He presently serves as a Senior Instructor with the Financial Fraud Institute at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). In 1993, while an instructor with the FLETC Legal Division, he pioneered Internet training for the federal law enforcement community. He created FLETC's first major computer security training component in 1997 ("Digital Officer Safety") as well as deploying the first working use of wireless networking in a FLETC training program. In January of 1999 he coauthored an article on Internet Security with Dr. Fred Cohen, principal member of technical staff at Sandia National Labs, entitled 50 Ways to Protect Your Information Assets While Cruising the Internet. http://all.net/journal/50/cybercop.html

In his home state of South Dakota he served in the judiciary as a Magistrate, an Assistant State Attorney Genera, and as counsel for the State Parole Board. His legislative experience includes service in the early 80's as a staff attorney with the US Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Robert Dole.

In 1995 He chaired the first law enforcement panel to provide Congressional testimony about protecting children on the Internet. His web page, Cybercop.org, was the first to be included in the Congressional Record. He has given presentations regarding computer security and cyber-terrorism at MIT, the Smithsonian Institution, and has given presentations and participated in on-line seminars sponsored by the FBI, the University of Illinois, Chicago, the Department of Justice and other computer security and law enforcement organizations and agencies at the federal and state and local levels.

He is the founder of a Virtual Private Network, "Cybercop Secure Communities", which is networking the corporate and law enforcement worlds to strengthen our nation's "Cyber Civil Defense" as contemplated by Presidential Decision Directive 63. The URL for this site is: https://cybercop.espgroup.net (requires a browser with 128 bit encryption)

His involvement in High tech law enforcement issues was referenced in the January 23, 1995 US News cover story "Policing Cyberspace" and in a 1997 BBC television documentary airing in the UK on the history of the Internet.

His personal interests include the impact of technology on society, promoting industry and law enforcement cooperation in information age security and policing and use of Internet technology to deliver secure distance learning materials over the Internet to the laptops, palmtops and (future) wearable computers of those who serve behind the "thin digital blue line".

Contact information and Links:
mailto: cybercop@mindspring.com
mailto:kmanson@fletc.treas.gov
Biographical information is at: http://all.net/cybercop/Files/bio.htm
BBC Documentary "Inside the Internet" video clip discussing the Cybercop's greatest fears (One minute video clip - 8 Megs) http://all.net/cybercop/Files/bbc.mpg
Cybercop Web Page http://all.net/cybercop/index.html
US News and World Report cover story "Policing Cyberspace" at: http://all.net/cybercop/usnews1.htm
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