Christopher M. Felton has been in Law Enforcement for over 17 years, with experience at a large Midwest Police Department as well as Active-Duty U.S. Army Military Police. Christopher has served at his police department in various capacities, currently as a Detective Sergeant with the Gang and Violent Crimes Unit, Narcotics Division.
As a Trainer for Safer Schools Together Chris delivers the USSS/NTAC model based “Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment® (BDTA)”, “Digital Threat Assessment® (DTA)” and “Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® (ADTA)” trainings. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at two local universities where he teaches courses in Criminal Justice, Forensic Psychology, and Emergency Management.
Christopher has also served as a Crisis Intervention Officer, Public Information Officer, and Field Training Officer within his district. He also co-founded and currently leads the Police Officer Peer Support/Critical Incident Stress Management Team which provides training to new recruits and veteran officers on critical incident stress. He has been an Education Committee and Steering Committee Member for the Northeast Indiana Critical Incident Stress Management Team since 2017, facilitating group Critical Incident Stress Debriefings around northeast Indiana, advising on current best practice in the realm of critical incident stress management, and serving as a representative for both the NECISM and Peer Support Team.
As a Leading Investigator/Research Assistant with Hutton Criminal Profiling and Associates from October 2015 to June 2020, Christopher collaborated on studies presented at the American Society of Criminology Conferences. He has also presented at the National Gang Crime Research Center Conference in Chicago, IL.
Christopher is currently completing his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, Law and Public Policy at Walden University and holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice – Forensic Psychology, a Master of Philosophy, and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice.