Jere Joiner
Course Director

Jere Joiner's career in law enforcement began in Shreveport, La. He was educated at Louisiana Tech University and Centenary College of Louisiana.
In 1969, Mr. Joiner became a supervisor of the chemical test section, Shreveport Police Department, after attending a Breathalyzer supervisor's course at Indiana University. He also assisted in setting up the chemical test program for the state of Louisiana.

In 1970, Mr. Joiner was invited to join Prof. Borkenstein, Bill Picton of the RCMP, Hans Klette of the University of Lund, Sweden and Tadamichi Hochi of Japan in working on a research project for the U.S. Department of Transportation.

In the 1980s, following his retirement as Shreveport's captain of detectives, Mr. Joiner became biannual course director for Prof. Borkenstein at the Center for Studies of Law in Action.

Currently, Mr. Joiner is a working journalist in Woodland Park, Colo. He writes several news articles, an occasional editorial and a trademarked column called "PIKESPEAK." He has been published in the Denver Post, National Safety Council's "Traffic" magazine and a variety of trade magazines.

Mr. Joiner is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. In 1987 he was president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter (Colorado and Wyoming) of the FBI National Academy Associates.

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