Jay is a 35-year veteran of law enforcement, retiring as a Lieutenant with the Volusia County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office. Jay supervised the crime prevention and school resource deputy program and was part of the school security assessment team providing security surveys, reviews, law enforcement services and training to the school district. He regularly provided community education programs to neighborhood watch groups, home-owners associations, students, parents, citizen groups, clubs and associations on topics such as cyber-crime, internet safety, neighborhood watch, frauds, scams, school security, and crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). Jay completed numerous security and CPTED surveys, inspections and reviews for commercial, residential and educational facilities during his career.

Jay is a member of the US CPTED Association, the Florida Design Out Crime Association and the Florida Crime Prevention Association where he is a frequent speaker at crime prevention conferences. He holds his Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner, Florida School Resource Officer Practitioner, and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Practitioner designations through the Office of the Attorney General of Florida’s Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute. He holds the CPTED Professional Designation (CPD) from the National Institute of Crime Prevention. He has been instructing law enforcement topics on a state-wide basis for over 20 years, including crime prevention and school resource officer topics for the Office of the Attorney General of Florida. Jay currently instructs on the state, national and international level including Basic CPTED, Advanced CPTED, CPTED for Schools and CPTED for Houses of Worship, and Specialized CPTED Topics for the Florida Office of the Attorney General and the National Institute of Crime Prevention.

In addition to in-person training classes, Jay is the developer and instructor of online and on- demand crime prevention and CPTED training courses for both the Florida Office of the Attorney General and the National Institute of Crime Prevention.