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Richard (Rick) Long is a retired Deputy Sheriff, with over 20 years of Law Enforcement experience. Rick was one of the founders of the Non Profit HELP Program in California. He is active in the HELP Program and sits on the Board of Directors as CFO. Rick was the Law Enforcement Representative on the SARB Board for the Fremont Unified School District from 1990 to 1999 and now sits on the Board of Directors as Vice President of the NCJOA (Northern California Juvenile Officers Association). Throughout his career, Rick has focused on the youth of today. Be it, Drugs, Gangs, and now Terrorism, Rick takes on the challenge to better the youth of tomorrow. He holds a certificate in Advanced Investigations and Profiling from the STI/FBI, Background Investigations, and Arson Fire Investigations from California Fire and Anti Terrorism from NSTI.
After the shooting incident at Virginia Tech, Rick was asked to evaluate a new safety program developed by Defywire. Defywire was working on its development of new safety software called Mobile Safety Suite. In doing so, Rick made recommendations to the software developer which were accepted and are now being used in there updated program.
Rick has joined the Defywire Team with the intention of placing a much needed tool, (Defywire’s Mobile Safety Suite) in the hands of every School Law Enforcement Officer and School Staff Members, so we can keep our Children Safe and Teachers teaching in a safe environment. | 