Steve Shepherd is the creator and director of INLETS, providing leading-edge training programs for Law Enforcement and Intel entities.
He has 25 years experience in counterterrorism investigations and counterintelligence operations.
As an FBI Special Agent, Steve served in MD and DE as a BAU Coordinator and Active Shooter Program Coordinator focused on pre-indicators of violent offenders, cold cases, mass shootings, and other violent crimes. He also served on the FBI BA Tactical Maritime Team.
He served on the FBI NY JTTF from 1998-2004 including the case squads for the USS Cole bombing, 9/11 attack in NYC and the 2001 NY City Anthrax mailings, then later on the US Virgin Islands JTTF responding to crimes on the high seas, acts of terrorism, and conducting Intelligence Operations. In 2006, he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at FBIHQ. There he led the development of WMD training at the FBI Academy at Quantico and national courses for state and local partners.
An Adjunct Instructor at the FBI Academy, Steve holds a Master’s Degree in Criminology.
