Larry E. Swanson
Larry, is a retired, former US Customs Supervisory Inspector, who spent over 25 years, of his 31 years, on the US Southern Border assigned to the Port of Nogales, Arizona. During this 31-year career, Larry was assigned to US Customs Ports at Seattle, Toronto, Nogales, and Miami. In 1980, while assigned at Miami, Larry had the fortunate opportunity to work with and learn from Inspector Prospero Ellis. Impressed with Prospero’s skill at “reading people” and his successful use of interpreting behavioral analysis, upon his return to Nogales, AZ, Larry spent the next 23 years immersing himself into learning, understanding, and teaching this craft called Behavioral Symptoms Analysis (BSA)

· 20 years experience in training Behavioral Symptoms Analysis to US Customs and other Law Enforcement agencies, such as; US Immigration, US Border Patrol, Department of Agriculture, Federal Probation, Fish and Wildlife and many state and local agencies


· Developed and produced behavioral analysis training material and handbooks for Custom Inspector Training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Brunswick, Georgia, in addition to local training programs


· 31 years of law enforcement experience interdicting Customs, State and Local violators, while conducting either inbound or outbound inspections


· Participated and supervised various law enforcement specialty teams at the Port of Nogales, focusing primarily on inbound and outbound inspections for interdicting violators.


· Recipient of numerous local and national awards, plaques or certificates relating to law enforcement interdictions, including the “Customs Blue Eagle” unit citation award, the highest award presented by US Customs.


· A cumulated impressive career record of narcotic and currency seizures, stolen vehicle recoveries and the arrest of a myriad of border crossing violators, during his Customs career.

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