Brad Fawcett
Justice Institute of British Columbia

Ret. Sgt. Fawcett finished his career with the VPD as the Sgt. in charge of Research and Special Projects for the VPD Force Options Training Unit. He is a 31-year police veteran and has worked in patrol, jail, crowd control, and training. He was a staff member at the JIBC Police Academy for over seven years, where he instructed use of force, physical fitness, drill, and tactical courses involving high-risk vehicle stops, building containment and searching, active shooter, and mental preparedness.

Ret. Sgt. Fawcett is also a master hypnotist and clinical hypnotherapist working with athletes to improve their performances. He is a court-qual- ified use-of- force and non-firearms prohibited weapons expert. He has provided opinion evidence in Coroners’ Inquests, civil trials, criminal trials up to and including the Supreme Court of British Columbia, labour rela- tions hearings, public hearings, and a commission of inquiry. Ret. Sgt. Fawcett has been a faculty member of three Law of Policing Conferences (Canada) and The International Law Enforcement Forum in Northern Ireland. He was a faculty member at the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Chicago, where he presented with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and has been a staff instructor at several international use of force conferences.

Ret. Sgt. Fawcett has an extensive resume related to use of force. He has developed manuals and courses from conception through provincial approval. He has been a sessional instructor at a post-secondary insti- tution where he has instructed Ethics for a Law Enforcement Environment, and Professional Communications and was the Canadian Director of the International Association of Ethics Trainers (IAET) for ten years. He is the founder of the annual JIBC/LETA International Use of Force Expert Conference and is the co-ordinator of this event.