Retired Sergeant Lou Savelli, President, Homefront Protective Group

Lou Savelli, who has spent all of his 25 years in law enforcement in the streets, is one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. He has received over 100 medals for bravery, outstanding police work, life saving rescues, and record-setting investigations. He was chosen as one of the top 10 of NYPD's most effective leaders of all ranks (out of nearly 20,000 qualified supervisors in NYPD) and the first supervisor featured in NYPD's Leadership Training School Newsletter because of his innovation and success in the field of leadership and policing. He created NYPD‟s first citywide gang unit called CAGE (Citywide Anti Gang Enforcement) which was awarded the National Gang Crime Research Center‟s award for The Most Effective Gang Unit in the US. He has received awards from the FBI, DEA, ATF, Dept of Treasury, US Attorney's Office, Department of State, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Canadian law enforcement agencies, Caribbean Law Enforcement Agencies, Italian Government, New South Wales Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, and many other law enforcement agencies, government agencies and community groups. As a detective, he and his unit were responsible for the World’s Largest Cash Seizure in a Drug Case ($20 Million) which still holds as a record to this date. While much of Lou Savelli's investigations are still confidential, he is an internationally-sought after trainer on gangs, youth at risk, terrorism, narcotics investigations, street tactics, drug smuggling, and crime fighting. He has personally lectured before countless audiences, in law enforcement and the private sector, in three countries. He has been frequently quoted in major periodicals such as the LA Times, New York Times, New York Newsday, New York Daily News, Nottingham Press (United Kingdom), television news reports, many local newspapers across the US and has had his investigations featured in Time Magazine, Newsweek, Top Cops TV Series, Law Enforcement Technology Magazine, American Police Beat Magazine and other periodicals. Lou Savelli has consulted on such television shows as Third Watch (NBC) and One Life to Live (ABC), Johnny Zero, and provided intricate authentic information to television shows such as New York Undercover. He can be seen on the Good Life Network in the documentary series Homefront America which examines Homeland Security in the United States today. As the author of nine law enforcement books, several true crime short stories, and numerous articles relating to issues such as terrorism, gangs, criminal investigation, identity theft, and crime prevention, Lou Savelli is a frequent consultant to hundreds of law enforcement officers, throughout the United States and abroad, seeking advice on how to successfully identify and fight crime in their own cities. Lou Savelli has worked extensively with youth at risk, gang members and has conducted educational and motivational speeches for counselors involved in youth and drug counseling. Lou Savelli‟s articles a can be viewed on PoliceOne.com. He is currently a book reviewer for the FBI Bulletin and has a regular column starting in 2006 in American Police Beat magazine in 2006 called Street Smarts in which he write articles designed for street cops, plainclothes officers and other law enforcement officers who need to safer and more efficient in the street.. Lou Savelli is the cofounder and current Deputy Director of the East Coast Gang Investigators Assn, a member of the International Counter Terrorism Officers Assn, Midwest Gang Investigators Assn, Oklahoma Gang Investigators Assn, Florida Gang Investigators Assn, International Latino Gang Investigators Assn, International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Assn, California Gang Investigators Association, Ontario National Gang Investigators Assn, Southeast Connecticut Gang Activities Group, GANGINFO Network, National Assn of Bunco Investigators, International Association of Identification, Roadwarrior Interdiction Network, and several others. He is a long standing member of several fraternal and law enforcement support associations such as National Police Defense Foundation, 26 Fraternal Order of Police, and International Police Association. Lou Savelli currently holds membership in law enforcement and security professional associations, to wit: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement (AAPLE), and American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS). Lou Savelli and his carefully chosen law enforcement instructors provide several training courses each year for the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center, Midwest Counterdrug Training Center, Regional Counterdrug Training Center, RISS Networks, and many other training academies throughout the United States. Lou Savelli and his instructors have been extremely successful in providing state of the art „Reality‟ training to small and rural agencies, as well as larger law enforcement agencies. Lou Savelli recently retired as the Detective Squad Commander of the NYPD Terrorism Interdiction Unit which is a proactive counter-terrorism unit aggressively targeting al-Qaeda and other foreign terrorist groups in the United States. He is a veteran of the rescue and recovery effort at the World Trade Center resulting from the attacks on 9-11-01. Lou Savelli currently trains all new detectives, police officers and supervisors assigned to the NYPD Gang Division and Intelligence Division on Gang Identification, Undercover Operations, Surveillance, Gang Suppression, Counter-terrorism, and Gang-Narco Investigation.

