Bryan Kastelic is a Special Agent (S/A) with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation (WI DOJ DCI) and is assigned as the Task Force Commander of the Native American Drug & Gang Initiative (NADGI). S/A Kastelic has served with WI DOJ DCI for the past seven years during which time he was also assigned to the Milwaukee High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area / DEA Task Force 63. S/A Kastelic is a Team Leader on the DCI Tactical Team and instructor on firearms, defense and arrest tactics, less lethal and Taser systems. Prior to DCI, S/A Kastelic served 10 years with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department as a Narcotics Investigator, Emergency Response Unit member, patrol officer and, Unified Tactical Instructor. S/A Kastelic served 10 years in the United States Army (Infantry & WI Drug Control Program Intelligence Analyst) (Active & WI National Guard).

Detective Lisa Fahrenbruch has twenty two years of law enforcement experience. She was employed by Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department in Richmond, Virginia for eleven years before joining the City of Madison Police Department. During that time, she was assigned to patrol services and was selected to be part of a special operations unit focusing on narcotics and high risk search warrants. She was an Emergency Vehicle Operations Instructor, Taser Instructor, and Patrol Tactics Instructor. After joining the City of Madison Police Department, she was assigned to Patrol Services before being promoted to Detective. Currently, she is assigned to the Violent Crime Unit, which focuses on homicides, attempted homicides, weapon related offenses, pattern robberies, and kidnapping. Detective Fahrenbruch is currently a member of the Special Events Team (SET), whose primary objective is crowd management and control.

Jessica is a cyber security analyst, currently working within the private sector, focused on fraud identification, threat actor monitoring and intelligence analysis. Prior to this, Jessica spent six years working within Legal Services via her home state’s Department of Corrections, where she assisted in internal sexual harassment and discrimination investigations, coordination of the Board of Pardons process and litigation management. During her tenure with the Department of Corrections, she completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice as well as a Master’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. Jessica holds certifications in Interviewing and Interrogation from Century College, as well as Social Media Intelligence Expert (CSMIE) and Cyber Intelligence Professional (CCIP) from McAfee Institute. Jessica serves as the Special Investigations Lead for the National Child Protection Task Force, managing cases with high levels of sensitivity, complexity and longevity.

Jim began his law enforcement career with the Forest County Sheriff’s office in the summer of 1992. In September of 1993, he began his career with the Dane County Sherifff’s office in Madison, Wisconsin. Jim has worked in several areas within the department and has been assigned to the Court Security Unit since 2007. Jim has had over 700 hours of training including numerous hours of active shooter scenario based training. He currently teaches an inter-departmental training in how to properly respond to court room incidents and active shooter situations. Jim is also involved state wide in training not only other law enforcement officers, but also civilian staff in their response to dealing with various court room incidents as well as developing a proper response and long term strategic planning for active shooter situations. In 2015 he attended a week long training sponsored by the United States Marshal Service in Glynco, Georgia regarding the latest in courtroom security.

Lieutenant Horace Staples has a Masters of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and presently serves as the Kenosha County (Wisconsin) Emergency Management Director. Lt. Staples is a twenty-seven-year veteran at the Kenosha Sheriff’s Department, with prior service as the Drug Unit Commander of KDOG (Kenosha Drug Operations Group), a multi-agency drug unit. KDOG received three annual state awards during his four years of service until promoting to Lieutenant. Lt. Staples served twenty years on the Kenosha Sheriff’s Tactical Response Team (i.e., SWAT) in the role of Assistant Commander and retired at the rank of Executive Officer.