Dr. Mike Knetzger is a 29-year veteran (retired) street cop and front-line leader in “Titletown, USA”—Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is a doctoral-level educator, trainer, author, and speaker who has trained law enforcement officers throughout Wisconsin and nationally.
Dr. Knetzger is a criminal justice subject matter expert with a research focus on video-recorded use-of-force (UOF), leadership, conflict communications, and resiliency. He was the first to carry out an exploratory study with Wisconsin police managers about the management of video-recorded UOF to determine objective reasonableness.
To help improve law enforcement outcomes for agencies and the communities they serve, Dr. Knetzger’s courses integrate evidence-based practices. He also delivers courses on leadership and conflict communications skills to the private and public sectors.
Dr. Knetzger is an adjunct faculty instructor in the doctoral program at Colorado Technical University (CTU)—Colorado Springs (CO), and he teaches within the criminal justice program at Northeast Wisconsin Technical (NWTC)—Green Bay (WI).
In 2019, Dr. Knetzger received the “J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Award” from the American Police Hall of Fame in Titusville, Florida. The award is given to law enforcement officers who seek and complete additional training and education to gain new skills in criminal justice and are dedicated to helping others.
Additionally, Dr. Knetzger has written, evaluated, or revised more than 30 traditional, online, and hybrid courses for colleges and universities. He is the author of four books and numerous textbook chapters. As an expert, Dr. Knetzger published several articles in law enforcement-related magazines, such as Police 1.