• President/Founder of Under the Shield, Inc.
• Certified in Forensic Hypnosis
• Expert in Law Enforcement and Aviation Stress Management

Susan Lewis Simons has provided training seminars and
programs since 1994 for various state, local and federal law enforcement
agencies focusing on stress management and critical incident response and
reactions. She is serving as a critical incident responder for agencies in
Alabama and across the United States. She also provided training for the United
States Air Force Europe in Germany and England. Susan served as a Consulting
Clinician for 5 weeks in New York City with POPPA (Police Organization Providing
Peer Assistance) providing assistance and training to officers with the NYPD,
post September 11, 2001. She has been a guest instructor at Annual Training
Conferences for prestigious organizations, including The Federal Bureau of
Investigation, International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms
Instructors, SWAT Roundup and the International Aviation Security Academy and
Conference sponsored by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA). Susan is
considered to be one of the nations leading experts in the specialized field of
Stress Management in Law Enforcement and serves as a Consultant to many law
enforcement agencies and academies across the country. She is certified in
Forensic Hypnosis and is also a Train the Trainer for the International Critical
Incident Stress Foundation. She currently is a full time Associate Professor at
Herzing College in Birmingham Alabama in the Bachelor of Science
Program/Homeland Security and Public Safety.

WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINAR TOPICS AND DESCRIPTIONS

You Won! Now What?
To provide training and resources re: the impact of terrorist/critical incident
scenarios and the ways to counteract the physiological and psychological
reactions before, during and after the event.With the age of «New Terrorism»
where the attacks are more sophisticated than ever before and designed to
achieve mass casualties, physically and psychologically, it is imperative that
we prepare and educate our «domestic military» (Law Enforcement) on the mind
and body's natural reactions before, during and after an attack and provide
definitive ways for the officer to identify and control these reactions as well
as what to expect following an event.

PAST ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTATIONS, TRAINING AND INTERVIEWS

Air Line Pilot's Association International Washington D.C.

August, 2007 Annual Aviation Security Forum - "You Won! Now What?

Mesa Arizona Police Department, Law Enforcement Officers and Federal Flight
Deck Officer's US Airway

Southwest Airline and America West. May 2007

Alabama Narcotics Officers Association. Orange Beach AL May
2007

FBI Florida Executive Development Seminar. West Palm Beach
FL April 30, 2007

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kansas City MO. December 8, 2006

Motivational Speaker All Employees Conference

Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy. Quantico VA. November 14, 2006 &
January 29, 2007

Provided training to FBI training coordinators and support staff.

Critical Incident Stress Management: Individual Crisis Intervention & Peer
Support Certification

Garmisch Germany, United States Air Force Europe - Chaplain Assistants

London England (July, 2006) United States Air Force Europe - Chaplain

Assistants Mental Health Clinician - Alabama CISM (Critical Incident Stress
Management) Inc.

Oversee CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Interventions

Consulting Clinician - POPPA (Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance)
NYPD

Stress Management Consultant and Instructor for Northeast Alabama Police
Academy

The University of Alabama Law Enforcement Academy

The Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center

Law Enforcement Training Services, Inc.

Holt and Associates

Hostage Negotiators of America

Gadsden Police Department

Alabama Narcotics Officer's Association

Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee - United States Attorney's Office

Alabama Attorney General's Office

Alabama Investigators Association

Virginia State Police Academy

Florida Sheriff's Association

Indianapolis Police Department

Myrtle Beach South Carolina Police Department

International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI)

GALEFI- Georgia Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors

Wyoming Peace Officers Association

Airline Pilots Association

The Federal Bureau of Investigations - 2003 All Agents Conference Birmingham
Alabama

Cullman Alabama Police Department

Fayette Alabama Police Department, SWAT Roundup 2003 & 2007

Alabama ABC Enforcement Division