Forensic Profiling / Identification Consultants: 4

Aragon National, Inc.'s consulting extends to complex decision-making processes within Law Enforcement and Military Operations, and Health Analytics, and related Social Determinates (systems approach/ complexity / wicked problem approach). Aragon explores the link between visualizing intelligence, giving it meaning (sensemaking), critical thinking, insight generation, and decision-making.

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Dr. John R. Black, President, has over 30 years of experience including International Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR), DoD Joint Technology Research Evaluation and Development, and the extraction of practical insight from Intelligence in support of Strategic Decision-making. He regularly speaks to police leadership, investigators, lawyers, and organizations about the process of inquiry, biases, and sensemaking.

Dr. Black (ret) has over 23 years of experience in law enforcement operations, including patrol, corrections, investigations, training, and command, combined with over 30 years with U.S. Army Special Operations and Peacekeeping (Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations.

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Bukata & Associates is a multifaceted corporation designed to conduct Security Consultation and Assessments and Police Consultation. They offer a range of advanced security risk assessments for violence on school campuses, workplace violence, and active killer events. Their security assessments also include target hardening, security personnel, evaluation, and instructional courses for personnel.

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Commercial Property Owners, Developer, Educational institution Services:

John S. Bukata is a seasoned, goal-oriented, and performance-driven Police Executive with over 42 years of demonstrated success in a broad range of settings, including law enforcement, city government, strategic planning, child dependency, and safety and security in university campus environment.  

Mr. Bukata has been a State of Florida sworn law enforcement officer since 1981 in a supervision or leadership/management role since 1992; retiring as a Chief of Police. He has conducted and managed complex investigations in a Federal, State and local environments during his tenure as the Deputy Director of the Broward Sheriff's Office Strategic Investigations Division, formally known as the Organized Crime Division.

Mr. Bukata has authored, managed, and evaluated police policies and procedures for over 3 decades. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management, is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Course 

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