Mr. Sheppard provides assistance and case consultations in criminal investigations on a national and international basis. Additionally, Mr. Sheppard is a national and international lecturer and trainer for numerous disciplines. Furthermore, Mr. Sheppard has conducted research in the areas of violent crime to include serial homicides, child homicides and child abductions. Mr. Sheppard is a retired member of the Pennsylvania State Police where he held a number of investigative and supervisory positions. Additionally, Mr. Sheppard provided consultative work for the United States Justice Department and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) on the creation and implementation of various training programs addressing missing and abducted children incidents. Mr. Sheppard is the creator of the Pennsylvania AMBER Alert Program which utilizes the Emergency Alert System to broadcasts critical information about child abductions to the viewing and listening public of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Mr. Sheppard was instrumental in working with the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission to utilize the Commission’s various ticketing systems to further disseminate AMBER alert information. Furthermore, Mr. Sheppard worked closely with the CTIA – The Wireless Association in Washington D.C. to create and beta test new computer technology to disseminate AMBER alert information for the United States. Due to his pioneering work in the creation of the Pennsylvania AMBER Alert Program, Mr. Sheppard was one of three persons selected to serve as an advisor on the then newly created National Amber Advisory Work Group. The Group was formed by the President George W. Bush Administration in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sheppard has addressed professionals representing the disciplines of law enforcement, corrections, social work, probation and parole, medicine, law, television, radio, and academia on a national and international basis. Mr. Sheppard is the recipient of numerous awards both nationally and internationally for his support and expertise in violent crime, child exploitation investigations, and child abduction response plans.Mr. Sheppard has served as a member and/or board member of the Pennsylvania State Emergency Communications Committee, the Pennsylvania Amber Alert Plan for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association, Pennsylvania State Emergency Management Agency, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Legal/Medical Advisory Board on Elder Abuse and the Virginia Homicide Investigators Association.