Address: Minnesota State University, Mankato
Morris Hall 109
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-389-2832
Email: william.lewinski@mnsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. Police Psychology: Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dissertation - "Calm in the Face of Death: A Training Program for Maximizing Performance in Crisis Decision Making"
Committee - Dr. Sherry Penn, Dr. Kevin Gilmartin, Dr. Hal Russell
Internship - "Behavioral Science Unit," Tucson Police Department
Other Graduate Study:
- University of Vermont
- University of Ottawa
- Alfred Adler Institute (Chicago)
- Mankato State University
M.A. Counseling University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Thesis - "An Alternative Explanation for the Stockholm Syndrome"
B.A Psychology & Sociology: Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Previous Relevant Employment
- Professor/Director/Chair - Political Science / Law Enforcement
- Consultant and Trainer - Law Enforcement
- Hostage Situations
- Martial Arts
- Clinical Psychologist
- Consulting Psychologist
- Justice of the Peace
Achievements
- Thirty two years experience in human behavior ranging from psychiatric social worker to police psychologist.
- Thirty three years in the Martial Arts.
- Teaching experience ranging from special education to university professor/chair.
Presentations
- Two International Conferences
- Five National Conferences
- Fifteen National Seminars
- Thirty State Conferences
- Thirty-nine Regional Seminars
- Twenty-eight Professional Lectures and Talks
- International lecture circuit for four years with the Calibre Press "Street Survival" Seminars
Expert Witness
- Consultant in thirty four law enforcement and civilian cases for both defense and prosecution (including 9 Grand Juries)
Media
- 1993 MNSAT statewide satellite presentation for the Minnesota POST Board on "Pursuit Driving-Stress, Decision Making, Training." co-presented with Attorney William Everett.
- Video - "Use of Deadly Force" - the psychological aspects of the 1992 P.O.S.T. Learning Objectives, used by numerous police departments throughout the State of Minnesota.
- Consulting Expert "Tactical Edge" (1986) & Hostage Officer Survival Video(1998) both by Calibre Press,
- Publication --'7he Suspect is Shot in the Back. Is Your Shooting Clean?" The Police Marksman, Sept./Oct. 1999.
- Publication -- "The Lethal Employee" The Police Marksman, Jan./Feb. 2000.
Interviews
- Two national television interviews, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - police stress, post-shooting trauma, two state and two local television interviews
- Nine radio interviews - post-shooting trauma, Police use of force, edged weapons, family relations
- Eleven newspaper interviews - hostage situations, shooting decisions, police community relations
Consultations
- Various consultations - the CIA, Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota State University System, international, national and local law enforcement agencies. Calibre Press, Inc.
Academic Development
- Spent three years developing an integrated, multi-disciplinary, clinical program for law enforcement education.
- Developed an applied consultation and research institute at Mankato State University
Honors and Special Awards
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commanding Officer's Certificate,
for assistance rendered to the R.C.M. P under exceptional circumstances.
Pima County (Tucson) Attorney's Victim Mlitness Program, Service Award
International Association of Women Police, Service Award
Mankato State University, Service Award
Minnesota Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, Honorary Membership
Task Force on Families of Catastrophe, Invited to join the Task Force to advise the U.S. State Department and the White House regarding American hostages in Iran. Crisis resolved before
formal activity on Task force was initiated.
World Conference on Police Psychology, Invited to Attend FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, December 1985. Main focus was on how the behavioral sciences could assist law enforcement agencies in fulfilling their operational missions.
Justice of the Peace, Legislative nomination and approval, Province of Manitoba, Canada. Nomination and appointment, Lieutenant-Governor of Canada in the name of Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth the Second.
