Dr. Gilmartin is a behavioral sciences and management consultant specializing in the law enforcement and public safety areas.  He formerly spent twenty years in law enforcement in Tucson, Arizona.  During his tenure, he supervised the Behavioral Sciences Unit and the Hostage Negotiations Team. He is a former recipient of the IACP-Parade Magazine National Police Officer Service Award for contributions during hostage negotiations.   He presently maintains a consulting relationship with law enforcement agencies nationally in the U.S. and internationally with Canada and Australia.  He has held adjunct faculty positions with The University of Massachusetts Police Leadership Institute, the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University, and as a guest instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He has been retained by several Federal law enforcement agency critical incident response teams. He holds Life Member status within the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is a charter member of the IACP: Psychological Services Section.  He holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona.  In addition to being the author of the book Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, he is the author of numerous articles published by the Department of Justice, the IACP, the Police Service of New South Wales and the FBI.  He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and resides in Bend, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona.