Brian is a 20-year veteran of the public safety field with experience in multiple areas - traffic management, patrol, community safety, media, recruiting, incident command and emergency management, operational support, and legal. He is also a retired member of the bar of Ontario, and is a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada, as well as the Ontario & Canadian Bar Associations. Brian also offers training and public speaking programming about PTSD, mental health, and leadership that complements his books Brian's wife Cathy is a frequent collaborator in his speaking engagements and writing. They have two teenage sons who still think cops are cool. Brian is an active contributor to his community - he is on the Board of Directors of the local Children's Services, a facilitator with Wings of Change Peer Support, and a member of United Sirens Chatham-Kent, a non-profit first responder group providing community safety programming.