“The rest of the story.”
Gregory Gilbertson retired as a tenured full professor of criminal justice in from Centralia College in 2022 where he enjoyed over 22 years of unblemished academic service. He is also a former licensed private investigator (20 years), university lecturer (17 years), Georgia police officer (8 years), international police trainer and advisor in Afghanistan and Iraq (2 years), Guardian ad Litem (2 years), and U.S. Army infantry officer. Greg is Distinguished Military Graduate of the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
After his military service, Greg became a police officer in Atlanta and LaGrange, Georgia. In LaGrange he served as a SWAT team member, senior patrolman, school resource officer, juvenile court investigator, and stakeout squad officer. In Atlanta he served as a police patrolman in Zone 3 Precinct.
Greg holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Washington and a Master’s degree in Justice Administration from Columbus College (Columbus State University). He became a licensed private investigator in 2002 and specialized in criminal defense casework. In 2014 he began consulting with attorneys as an expert witness in police practices and self-defense. To date he has consulted on nearly 200 civil rights and criminal cases in 39 states. He has helped attorneys secure over 33 million dollars in damages for victims of police misconduct and acquittals at trial in criminal cases.
The origins of Greg’s expert witness casework is found in his service as an international police trainer and advisor. In 2008 he deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan for 13 months and served as a senior mentor and NATO advisor to the general commanding the Afghanistan National Police Academy. In this role he assisted the Afghan commander with all aspects of academy operations for 3000 cadets, faculty, and staff. Previously he deployed to Iraq in 2005 for one year and served as deputy director of the United Kingdom’s Basrah police academy and also helped develop a bachelor’s degree in democratic policing for the Baghdad Police College.
