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 Randy Rider began his career with the Douglas County Sheriff office, Georgia in 1974. He received several promotions eventually to investigations. His areas of expertise are extensive having worked crimes from petty theft to murder.
In 1983 joined the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice as an investigator, promoted to Principal Investigator. He eventually moved into the Internal Affairs Unit as an investigator and as a supervisor.
In 1997 Randy returned to Douglas County to work for the City of Douglasville Police Department. He started in the patrol division and eventually served as the commander of the detective division, internal affairs, training officer, and administration officer. As administration supervisor he managed, FEMA operations, finance, hiring, background investigations, and grant manager. Rider was elected President of the National Internal Affairs Investigators Association in 2005 and stepped down in 2010 having served five years.
He is a certified Senior Instructor in the state of Georgia having taught classes in various Police Academies across the state of Georgia. He is certified to teach in the Police and Fire Academy at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Georgia and is working on his Master Instructor certification. He holds certifications as a firearms instructor, range master, CPR instructor, NIMS instructor, and Field Training Officer.
A member of the IACP he worked with the organization on the document “Building Trust between the Police and the Citizens They Serve. Currently he is an advisor on the Leading by Legacy program. He is an advisor to the International Chiefs of Police and the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services.
Randy is a columnist for Officer.com as the internal affairs author. He published the weekly NIAIA newsletter for five years. He currently publishes the “riderreport” a police newsletter. |
