Charles T. Thibodeau & Associates

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Charles T. Thibodeau is a private security expert specializing in security consulting and the training of security officers. He has worked many hours as a private security consultant, private security officer, private security supervisor, private security manager, and licensed private detective. He has done so both in a contract capacity and in a proprietary capacity.

For many years Charles T. Thibodeau has been a college instructor of security management courses, published author of security topics, certified trainer having been certified by the Minnesota State Private Detective and Protective Agent Service Board, and the owner of a full-service private security consulting and training business known as Charles T. Thibodeau and Associates, established in 1988. Mr. Thibodeau's expert witness practice began in 1991 and he has appeared numerous times in court trials and at depositions where he has been asked to render his expert opinions. He have also been consulted numerous times by the local Minnesota news media as their subject matter expert when they dealt with security issues.

Mr. Thibodeau has a Masters Degree in Education from The University of Minnesota, a BA Degree in Psychology and Pre-law from the Minnesota Metropolitan State University, and an AAS Degree in Electronics Technology from DeVry Technical Institute, Chicago, IL. He took a year of law school at the Minnesota State College of Law.

Charles T. Thibodeau earned private security's most prestigious certification, the Certified Protection Professional certification, (CPP), from the American Society for Industrial Security in 1985. He has recertified under the recertification guidelines for the CPP every three years since 1985. His most recent recertification was in December 2003. He also earned the Certified Security Supervisor certification, (CSS) and the Certified Protection Officer certification, (CPO), from the International Foundation for Protection Officers, both of which are current certifications.

During his tenure of over 24 years of study and practice in the private security and private detective industries, Charles T. Thibodeau has performed, written about and taught a long list of topics, including, but not limited to, security consulting, security surveys, risk analysis, vulnerability studies, target hardening designs, perimeter security designs, total facility seamless integrated security system designs, and analytical investigations.

In terms of specific topics relative to most lawsuits, he has been extensively involved in the business of identifying real and perceived threats, calculating foreseeable risk factors based on identified or perceived threats, and identifying vulnerability gaps in existing security countermeasures. Mr. Thibodeau has been designing and implementing proactive preventive integrated security systems and writing security policy and procedure manuals since 1981. In addition, he has been training security personnel and private detectives, applying hands-on physical confrontation techniques in real life work situations, performing verbal de-escalation techniques during actual hostile situations, and performing crime reconstruction and analysis.

Mr. Thibodeau is also an instructor of public law enforcement officers for mandatory continuing education credits required for re-licensure through the Minnesota State P.O.S.T. Board. He has taught in criminal justice and private security departments of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges for 13 years. He is currently on the adjunct faculty of St. Cloud State University Criminal Justice Department, the Rasmussen College, Criminal Justice Department and Academy College Computer Security Department.

Mr. Thibodeau is serving on the Board of Directors of the International Foundation For Protection Officers, and is the Chairman of the Legislative Committee for the Minnesota Chapter of the American Society for Industrial Security International. He has been the Chairman of the Board of each of these international organizations in the past.

On one occasion he was drafted by Congressman Jim Ramstad, to be a Security Expert to testify at a Congressional Hearing on Campus Security. Mr. Thibodeau's testimony, which supported passage of the Cleary Act legislation, is recorded in the Congressional Record. Since 1993, he has been associated with TASA, a professional organization in Pennsylvania, through which his expert witness services are brokered to attorneys nationwide.