Name: Frank M. Petrone

Birthday: July 21, 1962

Current employer or professional affiliation:

• Cook County Adult Probation Department since 1 July 1985.
• President of Gang Prevention Incorporated since 1993.

Address: Chicago, IL

Tel: (773) 774-0900

Fax: (773) 774-0900

E-mail: gangprev@flash.net

Internet website: http://www.gangpreventioninc.com

  (1) Relevant prior and part-time employment, with dates:

• Cook County Adult Probation Department since 1 July 1985. While with the Probation Department I served as a felony courtroom officer and ensured adherence to court issued mandates.
• President of Gang Prevention Incorporated since 1994.
• Conducted pre-trial and pre-sentence investigations, investigating criminal and social histories of defendants, reporting findings in written summary in court.
• Was assigned to the IPS (Intensive Probation Supervision) unit completing eligibility investigations to evaluate the rehabilitation potential of high-risk offenders and made recommendations to judges regarding their fitness to enter the program.
• Developed supervision plans requiring five face to face contacts per week, and conducted motor vehicle and residence searches.
• Worked with the Gang Intervention Unit since its conception. Appeared in court as needed providing expert witness testimony concerning gang identification, awareness, activity, and prevention.
• Formerly in charge of a caseload of offenders who were all identified as gang members from the entire County of Cook.
• Worked directly with Chicago Police Department Gang Tactical Officers in the 11th (Harrison) district.
• Formerly assigned as the dpeartment's Field Services Training Specialist for all weapons carrying officers. Was responsible for arraigning and conducting training for all weapons carrying officers. Training conducted included annual firearms requalification, ongoing firearms training, remedial firearms training, pre-services and in-service control tactics, and pre-service and in-service street gangs.
• Served as President of Gang Prevention Incorporated since 1994. This is a law enforcement training company, but also provides training for educational institutions and the private sector. Areas of instruction include firearms, self-defense, and street gangs. Consulting and or express witness testimony can be provided for any of the topic areas listed.

(2) Degrees and relevant special training:

• Attended Gordon Technical High School Chicago, Illinois.
• Bachelor of Arts, Saint Mary's College - Winona, Minnesota, 1984
  - Major: Administration of Criminal Justice - Minor: Philosophy

Attended the following law enforcement training:

• Self-defense and weapons training. Chicago Police Department 1986 - 20 days.
• Midwest Gang Investigators Conference - 1992, 1993, 1995 - all 3 days
• International Outlaw Motorcycle Investigators Association International Conference - 1993 - 3 days.
• National Law Enforcement Institute Advance Gang Conference - 1994, 1995, 1998 - all 3 days.
• Basic Firearms and Explosives Recognition - 1996 - half day.
• Control Tactic's Instructor Course - The Police Safety System - May 1995 - 10 days, 4 day recertification November 1996 - Awarded Senior Instructor Level Certification June 1997.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Courses:
• Fireamrs Instructor Course - October 1995 - 5 days.
• Officer Survival School - April 1996 - 5 days.
• Basic Police SWAT School - July 1996 - 5 days.
• Cap-Stun User Familiarization Course - August 1995 - half day.
• International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors - Annual Training Conference - October 1998 - 5 days.

(3) Other professional activities:

• Southwest Multi-Regional Investigators Association
• Midwest Gang Investigators Association
• Illinois Police Instructor Trainers Association
• The Gang Journal of Research
• Italian American Police Association
• American Correctional Association
• National Rifle Association
• Midwest Cycle Investigators Association
• American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers
• The Cult Awareness Network
• International Police Association
• Illinois Tactical Officers Association
• International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
• International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association
• The Police Marksman Association
• The Illinois Police Association

(4) Retainer information:

Number of times retained by claimant's counsel: 2

Number of times retained by defense counsel: 1

(5) Name, address and telephone of attorneys who may be contacted as references:

Dave Studenroth
617 Devon Avenue
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
847-825-7744

Neil Goodfriend
120 Riverside Plaza Suite 1150
Chicago, Illinois 60606
312-655-9393

Anthony M. Petrone
20 N. Wacker Drive
Suite 1700
Chicago, Illinois 60606
312-553-9500

K. Thomas Stevens
111 W. Jackson Blvd.
14th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312-786-9832

(6) Publications that contain your paid advertisements (since 1996): N/A

(7) Usual and customary fee:

$1,000 case retainer fee, (not applicable to consulting fees).

