Criminal Justice Faculty Online
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Gregory G. Gilbertson, M.S.
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Tadd Belden, M.P.A.
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David Ruiz
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Terence J. McAdam
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Lieutenant Loreli Thompson
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Detective Bradford R. Borden
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Wade
Samuelson
Gregory G. Gilbertson, M.S.
Director (faculty), and Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
Program
Centralia College has employed Associate Professor Gilbertson
since September 1999. Prior to accepting his position at Centralia
College, Associate Professor Gregory Gilbertson worked for many
years as a police officer in the state of Georgia. He served with
the City of Atlanta Police Department and the City of La Grange
Police Department. His assignments included juvenile court
investigator, SWAT team tactical officer and senior patrolman.
Additionally, he served in Iraq from June 2005 to June 2006 as an
International Police Trainer.
Associate Professor Gilbertson is a graduate of the University of
Washington and Columbus State University where he earned a Master of
Science degree in Justice Administration. In addition to teaching
criminal justice courses for Centralia College and Saint Martin’s
University, Associate Professor Gilbertson is a licensed private
investigator and owns and operates his own private investigations
agency.
Prior to entering law enforcement, Associate Professor Gilbertson
served in the United States Army. He is a Distinguished Military
Graduate of the United States Army Officer Candidate School at Fort
Benning, Georgia. Associate Professor Gilbertson served in the Army
as both a commissioned and non-commissioned officer of infantry
soldiers. He currently resides in Centralia and is the proud father of
22-year old Garrett Gilbertson, a cadet at the United States Air
Force Academy, and proud member of the "Fighting Falcons" football
team.
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Tadd Belden, M.P.A.
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Program
Assistant Professor Belden was employed by the college in
the fall of 2007. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University where he
holds a Master of Public Administration degree (2004), and Bachelor of Science
Degree majoring in Criminal Justice (1991). He also has also received over 600
hours of specialized law enforcement related training.
Assistant Professor Belden’s law enforcement career began
in the United States Army where he served in the Military Police as a
non-commission officer. Additionally, he served as a police officer for ten
years for the South Haven Police Department in Michigan, reaching the rank of
Sergeant. His additional assignments included patrol officer, narcotics
detective, field training officer, firearms instructor, and crime scene
investigation. He also has experience as an International Police Trainer
working in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom).
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David Ruiz
Mr. Ruiz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal
Justice/Public Administration from Regents College, Albany, New York
and an Associate of Science degree in Law Enforcement and Sheriff's
Academy Training Certificate from the Imperial Valley College in
Imperial, California. He is the author of a manual for Law
Enforcement and Correctional Agencies in Hostage Negotiations and is
professionally affiliated with both the American Correctional
Association and Washington Correctional Association. Mr. Ruiz is a
native of California and currently resides in the Centralia/Chehalis
area.
David Ruiz began his accomplished career in corrections in 1970
with the United States Air Force as a Military Police Officer and in
1972 signed on with the Imperial County Sheriff Department as a
Corrections Deputy. After a short stint with the Immigration and
Naturalization Service as a Detention Officer, Mr. Ruiz joined the
Federal Bureau of Prisons starting as a Corrections Officer and
working his way up to Senior Lieutenant. Prior to his retirement in
1999, he worked as a Case Manager and Correctional Program
Specialist working on program development for the Naval Consolidated
Brig Miramar, in San Diego, California.
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Terence J. McAdam
Forensic Supervisor, Washington State Patrol Tacoma Crime
Laboratory.
Mr. Terry McAdam is the newest addition to our cadre' of adjunct
faculty at Centralia College. Mr. McAdam has 26 years of experience
in the field of forensic investigations. He is currently employed as
the Supervisory Agent In Charge of the Washington State Patrol Crime
Laboratory in Tacoma, Washington. He is also a proud graduate of the
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, where he earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in Chemistry in 1979. He also earned a National
Certificate in Chemistry from the University of Ulster in 1977.
Terry McAdam has been continuously employed as a criminal
forensic scientist since 1977. He has served both the Washington
State Patrol (16 years) and The Northern Ireland Forensic Science
Service (10 years) with distinction for more than a quarter century.
