI JTTF task force, FBI Violent Crime task force, the US Marshall Fugitive Apprehension task force and the ATF task force. The section also houses the department’s intelligence analysis function and DIAC, Delaware’s DHS designated Fusion Center.
· Assigned as the commander of the Troop 2 Criminal Investigations Unit as a Captain in January of 2013
The Criminal Investigative Unit (CIU) located at Troop 2 provides investigative support to the four patrol troops in New Castle County (Troops 1, 2, 6 & 9). CIU’s primary focus is to provide “detective” operations throughout the county. CIU is staffed with seventy four (74) sworn Troopers, two (2) Civilian Auto Theft Technicians, two (2) Agents assigned to the Drug Diversion Unit, (2) Troopers assigned to two DEA Task Forces and three (3) Probation Officers assigned to the Governor’s Task Force. CIU has the investigative responsibility for everything from quality-of-life issues that affect our citizens to any serious criminal offenses that occur in New Castle County. CIU detectives are assigned to specialized investigative squads that concentrate on specific crimes. These squads include Robbery, Property Crimes, Financial Crimes, Major Crimes, Youth Aid, Drugs, Evidence Detection and Court Liaison. In addition, two CIU drug investigators participate full-time in two federal task forces with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The above component of troopers includes the 23 School Resource Officers deployed to middle and high schools throughout NCC.
Assigned as the commander of the statewide Homicide Unit in October of 2019.
The DSP Homicide Unit conducts all homicide, suspicious death and officer involved use of deadly force investigations in the jurisdiction of the Delaware State Police as well as upon the request of any other police department in the state that does not have the resources to do their own investigations. The Homicide Commander also oversees the State Police Crime Lab and Forensic Firearms Services Unit.
Assigned to the DSP Executive Staff as the Special Operations Major in June of 2021.
The Special Operations Major is responsible for overseeing the Intelligence and Homeland Security Section, the Homicide Unit, the Aviation Section, Maritime Unit, the State Bureau of Identification, Special Operations Response Team, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Conflict Management Team, SCUBA Unit, Mounted Unit, Gaming Division, and the Executive Protection Unit, among other responsibilities.
· Attended the 253rdSession of the FBI National Academy in April of 2013
· Past-President of the FBINAA Maryland/Delaware Chapter
· State Police Employee Wellness Unit Coordinator
· Co-State Director; Delaware Law Enforcement Torch Run
· BS in Criminal Justice; University of Delaware (1992)
TJ Webb was a Police Officer with the City of Milford (Delaware) Police Department. He medically retired in December of 2022 after 19 years of service. He started his career in the patrol division and quickly found himself in an array of special units including SWAT, K9, Narcotics, and a member of the US Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force.
On December 10, 2020, TJ was serving an arrest warrant with the Marshals Task Force. During that warrant attempt the suspect opened fire on TJ and struck him 6 times leaving him with life-threatening injuries. TJ Was able to battle through his recovery and beat the odds that Doctors had stacked against him.
During his recovery, TJ started the “Fit 4 Duty Foundation”. Fit 4 Duty Foundation is a nonprofit whose mission is to encourage Police Officers to get involved in physical fitness to better their physical and mental health. He’s a recipient of the American Police Hall of Fame Purple Heart, the Fraternal Order of Police Medal of Valor, the United States Marshals Service Purple Heart, and the National Association of Police Organizations TopCop Award.
Since retiring TJ now travels the United States sharing his story of overcoming odds, resiliency, and helping officers through his nonprofit. He is also the author of ‘Just One More’ which was released in November 2023.
Tom Zukauskas has been a Special Agent with the FBI since 2006, having worked in the New York Field Office and the Boston Field Office. Throughout his career, Tom has worked Securities Fraud, Russian Organized Crime and Violent Crime. Tom is currently assigned to the FBI Boston Violent Crimes Task Force working Hobbs Act offenses, bank robberies and kidnappings.
Colleen Fitzpatrick, PhD is an internationally recognized forensic genealogist and pioneer in the development of forensic genetic genealogy for solving violent crime and unknown person cold cases.
Dr. Fitzpatrick has collaborated with the top organizations in the field, including the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, the US Army Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Office, the Australian Federal Police, and law enforcement agencies nationwide.
