Public Safety Advisor Jim Fuda is a dynamic leader who has a proven track record in the law enforcement, training, and security arenas. Jim’s background includes a 33-year distinguished law enforcement career with the King County Sheriff’s Office, with more than 15 years as a Special Operations Commander. In his tenure, Jim’s talents were employed as a Hostage Negotiations Team Commander, Major Event Security Planner/Liaison, Dignitary Protection Coordinator, Marine Unit Commander, and Physical Security Specialist. In this time, he also was responsible for policy and procedural development for Y2K, Critical Incident Response Operations, Marine Unit Operations, and Courthouse Security Operations. Operationally, Jim responded to more than 300 hostage/barricade situations from 1982 until 2006 and is responsible for saving numerous lives.

Jim’s skill and experience were utilized as a key security organizer/liaison for the 1990 Goodwill Games, the 1996 Asian Pacific Economic Conference, and the 1999 World Trade Organization Conference. Because of his expertise, Jim was a key participant as a consultant to Dartmouth College in preparing bio-terrorism “virtual reality” terrorist training for Police, Fire, and EMS personnel geared to the First Responder.

Internationally, Jim has worked as a Police and Military consultant/trainer for the U.S. Department of Justice in Bosnia, Indonesia, and Pakistan. He was formidable in tailoring democratic policing training material to the political environment in the assigned country. Because of his work in this arena, Jim was hired as the Senior Executive Advisor to the Minister of the Interior in the Republic of Srpska to help foster a positive working environment in post-war Bosnia. Jim also teaches Active Shooter Response, Critical Incident Management, and Anti-Terrorist Operations for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and is recognized for developing current curriculum geared toward First Responders as well as Commanders.

Jim also has experience in the Corporate Sector as the Global Event Security Director for Microsoft, where he was responsible for securing all Microsoft events worldwide. He had direct reports in Seattle, London, and Singapore.

Currently, Jim is the Executive Director of Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound. He has positive results in building trusting relationships between the public, the police, and the media to create a safer community environment by sharing information, providing training, and apprehending criminals.

In addition, Jim is working on a Transnational Initiative, which is a 4-country cooperative alliance to combat Human Trafficking, Terrorism, Illicit Trade, Narcotics Trafficking, Illegal Arms Dealing, Cyber Crime, and Corruption. The project involves trusted Police partners from Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia where Crime Stoppers will introduce the anonymous tip concept, which allows citizens to report crime anonymously without the fear of retribution. To that end, Jim was instrumental in forming Crime Stoppers Global Solutions, an NGO that is now responsible for this Transnational Crime Initiative.

Jim has written many articles in the Police/Security arena, including “Trigger Point: The Moment of Truth”, “A Mumbai in America … Are We Better Prepared,” and, most recently, “Police Collaboration: Low Frequency/High Cost Services.” Check out all of Jim’s work with a variety of media outlets.

In a nutshell, Jim is a dynamic leader who has a proven track record in the law enforcement, training, and security arenas. He has the unique capacity for building positive relationships and creating a win-win environment to meet the needs and requirements of all parties involved.