Gregory M. Vecchi earned a B.S. in Management/Human Resources from Park University, Parkville, Missouri, an M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Dr. Vecchi currently serves as a Professor of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security at Keiser University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and he is the Principal of VGI Consulting and Training. Dr. Vecchi is also the Director of Training at SafeDefend LLC.
Dr. Vecchi has over 30 years of law enforcement experience. During his career, Dr. Vecchi investigated Russian organized crime, international drug trafficking, international and domestic terrorism, and violent crime. He formerly served as the Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit and was a career FBI negotiator. In these positions, he gained extensive experience assessing and interacting with violent offender
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Gregory M. Vecchi earned a B.S. in Management/Human Resources from Park University, Parkville, Missouri, an M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Dr. Vecchi currently serves as a Professor of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security at Keiser University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and he is the Principal of VGI Consulting and Training. Dr. Vecchi is also the Director of Training at SafeDefend LLC.
Dr. Vecchi has over 30 years of law enforcement experience. During his career, Dr. Vecchi investigated Russian organized crime, international drug trafficking, international and domestic terrorism, and violent crime. He formerly served as the Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit and was a career FBI negotiator. In these positions, he gained extensive experience assessing and interacting with violent offenders, as well as researching, training, and conducting threat assessments. Dr. Vecchi has conducted dozens of workplace threat assessments for Fortune 500 companies and he is a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.
Dr. Vecchi provides behavior- and research-based threat assessment services in the areas of workplace and school/campus violence with a specialty in active killers. Dr. Vecchi also provides expert witness services in criminology, criminal justice, and police procedures, interviewing and interrogation, confirmation bias, and use-of-force matters.
Dr. Vecchi is published in many of these areas and he travels extensively to deliver these consultation solutions. His most recent publication is Fatal Grievances: Forecasting and Preventing Active Killer Threats in School, Campus, and Workplace Settings.
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