Robert Farley, MS

Consultant

Crimes Against Children

H10 INVESTIGATING SERIOUS PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSE CASES: WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? PART 1

I10 INVESTIGATING SERIOUS PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSE CASES: WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? PART 2

Robert Farley, M.S. is a 30 year veteran of the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department in Chicago, IL. As a highly decorated Detective, Deputy US Marshal, and Unit Supervisor, he has had over 28 years experience investigating and supervising all aspects of child abuse investigations from sexual abuse to child homicide.  When he retired in May 2003 he was the Commanding Officer of the Sheriff’s Police, Child Exploitation Unit.

As an internationally recognized expert, consultant, author, and instructor in child abuse investigative techniques, Robert has trained tens of thousands of police officers, federal agents, attorneys, social workers, and other professionals.  He has conducted hundreds of training seminars in 49 of the 50 states, the FBI Academy in Quantico, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in GA.

As an international consultant for INTERPOL, Microsoft, and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children since 2003, Robert has conducted training seminars at INTERPOL’s headquarters in France and New Scotland Yard’s High Tech Crime Center in England.  He has also conducted training seminars in Russia, South Africa, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Croatia, Spain, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, Romania, Costa Rica, Japan, Norway, and the Kingdom of Jordan.

Robert has a MS in Criminal Justice and a BS in Education from Chicago State University.