$250.00 an hour ongoing fee, (applicable to all fees).

$50.00 an hour travel fee, (if out of town) and 50 cents per mile, (if local).

(8) Areas of Expertise and Experience

Note - Letter codes used in front of the subject mean:

• [ T ] Testified in court or at depositions on the subject;
• [ R ] Retained as a consultant, but have not testified on the subject.
• [ Q ] Qualified to testify or consult on the subject, but have not served as a paid consultant.

[T] Street gang violence

[T] Street gang identification

[T] Street gang awareness

[T} Street gang activity

[T] Street gang prevention

[Q} Firearms: Semiautomatic pistol, revolver, and shotgun

[R] Ammunition/ballistics.

[Q] Lethal and non lethal force

[R] Excessive use of force

[Q] Baton Flashlights and other impact weapons

[Q] Chemical agents (O/C pepper spray)

(9) Types of cases you will not accept: N/A

(10) Other information relevant in evaluating your services (publications, awards, achievements, special interests)

Awards and achievements are as follows:

• Approved by the Illinois Police Training and Standards Board as an instructor in control tactics, street gangs, firearms (revolver - semiautomatic pistol - shotgun) and O/C pepper spray.
• Approved by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board as an instructor in street gang identification, awareness, and activity.
• FBI and NRA Certified Firearms Instructor.
• Scored 100% on FBI Firearms Instructor Written Examination and Instructor plus SWAT qualification courses of fire.
• Nominated for Probation Officer of the Year 1994 - CCAPD.
• Departmental Commendation for Exemplary field performance - 1998.
• Special Recognition Award - Probation Officer Day - 1993.
• Founder of Gang Prevention Incorporated.
• Author of 450-page street gang identification manual in use worldwide.
• First Cook County Adult Probation Officer to be qualified as an expert witness in the Circuit Court of Cook County on street gang identification, awareness and activity.
• Provided street gang identification, awareness and activity training for officers from over 100 law enforcement agencies in the United States and Canada.
• Member of CCAPD speakers bureau.
• Subject of letter by His Honor Thomas P. Durkin to all Cook County Criminal Court Judges on the use of tattoos in relation to gang affiliation for use in pre-trial and pre-sentence investigations and sentencing hearings.
• Recipient of merit pay award from CCAPD - 1994, 1995, 1996.

Articles published in the following: Fra Noi newspaper, Fraternal Order of Police Newsletter, Illinois Tactical Officers Association magazine.

Interviewed and appeared on television for the following stations: Fox 32 News, Chicago, Illinois, Fox 32 News Albany, Georgia.

Served as an instructor/lecturer for the following organizations:

• Cook County States Attorneys Office.
• Illinois Police Instructor Trainers Association.
• Northeast Multi-regional Training Mobile Team Unit #3.
• Loyola University.
• Suburban Deaf Services Network.
• Italian American Police Association.
• Special Agents Association.
• Dupage Juvenile Officers Association.
• Chicago Police Department Gang Specialist/Detective class.
• Illinois Probation and Court Services Association.
• Illinois Attorney Generals Office.
• Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
• The National Gang Crime Research Center.
• Kent Law School

Designed the following classes, materials, lesson plans, and testing procedures for the CCAPD:

• 2 day, 3 day, and 48 hour Control Tactics Course.
• 10.5 hour O/C course.

Nominated by George Knox, Director of the National Gang Crime Research Center, for 1994 Thrasher Award for excellence in the field of gang identification training materials.

Recipient of the 1998 National Gang Crime Research Center Fredrick Milton Thrasher Award for outstanding leadership in the development of gang identification training materials.

Awarded certificate of appreciation in recognition of contribution and dedication to the field of community corrections by American Probation and Parole President.

Named to the National Rifle Association honor Role.

Member of CCAPD Semiautomatic transitional Development Committee.

Given Primary Firearms Instructor status for CCAPD.