Human Trafficking with Mike Pozesny

Mike Pozesny began in the Criminal Investigations Division of the US Army during the Vietnam era and worked in narcotics. He left the military and went into Executive Protection for five years in Florida then becoming Chairman of a Task Force on Child Abuse. He then relocated to Georgia and joined the State of GA Department of Corrections. There he worked close/maximum-security Mental Health and the Special Management Unit for about two years before becoming a state law enforcement instructor traveling the state. For roughly five years he trained police officers, sheriff’s deputies, correctional staff, and  jailers statewide. His specialty instructor certifications were in Spontaneous Knife Defense, Defensive Tactics, Fire Safety, Emergency Medicine, Hazardous Materials, Tactical Munitions, and all classes of firearms. He also deciphered encrypted gang writing and toured the state as a member of the Metro Atlanta Gang Intelligence Network (MAGIN) into areas heavy in gang involvement to do intelligence work, served in the Emergency Operations Center during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and created emergency management training that was delivered to over 35,000 employees. Afterwards he worked for a probation company and held the jobs of Probation Manager, Regional Probation Director, Quality Assurance Director, and State Probation Training Director. He left that job to become the Vice-President of Program Development for a counseling and residential treatment facility company conducting group therapy sessions for criminal violators. He currently teaches college classes in violence subjects such as Domestic Violence, Juvenile Deviance, etc. and is the National Training Director responsible for building a law enforcement learning community for public safety in-service training.

Mike has Masters in Criminal Justice, a Graduate Certificate in Substance Abuse, and is ABD on a PhD in Public Safety Leadership where he researches Domestic Violence.