Dave Shearman

David Shearman is a 35-year law enforcement, military, and private sector veteran whose distinguished career has taken him around the world on a variety of missions, assignments, and covert operations. His law enforcement experience is as expansive, broad, and diverse as his worldwide travels. He has worked for federal, county, large municipal, and university agencies.

Beginning as a CRASH Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, a Deputy Sheriff with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, a Federal Air Marshal, the founding Chief of Police for a university police department, and a Security Protective Specialist and Agent in Charge of High Threat Protection for the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, where he commanded U.S. Diplomatic Motorcades throughout Iraq.

His Dignitary Protection experience spans the globe as he commanded missions in Europe, the Middle East, South America, the Far East, and North America. His military experience spans over twenty years with service as a Sergeant in the Marine Corps and a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. When he is not traveling around the globe, Dave is a columnist for The Leavenworth Times newspaper under the column name “Viper One Six”, which was his military call sign in Afghanistan.