As a Co-Founder and former Co-Executive Director of the DNA Doe Project (2017-2020) she led the team that solved the first two cold cases using genetic genealogy autosomal SNP testing. The Joseph Newton Chandler III and Buckskin Girl cases were solved several weeks before the Golden State Killer was identified using similar methods bringing widespread media attention to the field.
• First to use forensic genetic genealogy to generate investigative leads on a cold case
– 1991 Sarah Yarborough Homicide
• First to use forensic genetic genealogy to solve a cold case
– 1992-1993 Phoenix Canal Murders
• Expert in the application of forensic genetic genealogy techniques to compromised DNA samples
• Developer of proprietary software to mine and analyze Y-STR genetic genealogy databases
• Experience with several hundred cold cases using forensic genetic genealogy
Dr. Fitzpatrick received her PhD in Nuclear Physics from Duke University. She worked for 25 years on the development of high resolution laser measurement techniques for NASA, the Department of Defense, and other government agencies. A multilingual world traveler, Dr. Fitzpatrick specializes in international cases and has researched in over 50 countries. She also lectures and teaches widely in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Colleen has appeared in hundreds of domestic and international newspapers and magazines, and on international radio and television programs. These include the New York Times, BBC World News Tonight, RTE Ireland Television’s Nationwide, The Melbourne Sun, Radio New Zealand, Japan’s Nippon TV, CNN, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, More Magazine, Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, The Boston Globe, The Denver Post, The Seattle Times, and The Orange County Register.
Memberships and Appointments
Member, American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)
Member, Australia and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (AZSFSS)
Member, Vidocq Society
Past Fellow, Society of Photoinstrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
John Hauger has been a Special Agent with the FBI for the past 15 years. SA Hauger worked in the Kansas City Division for his first seven years on the Violent Crimes/Fugitive Task Force before being transferred to the Atlantic City Resident Agency in 2015. SA Hauger has been a member of the FBI Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST) since 2011. CAST Agents receive extensive training in cellular technology and cell phone applications from all of the major providers and academia. As a member of CAST he has testified in over 120 criminal trials in both state and federal court all over the United States and been deployed to numerous missing children, terrorism, and major cases as well. SA Hauger is also a senior instructor with CAST and teaches CAST basic, CAST advanced, Critical Incident Readiness Assessment, and Expert Witness Testimony. He lives in Linwood, NJ with his family.
Presentation
SA Hauger will present what the CAST program does and more specifically what information is available for law enforcement from the major cell phone providers as well as Google, Apple, Facebook, and many other applications. SA Hauger will discuss the various types of records retained by the cell phone providers, how long they are retained, how these records can be used in cases and ultimately in trial. The presentation will include topics like Google and cell phone provider geo-fences, Google information, Apple Information, Facebook, and other sources.
Lieutenant Jon King is a 25-year veteran of the Delaware State Police and is currently assigned as the Troop 5 criminal Lieutenant. Prior to his assignment at Troop 5 he was a Sergeant in the Homeland Security Unit. Jon spent 7 years in the Homicide Unit as an investigator and 7 years prior to that investigating Major Crimes. Jon served 8 years as a uniformed trooper before his transfer to criminal investigations. Prior to joining the Delaware State Police, Jon graduated from Rowan University with a bachelor’s degree in law justice, was as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and served as a Delaware Probation Officer. Jon has worked a multitude of felony level cases during his career while specializing in child homicide, abuse, and neglect cases. He represents the Delaware State Police on the Child Abuse and Neglect panel for the state and is a member of the Child Protection and Accountability Commission for Delaware. He has extensive experience in investigating homicides, child abuse, officer involved shootings, missing person, and sexual assault investigations.
Senior Probation Officer Ramsburg began his career with the Delaware Probation & Parole in 1994, working out of the Wilmington office. From 1996 to 2004, he worked in the House Arrest unit in Wilmington primarily focused on high-risk offenders and absconders. In 2004, Ramsburg transferred to the Dover P&P office where he handled an absconder caseload. From 2005-2014, SPO Ramsburg worked within the Kent County Governor’s Task Force (GTF) based out of Delaware State Police Troop 3. In early 2014, Ramsburg became a part time member of the U.S. Marshals Service First State Fugitive Task Force and deputized as a Special Deputy with the U.S. Marshals. By 2015, Ramsburg was transitioned to a full-time position within the USMS First State Fugitive Task Force, which is where he currently serves to-date.