Retired Detective Sergeant Al Kuilan, V.P. Operations Homefront Protective Group, President Caetra Consulting

Alfredo Kuilan retired as a Detective Sergeant from the NYPD with over 20 years of service. He has gained a wealth of experience as a NYPD Detective which includes extensive undercover work in the field of narcotics investigations, investigatory assignments involving major narcotics investigations, gang investigations, and organized crime investigations. He also has several years experience with the NYPD‟s Special Services Unit and has specialized in deep cover operations and political investigations. As a supervisor he was assigned to the Intelligence Division as a Field Intelligence Officer responsible for the gathering of Intelligence related to felony crimes, gangs, guns, drugs, and terrorism as well as the appropriate dissemination to other units and agencies plus the development of search warrants and resulting arrests. Mr Kuilan has extensive experience in conducting Asian Organized Crime and Asian Street Gang investigations, especially Vietnamese gangs, and has conducted successful cases against the Latin Kings and other street gangs in New York City. . After September 11th, 2001, Mr Kuilan was assigned to the Terrorist Interdiction Unit as a detective supervisor responsible for the coordination of terrorist investigations, the development of confidential informants, and other investigative endeavors targeting Al Qaeda within the City of New York or affecting the City of New York. He supervised several successful terrorist-related investigations as well as investigations targeting sleeper cells, support cells, and funding operations. Mr Kuilan founded the Strategic Intelligence Unit that was responsible for asset (informants and sources of information) development in those areas outside of New York City. He has taught at the Counterterrorism Division‟s Tradecraft Course and has taught counter terrorism investigative techniques to various law enforcement agencies. Mr. Kuilan has served in the US Marine Corps Reserves and holds an Associate‟s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Bachelor‟s degree in Organizational Management. He has also earned a certificate in Foreign Language Studies for Arabic and is fluent in Spanish. He is currently a member of the Association for Intelligence Officers (AIO). He is experienced in developing and implementing intelligence gathering and counter-intelligence operations throughout the US. He has personally developed and delivered informant recruitment and development courses to law enforcement professionals. Mr Kuilan is currently holding a Secret Clearance from the Department of Homeland Security and has just completed a contract assignment in Iraq. 

Sheriff Michael Lewis, Wicomico County, MD, Criminal Interdiction Expert

Michael Lewis is currently the Sheriff of Wicomico Count, MD but is formerly a Sergeant with the Maryland State Police with over 20 years of experience in Criminal Interdiction. He was the creator of the agency‟s Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement Unit (PACE) in Jessup, Maryland. In addition to his duties as the agency‟s leading Criminal Interdiction Expert, Mike was, and still is, a CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR through the Maryland Police Training Commission, and a certified MASTER INSTRUCTOR through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Mike was directly responsible for the training and educating of all Maryland State Police personnel in the Criminal Interdiction field as well as many surrounding agencies in several states. Mike pioneered the Drug Interdiction Program along Maryland‟s notorious U.S. Rt. 13 corridor, coordinating many multi-jurisdictional investigations following the seizures of large amounts of illegal contraband. During Mike‟s twenty years as a Maryland State Trooper, he has made many nationally recognized seizures of narcotics and cash along Maryland‟s Eastern Coast. Mike has trained tens of thousands of law enforcement officers throughout the United States and Canada as well as other parts of the world to include; Australia, London, Germany, Russia & the West Indies. Mike has been judicially recognized by the Federal & State courts of this country as an EXPERT in the areas of Highway Interdiction, Hidden Compartments & Drug Valuation. 

Sr. Investigator Christopher J.A. Scallon, Undercover Operations, Narcotics Expert