He has developed subject matter expertise and decades of total
experience in the following areas of trace evidence:
- Glass analysis (17 years)
- Paint analysis (17 years)
- Small particle identification (17 years)
- Fibers (11 years)
- Explosives (3 years)
- Hair (14 years)
- Clothing damage interpretation (17 years)
- Scanning Electron Microanalysis (17 years)
- Shoe impressions (11 years)
- Tire impressions (10 years)
Furthermore, during the course of his career, Terry McAdam has
personally processed over 330 violent felony crime scenes, to
include homicides and rapes (175), arsons and bombings (60), hit and
run accidents (45), and firearms assaults (50). Terry McAdam has
also played an integral role in the investigations of both the
Robert Lee Yates (Spokane and Tacoma serial murder) and the Gary
Leon Ridgeway (Green River serial murder) cases. He has testified in
various felony cases in superior and federal courts throughout the
State of Washington on 163 occasions involving trace evidence and
crime scene processing. In addition to his academic credentials and
work experience, Terry McAdam has successfully completed nearly 800
hours of additional education and training in forensic science and
crime scene technology during his tenure with the Washington State
Patrol.
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Lieutenant Loreli Thompson
Lacey Police Department
Lieutenant Thompson has 23 years of law enforcement training and
experience. She is currently enrolled as a Doctoral Student in
Psychology, (Crime and Violence Tract) The Fielding Institute,
Seattle and Santa Barbara. In addition. Lieutenant Thompson earned a
Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from Chapman
University, a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Pacific
Lutheran University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal
Justice from Saint Martin's College.
Lieutenant Thompson has over 500 hours of training in the field
of sexual offenses and interpersonal violence. She is a Washington
State certified trainer for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence.
She personally developed the original program for tracking and
monitoring Registered Sex Offenders for the City of Lacey.
Lieutenant Thompson is frequently requested by, and assigned to
temporary duty at other state and local law enforcement agencies to
investigate cases or allegations of inter-office sexual harassment,
officers accused of sexual offenses, violent predators, and other
unusual or extraordinary crimes.
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Detective Bradford R. Borden
Lewis County Sheriff's Office, Sex Offender Program Manager
Detective Brad Borden joined the Centralia College Criminal
Justice Program two years ago. He has over 31 years of military and
civilian law enforcement education, training and experience. He has
consistently been one of our most popular and consistent adjunct
instructors. Detective Borden earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Liberal Arts from Excelsior College in Albany, New York in 1991. He
is also an active member of the following professional
organizations:
- Federal Criminal Investigators Association
- Criminal Investigations Division Agents
Association
- National Sheriff's Association
Detective Borden is currently employed by the Lewis County
Sheriff's Office as the Sex Offender Program Manager. In this
position, Detective Borden is directly responsible for maintaining
and continually updating the status and registration of sex
offenders in Lewis County. These duties include maintaining the
offender's current home addresses and investigating any reports of
re-offending behavior or other criminal and administrative
violations these individuals may commit within our community.
Detective Borden has been employed by the Lewis County Sheriff's
Office since 1994.
During his career, Detective Borden has personally investigated
over 300 homicides or suspicious / unnatural deaths in the United
States and overseas. He has vast wealth of investigatory experience
in all manner of felony and violent crimes. He has also served as
the lead investigator in several complex fraud investigations
involving defense contracts. Detective Borden has also served with
distinction on a number of Executive Protection operations for top
Department of Defense dignitaries and officials, to include the
Secretary of Defense. Brad Borden has also instructed college level
courses in criminal investigation, police administration, and
advanced narcotics investigations for Los Angeles City College.
Detective Borden also serves his agency as an instructor for the
Lewis County Reserve Police Officer Academy. He retired from active
duty in the United States Army in 1994 after 21 years of dedicated
service to our nation.
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Wade
Samuelson
Partner at Olson Althauser
Lawler Samuelson & Rayan in Lewis County.
Admitted in 1996, his practice
is limited to private criminal defense. He is a graduate of the Regent University
School of Law (1996) and holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree, and the
University of Washington
(1990) with a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in Economics . He regularly organizes and conducts Continuing Legal Education courses
for local defense attorneys and is currently formulating seminar presentations
on automatic standing and corpus delicti. He has previously served on the
Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Legal Services to the Armed Forces
Committee and the Editorial Advisory Board to DeNovo, the WSBA newspaper for
young lawyers. He currently serves on the Executive Board for the WSBA Criminal
Law Section and is also on the Board of Governors for Washington Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is also an auctioneer and a part-time radio talk
show host.
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