Lanny M. Bergeron

In June of 1989, Lanny's law enforcement career began by going to work for the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Department in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Lanny was a deputy assigned to the patrol division, where he excelled in street level drug interdiction. His street level narcotics arrests were the highest among his peers during this assignment. Due to his outstanding performance in street level drug arrest and seizures he was transferred to the Bureau of Investigative Division where he fine tuned his skills as a detective. During his assignment in Detectives, Lanny refined his interviewing skills which resulted in an increase of case resolutions.

Four years later, Lanny was hired by a professional and accredited State Police agency. Upon the successful completion of the State Police Academy he was assigned to the State Police Patrol Division where he once again excelled in his patrol duties. True to his gifts of strong self-motivation and solid work ethics, he quickly established himself as a leader among his peers and supervisors alike, making numerous criminal arrests. With one year on the job as a road Trooper, Lanny was asked to serve on the State Police Criminal Patrols Team. The Criminal Patrols Section is revered as a privileged assignment, reserved to the few who operate above the rest. To be asked to join the ranks of the State Police Criminal Patrol's Section for a young Trooper was an honor.

In 1994, Lanny was assigned to the Criminal Patrols Section, that Lanny has been credited with seizing approximately   $132,363,276.00 worth of narcotics and assets. The total effect of this teams accomplishments resulted in a reputation that considered them one of the top teams in the nation. In 1998, the Troop Commander asked Lanny to become the supervising team leader for the Criminal Patrols Section. Due to the outstanding performance of the Troops Criminal Patrol Section's performance under the supervision of Lanny, he was assigned to be the Regional Coordinator for the State Police Criminal Patrol Teams throughout the Region.

Lanny has successfully completed over 1,500 hours of training, specifically in the field of criminal interdiction. He has attended over 26 different schools relating solely to interdiction, which entails an interview/interrogation specific program accompanied by a course in survival Spanish.

In the course of Lanny's career as a Criminal Patrol and Interdiction Officer, he has been involved in multiple Federal and State narcotic related trials where he has testified as an Expert Witness. Some of his testimonies in these cases have found their way to be published in the States Court of Appeals.

More and more, Lanny's natural gifts began to be recognized as very beneficial. In 1997, Lanny became an instructor of criminal interdiction at the State Police Academy.

Due to Lanny's above average performance as an Interdiction Officer with the State Police, he was asked to become an Associate Staff Instructor with the United States Department of Transportation/Drug Interdiction Assistance Program and also the Drug Enforcement Agency/El Paso Intelligence Center. It was during this time where Lanny instructed over 5,000 Law Enforcement Officers, both nationally and internationally, in the field of Criminal Interdiction. Lanny has served as an instructor for the United States Department of Transportation/DIAP in the field of Trucks and Terrorism for several years.

Lanny is unquestionably considered an expert in the field of Criminal Patrols and Commercial Motor Vehicle Interdiction. In 2001, he designed the first presentation regarding decoy/follow vehicles, which was later introduced at the DIAP Conference in Missouri. Lanny designed an easy to understand presentation that allows officers to effortlessly dissect commercial motor vehicle documents.

Lanny currently serves as a Lieutenant with the State Police. Lanny is assigned to the Patrol Division where he serves as  statewide supervisor of the Criminal Patrol/K-9 Coordinator.