Sr. Investigator Chris Scallon is currently assigned to the Norfolk (VA) Police Department‟s Homicide Division. In 2007, as a result of a fierce gun battle with an armed robbery perpetrator, Chris Scallon was awarded the highly coveted Norfolk Police Medal of Honor & the Commonwealth of Virginia Public Safety Medal of Valor. He has served in the Vice and Narcotics Division, Criminal Intelligence Unit, and is currently an active Hostage Negotiator for the Norfolk Police Department‟s Hostage/Crisis Negotiator Team. He has previously been tasked with investigating all terrorist threats, and monitoring extremists groups. Investigator Scallon acted as the liaison between the Norfolk Police Department and all Federal Agencies. Inv. Scallon‟s duties included investigating large scale drug operations, monitoring, and investigating Hate groups, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Hispanic Gangs, and Anti-Abortion groups. Prior to being assigned to the Criminal Intelligence Unit, Investigator Scallon worked four years, exclusively in Narcotics. He has been involved with various types of undercover operations, in an undercover capacity, and as a facilitator in charge of undercover operations, as well as a case handler involving both local and Federal Agencies (i.e. FBI, BATF, DEA, Secret Service, State Bureau of Investigations, Customs, Immigration / ICE, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana; State Police, Various agencies around the United States); to include but not limited to: Narcotics purchases (Marijuana, Heroin, Cocaine[crack & powder], Methadone, Methamphetamine, and assorted pharmaceutical scheduled/non-scheduled substances), and the purchase of counterfeit money, Vice related operations, supervising undercover officers in active clandestine drug operations, Use of Confidential Informants, Use of Confidential Informants in conjunction with both, undercover vice, and undercover narcotics operations. While in the Vice and Narcotics Division, Inv. Scallon was briefly assigned to the Special Operations Team (S.O.T. /S.W.A.T.) and trained in Tactical operations. Inv. Scallon has conducted and participated in hundreds of Narcotics Search Warrants. During his tenure as an Investigator within the Vice and Narcotics Division, Inv. Scallon has been trained and has utilized, in the field, various surveillance techniques, to include the use of assorted electronic equipment, and through physical surveillance. Investigator Scallon Has attended and successfully completed the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security‟s Basic Special Agent Class Advance Protective Services Course. As an active Negotiator for the Norfolk Police Department‟s Hostage/Crisis Negotiator Team, Inv. Scallon has been the lead negotiator in several live negotiations, while in conjunction with S.W.A.T./S.O.T. operations (including the successful negotiation of a barricaded/Suicidal ex-police officer). Investigator Scallon is a certified General Instructor, by Virginia‟s Department of Criminal Justice Services. He has taught in the field of Narcotics, Hate Crimes, Gangs, Diplomatic Protection, Undercover operations…etc. Investigator Scallon has been qualified and deemed to be an expert witness, in the field of vice and narcotics, by the higher and lower courts. Investigator Scallon has taught local Virginia Commonwealth Attorney‟s on the inner workings of Vice and Narcotics operations, as well as how to qualify an expert witness. Investigator Scallon has also been a guest speaker to Virginia‟s ECPI College of Technology on several occasions. Investigator Scallon is fluent in Spanish, Sign Language Interpreter in English, Spanish, and to the blind. Investigator Scallon has assisted various units such as: Homicide, Sexual Assault, Robbery, and Burglary, on conducting interviews/interrogations with non-English speaking, or deaf/blind suspects, and witnesses; the majority lead to convictions as a direct result of Investigator Scallon‟s involvement. Investigator Scallon is an active Member of Virginia Gang Associations since 1999. Investigator Scallon is an active Member of the South Eastern Hostage/Crisis Negotiators Association. Inv. Scallon has taught multiple State and Federal Agencies, as well as civilian security groups, in Basic, intermediate, and Advance Executive/Diplomatic protection. Investigator Scallon has also teaches as an adjunct instructor for Blackwater USA Inc. Chris Scallon is an Instructor for Homefront Protective Group, one of the nation‟s leading training providers.

Retired Detective Sergeant Peter T. Caram, Port Authority of NY/NJ Police Department, Homeland Security Expert

Detective Sergeant Peter T. Caram, Port Authority Police (retired) after 25 years of distinguished and honorable service. He is a licensed Private Investigator and Security consultant in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Most of Sgt. Caram‟s career was spent in the counter-terrorism intelligence field developing intelligence operations and training programs for the Port Authority Police Department. Sgt. Caram retired in 1998 and formed Global Investigative Concepts. Sgt. Caram created and supervised the PAPD‟s Terrorist Intelligence Unit. This unique unit was responsible for conducting vulnerability studies throughout the Port of NY/NJ district including the World Trade Center and New York area Bridges, Tunnels, and Airports. The unit collected terrorist information and conducted proactive counter-terrorist investigations in conjunction with the FBI‟s Joint Task Force and affiliated law enforcement agencies. During his career, Sgt. Caram was cross-designated as a Deputy United States Marshal, a member of the Joint Terrorist Task Force, a special agent with the US Customs Office of Investigations, and a Special Agent with the US. Drug Enforcement Administration. He co-founded (ALEAN) Airport Law Enforcement Network, an organization dedicated to the exchange of criminal and terrorist intelligence information to insure the safety of the traveling public throughout the United States and Internationally. He was the primary representative to (MAGLOCLEN) MIDDLE ATLANTIC GREAT LAKES ORGANIZED CRIME NET WORK; He is a member of the INTERNATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORIST OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, NATIONAL NARCOTICS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE and many other professional law enforcement affiliations. Sgt. Caram earned a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from the New York Institute of Technology. He is a certified high-rise fire safety director (FDNY). His lecturing and teaching ability is renowned. He is a certified FBI hostage negotiator, and as a member of the FBI‟s Trainer's Bureau, has trained law enforcement and military personnel in advanced hostage negotiation techniques focusing onthe utilization of middle –eastern mind set as a methodology to mitigate hostage and barricaded subject situations. He has taught at various colleges as a visiting adjunct professor in courses such as Political Science, Islamic Fundamentalism and Terrorism, American Political Science, and History. He was an adjunct and certified Police Academy Instructor at the PAPD Police Academy for over 15 years. Throughout his career Sgt. Caram received many citations and awards. The FBI, during the 1993 WTC Bombing Investigation cited him for his Investigative successes. He has received the NYPD Exceptional Service Award, the Port Authority Medal of Valor for the WTC Bombing Investigation, and Medal of Excellence in Police Work from INTERPOL, US. Army Intelligence Command Exceptional Service Desert Storm, US Naval Intelligence and Investigative Service Exceptional Service and US navy Special Warfare Command-Exceptional Service. Sgt. Caram authored the book, The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Foresight and Warning, There is No Failure in the World of Jihad, published just after the tragedy of 9/11. This work has become required reading in many criminal justice courses at universities and police academies. He has been a guest on many television and radio programs as an expert on fundamentalist-terrorism and has been consulted frequently by many governmental agencies including the US Department of State Middle Eastern Crisis Desk. Sgt. Caram currently maintains the highest of our nation‟s Security Clearance. Currently, Sgt. Caram is a project consultant for Argonne Laboratories at the University of Chicago, Ill. He is attached to the Infrastructure Assurance Unit, Dept. of Energy, and Department of Homeland Security. He is also the master trainer on Terrorism issues for Homefront Protective Group. Peter Caram is currently an adjunct professor for Homeland Security at several universities across the US.

