J. Branch Walton

Branch is currently Associate Dean of Student Services, Henley Putnam University. This on-line university specializes in professional studies in Intelligence, Protection Management and Terrorism-Counterterrorism studies for military, law enforcement, security and intelligence professionals. He was formerly the Manager of Safety and Security Compliance at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Mr. Walton has more than 40 years direct experience in federal law enforcement, private security and college teaching. He retired from the United States Secret Service after a 21-year career. Assignments included Special Agent-in-Charge of a field office, instructor and Assistant Agent-in-Charge of the Office of Training, investigative and protective assignments at 3 field offices and security details for Presidents Nixon, Carter and Reagan.   Prior to his USSS time, Mr. Walton was a commissioned officer in the U. S. Marine Corps, and special agent with the Office of Naval Intelligence (now NCIS).

After retirement, he served briefly with the U S Attorney’s Office in Springfield as the Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee representative. Other post retirement activity included Director of Corporate Security for Cummins Engine Co. responsible for world-wide security operations. He also served as the Chief of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s (FLETC) Management Institute, criminal justice instructor at Indiana University at Bloomington, IN. He is past President of the National Association for Bank Security-Profit Protection, LLC, a company specializing in security and compliance training for the banking industry. Most recently he was Airport Manager of Operations Training at Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood -International Airport.

He is a well-known speaker and author on workplace violence, executive protection, identity theft, school safety and other security topics. He continues to instruct at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Counter Terrorism Division and DHS in the fields of physical and operations security. He is a past or current adjunct faculty member of the criminal justice department of six universities and has authored numerous articles, a book, and book chapters and consulted on several workplace violence training videos. He has been a volunteer with the Identity Theft Resource Center since 2004.