Daniel P. Carlson

Dan Carlson is a retired police officer and law enforcement educator who, over the course of his career, served with the Poughkeepsie City Police, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, and the New York State Police. At the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration in Plano, Texas, he developed programs and taught - internationally - on law enforcement management, leadership and ethics. Dan has written four books and a number of articles for inclusion in professional journals, and he celebrates his good fortune at having been assigned to work at the 1969 Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York.