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Bill Rousseau
President
William Rousseau is the President of the National Institute of Crime Prevention. Bill retired from the Tampa Police Department as a Detective Sergeant after 29 years of service. He was the department’s Domestic Violence Coordinator for 7 years. Bill created and supervised the department’s Family Violence – Sex Crimes Unit.
Mr. Rousseau is recognized nationwide as a Domestic Violence teacher and expert. He has conducted training seminars for the United States Army, Florida State University, the Florida Governor’s Task Force on Domestic Violence, the Interdisciplinary Rape Science Training Institute, the University of South Florida, and many more. Bill is the recent Past Chairperson of the Hillsborough County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team. He was also the Chairperson for the Hillsborough County Domestic Violence Council. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Speech from the University of South Florida, in Tampa.
Email: bill@nicp.net
Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton
Vice President
Patrick Swanton’s police career started with the Waco Police Department in 1980. He has served in Patrol as a Patrol Officer, Special Investigator, Field Training Officer, and Supervisor.
Swanton’s next assignment took him to SWAT as an Operator and Hostage Negotiator. He served as the Team Leader for Waco P.D.’s Crisis Negotiation Team over 20 years. In June of 1999 Swanton transferred back to Patrol and was promoted to Sergeant. In 2003 Sgt. Swanton took over as the Supervisor of the Family Violence Unit until his transfer in 2011 when he became the Spokesperson for Waco P.D.
Patrick holds a Master Police Officer Certificate and an Instructor’s Certificate with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. He attended the Management/Supervision Course at the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration, and the Supervisor Leadership Course conducted by the F.B.I. Law Enforcement Executive Development Association. He has served on the Board of the Waco Police Association, as Vice President of Training with the Texas Association of Hostage Negotiators, the Board of Directors for the Family Abuse Shelter, and the Family Abuse Shelter’s Service Committee.
In 2010 Sgt. Swanton was recognized by Waco P.D. as Supervisor of the Year. He has been involved in the aftermath as a SWAT team member in the Branch Davidian/ATF Incident Patrick has been an Instructor with the National Institute of Crime Prevention for thirteen years.
Email: pswanton@hot.rr.com
Sabrena L. Swanton
Instructor
Sabrena Lynn Swanton graduated China Spring High School in 2011. She graduated early in 2013 from McLennan Community College with her Law Enforcement Associates Degree. While attending, she remained on the Dean’s List every semester and ultimately graduated on the Honor’s List.
In July of 2014, Sabrena attended the McLennan Community College Police Academy where she served as the class president for her academy class. After graduating the academy, she started as a Patrol Officer for the City of Waco Police Department.
Sabrena has attended multiple FBI Counter-Surveillance Terrorism trainings and has worked closely with Baylor University providing undercover surveillance.
She has attended Secret Service Dignitary Protection trainings and serves as personal security for Chip and Joanna Gaines, from the HGTV series, Fixer Upper.
Sabrena has been certified the the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and education as an instructor for the State of Texas. She is currently working as a Patrol Officer on the 3pm – 1 am shift and is engaged to her fiance, Aaron Mitzel, who is a Sergeant for the Waco Police Department.
Aaron Mitzel
Instructor
Aaron Mitzel is currently employed with the City of Waco Police Department with over 20 years of experience. In his time at the Waco Police Department, he has been assigned to various patrol shifts and duties gaining an abundance of knowledge and experience. His duties included the S.W.A.T team where he served as breacher, sniper, tactical medic, and a team leader. During his tenure on S.W.A.T., he guarded various heads of state, as well as foreign heads of states and many other duties. Currently, he is assigned to the Patrol Division at the rank of Sergeant working 3pm to 1am. There he oversees a squad of 8 officers with a role as a training Sergeant for newly promoted Sergeant’s. Sergeant Mitzel is active with the department’s training division where he helps with firearms as well as defensive tactics instruction. He also assists with the newly formed mental health team that is actively working to facilitate better solutions to this growing need. As part of his other assignments, he oversees the Awards Committee for the department as well. He is married to Sabrena Mitzel who is also a City of Waco Police Officer and has two kids.