Deputy Director Paul Rossi, New York State Taxation Enforcement Division, Homeland Security and Terrorist Funding Crime Expert
Paul Rossi is currently the Deputy Director of the New York State Taxation Enforcement Division where he is the overall commander of investigations conducted by the NYS Taxation Enforcement Division. His Division, which encompasses all of NY State, conducts financial investigations involving Taxes, Alcohol, Cigarettes, and Petroleum related offenses and involves predominantly terrorist-related and organized crime related offenders.
Prior to being appointed as Deputy Director of the Taxation Enforcement Division, Paul Rossi retired n 2004 as a Detective with the NYPD after 21 years of service. He retired from the elite Terrorism Interdiction Unit where he was one of the founding investigators. Paul Rossi has excelled at a variety of his assignments within the NYPD. Paul Rossi worked as a plainclothes and decoy officer in New York City‟s Midtown North Precinct which boasts the highest volume of crime in one place in the world. He was a detective with the NYPD‟s Organized Crime Control Bureau‟s Narcotics Division where he conducted undercover operations, surveillance, investigations and enforcement on drug traffickers. He was later assigned to the New York County District Attorney‟s Office Detective Squad where he conducted numerous investigations on Organized Crime Families with a specialization in the Gambino and Genovese Crime families. Some of Paul Rossi‟s cases included, but were not limited to, NY versus John Gotti and the Gambino Crime Family. Paul Rossi conducted numerous wiretaps, pen registers, surveillance operations, undercover operations, homicide investigations, and advanced investigative techniques during these intricate investigations. He was later assigned to the NYPD Detective Bureau Gang Division where he conducted investigations, intelligence operations, and surveillance on violent drug dealing street gangs such as the Latin Kings, Crips, Bloods, and MS-13.
As a result of the attacks of September 11th, 2001, Paul Rossi was requested by Sgt Lou Savelli to help develop a proactive Counter terrorism unit within New York to identify and apprehend Al Qaeda Operatives targeting New York City for the next wave of terror attacks. This unit was named the Terrorist Interdiction Unit. Rossi has been the lead detective on numerous successful counter-terrorism investigations which resulted in identifying and dismantling several suspected terrorism funding networks, Middle Eastern firearms traffickers, stolen property fence operations and fraudulent document operations. He established an unofficial task force with several local, state and federal agencies to conduct these investigations. As a result, several terrorism support cells have been dismantled and several dozen arrests have been made. Detective Rossi has provided information leading to several successful terrorism related cases and arrests including three specific attempted terrorist bomb plots targeting the City of New York, to wit: the conspiracy to bomb the „F‟ Train, the Republican National Convention of 2004 on the day President Bush gave his speech, and an investigation that resulted in the recent conviction of suspected al Qaeda members for planning on bombing the NYC Subway System and several police precincts. Paul Rossi has over 20 years conducting successful surveillance operations and has been a surveillance instructor for NYPD since 1990 and the Physical Surveillance School instructor for the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center since 2000 and the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center since 2006. Paul Rossi is a Master Instructor for the Homefront Protective Group‟s law Enforcement Training Division. Paul Rossi is currently conducting counter-terrorist investigations throughout NY State, and other states across the US involving the crimes that fund terrorism plus gun and drug crimes.