Selby Smith

DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge (Ret.), Assistant Chief of Police (Fmr.), Major USAFR Security Forces (Ret.)

Selby retired from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).  He started as a street agent working undercover in Los Angeles investigating International Drug Trafficking Organizations and rose through the DEA ranks to become one of its executive leaders.  Selby has worked in seven different DEA offices including assignments in Los Angeles, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. He became an instructor for DEA teaching the various skills needed for any criminal investigator to be successful.  Selby developed a Human Intelligence course which hundreds of law enforcement personnel throughout the U.S. have attended.  After his DEA career, Selby was appointed the Chief of Detectives for Spokane (WA) Police Department for several years.  With 32 years of combined federal and local law enforcement experience, Selby continues to teach investigators the skills needed to infiltrate criminal organizations.

Selby holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, and has taught numerous law enforcement classes to agencies across the United States, at conferences, and at local community colleges.    

Course Taught:  Human Intelligence; Informants and Street Operations Planning