“…the rest of the story.”
Gregory Gilbertson retired as a full-time tenured professor of criminal justice on March 18, 2022, from Centralia College. He enjoyed 25 years of unblemished academic service to students attending Centralia College, Saint Martin’s University, and Brandman University. Greg is also a former licensed private investigator (20 years), Georgia police officer (8 years), international police advisor in Afghanistan and Iraq (2 years), Guardian ad Litem (2 years), and U.S. Army infantry soldier and commissioned officer. He 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 for 12 years. In 2014 he began consulting with attorneys as an expert witness in police practices. To date he has consulted on over 200 civil rights and criminal cases in 40 states. He has helped attorneys secure over 47 million dollars in damages for victims of police misconduct and numerous acquittals for falsely accused defendants in criminal trials.
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 Afghan National Police Academy. In this role he assisted the commanding general with all aspects of academy operations for 3000 cadets, faculty, and staff. Previously he deployed to Iraq in 2005 for 12 months and served as deputy director of the United Kingdom’s Basrah police academy. He also developed a bachelor’s degree in democratic policing for the Baghdad Police College.
