Gerald Sheehan is a certified Bomb Technician and former Commanding Officer of the NYPD Bomb Squad, the largest and oldest Bomb Squad in the United States. Mr. Sheehan has conducted high level sensitive investigations with the FBI, ATF, Secret Service and the State Department. He was responsible for supervising top-secret security details for the President of the United States, foreign dignitaries and major sensitive events in the New York City area, including the World Series, Fleet Week and the U.S. Tennis Open.
Mr. Sheehan is also a certified in Cause and Origin and former Commanding Officer of the NYPD Arson & Explosion Squad. He has served on the Arson & Explosion Steering Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the chairmen of the Equipment Committee of the National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board.
Mr. Sheehan has taught or lectured extensively in the United States and Canada for law enforcement, educational institutes and private industry including the US Army/FBI Hazardous Device School in Huntsville, AL, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Center for Domestic Preparedness, Anniston, AL, NYPD Homicide and Criminal Investigation Courses, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA, the University of New Haven, John Jay College, St. Johns University, A.P.P.L. (Area Police/Private Security Liaison), the American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement and numerous large corporations, I.e. Siemens Corporation, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Emigrant Savings Bank and the Empire State Building.
During Mr. Sheehan's tenure with the NYPD
he has responded to thousands of bomb and arson related
incidents. These situations have afforded him the opportunity
to evaluate, and learn from, the positive and negative
aspects of corporate security, and ultimately incorporate
this information into his lecturing programs.
