Don Howell

Detective Don Howell is an expert on two fronts.

A founder and twenty-year advisory board member for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (formerly the Adam Walsh Center), Don has been a tireless advocate of children. As a former special liaison between the NCMEC and local police and FBI, Don’s insights into the mind of the child predator have been instrumental in the arrests of hundreds of sex offenders. He has lectured on the ways of child predators before colleges, parent groups, and police academies. Some of the organizations for which Don’s lectured are USC's Delinquency Control Institute, the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association, the South Carolina Victims Conference, and LJS International Training & Consulting Services.

Don’s expertise comes from a nearly unmatched career in child crime investigations. While most all detectives leave sex crimes in three years or less, Don has dedicated twenty-eight years to the study and pursuit of sex offenders. For years he has seen firsthand the failings of the Stranger Danger school of protecting children. With an eye towards empowering parents with updated ideas, Don has developed groundbreaking new techniques for keeping children safe. Decorated for his achievements on the street, he has seen every trick in the sex offender’s book. He has also authored two books on sexually motivated crimes designed for law enforcement and published by LawTech Publishing.