Ed Croissant has been a police officer for the City of Tampa, Florida for 20 years and has worked uniform patrol, Community Oriented Policing, and Street Anti-Crime. He is a police instructor in firearms, weapons of mass destruction, human diversity, police cycling and general police topics. He is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers, the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, Intelligence and National Security Alliance and the International Police Mountain Bike Association. Prior to moving to Tampa he served in the U.S. Navy on active duty for almost 9 years and he is presently in the U.S. Coast Guard reserve where he serves as Maritime Enforcement Specialist Chief Petty Officer. While serving in the Coast Guard, he has participated in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Corporal Croissant holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from Saint Leo College and a Master of Arts in Homeland Security from American Military University.  He is a graduate of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy. Ed has a published articles in The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International titled “Are we really losing our Civil Liberties or is it just an inconvenience?” and in Law Officer Magazine, December 2009 “COP – The New Paradigm of Community Oriented Policing” and is a contributing author to the “The Complete Guide to Police Cycling” second edition.