Steven Rhoads Email & Phone Number

In 1978 I finished my initial research in Subconscious Communication® and while taking a DEA basic narcotic officer course was asked to give an overview of the findings. The material was well recieved and the coordinator, S/A Steve Combs, promised he was going to put me on the national and then international lecture circuit. True to his word, I started a relationship teaching courses for DEA that lasted until 2000. Over the years I have refined my topic, conducted additional research, and have added to the material and now I have courses that are original, not just regurgitating back someone else's material with a new spin but rather, innovative programs that assist in interpersonal relations and improved communication, are ethical, and have withstood court challenges. Adding to the programs, I have also developed excellent programs in detecting deception and detecting danger. While the majority of my clients are criminal justice practitioners and professionals, I have been very successful in presenting the material to the corporate world as well. My major focus now is to broaden my client base and discover new clients who wish to increase their communication skills. In law enforcement the focus is on interviewing and interrogation and officer survival. In the corporate world it continues to be on skills that enable more succesful evaluation of information and the ability to increase productivity through capitalizing on the energy of the subconscious mind. I have recently pardnered with a group of dedicated law enforcement professionals, www.catlet.org, in hopes of reaching out to additional law enforcement agencies.

I was hired as the first outside police administrator with the mission of making major changes in an organization suffering from dysfunctional operations. I was responsible for the administration of all divisions of this medium sized police agency on the south side of Chicago. I enjoyed many successes within the department and was able to direct many positive changes and programs, to numerous to list here. As in every orgraniztion I was employed within, I attempted to mentor those employeess who would take up the challenge and carry on after I left. I am very pleased that several of those have gone on to great professional success and have made lasting improvements in that organization and the greater community. Unfortunately, the politics of the city became unsurmountable and I was forced to take a medical disability when a new mayor was elected.

I was hired after a nationwide search to be this Village's first full-time police chief. I was directed to create a full time department for the Village and to dismantle the part-time organization in use at the time. This postition required that I evaluate the current part-time officers and determine their suitability for continued employment, and then staff the new organization. Responsible for all administrative duties of the position I was also responsible for the hiring, training, and promoting of the personnel. Being a new organization, this initial duty required, in addition to my admistrative duties, that I teach the newly hired officers how to be police officers on patrol and in investigative functions. I am most proud of the fact that each of the officers I hired and trained have all enjoyed great success in the law enforcement field and are truly assets to our profession. It has always been my vision that my primary duty was to train those that would replace me in such a manner so they would take over upon my departure. These employees have exceeded my dreams and I couldn't be more proud of each of them.

I was appointed after a nationwide search to create this newly created community's first police department. I arrived to find an empty metal building and was instructed to create a police department and a municipal court. Further, to assist the existing volunteer fire department in the creation of a radio dispatch center to meet the needs of the police and fire employees. This position required that I assist in the designing of the police facility, the creation of all forms and materials necessary to function as a professional police agency. I arrived as the single employee and immediately had to hire police officers and dispatchers to meet the needs of this community experiencing a 1700% growth rate during the oil shale energy boom. It was the most challenging assignment of my career and then the most disappointing as the boom led to bust and the very department I had created had to be reduced to one employing only three officers. I selected the individual that would be my replacement and mentored him to step in as I moved on. I am pleased that this individual stayed in the position for several years afer my departure insuring that my attitude and policing style would continue in the community. I am most proud that the local newspapers and community organizations gave me credit for the positive community oriented police strategy I developed and the manner of respect and dignity I and my officers showed the constuction workers and residents of this community.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Behavioral Sciences

Certificate, Criminal Justice/Police Science

Master'S Of Public Administration, Public Administration

Bs, Sociology