Darren is a highly respected and serving Staff Sergeant with over 28 years of policing experience, who has dedicated his life to public safety, and is both a provincial and nationally decorated Canadian law enforcement professional. Darren is a Certified Advanced Open Source Intelligence/ Social Media Investigator, and has a strong interest/background in on-line and social media investigations. As a Social Media safety advocate, Darren has presented his multi-award winning Social Media safety presentation to over 237,000 students in both Canada and the United States.  Darren is also an internationally court recognized workplace violence prevention and self protection expert, published award winning author and highly sought after public/keynote speaker. Given his unique educational and professional background, Darren brings a heart felt passion, and 28 years of “real world”  police investigative experience and perspective when sharing his message of personal safety, both on-line and off-line, that is hard to match.