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KEN BELL
Kenneth Bell is a 36 year veteran of law enforcement experience. He worked 21 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department before transferring to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Bureau of Investigation. He has 25 years of experience working in all aspects of juvenile street gangs. He is one of the original detectives assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department street gang unit. After a long and distinguished career, Ken Bell has recently retired from the District Attorney's Office, where he was assigned to the "Hard Core Gang Unit"
Ken Bell is a nationally recognized street gang expert, who continues to train and consult for law enforcement agencies, school personnel, community and parent groups. Ken also lectures to many school and church youth groups regarding; recognizing street gang mannerisms, antisocial behavioral patterns and motivational talks.
Ken was a teacher for the LA Unified and Centinella Valley school districts teaching for thirteen years, teaching a class called "Student and the Law."
Ken is presently a faculty member of UC Davis, Golden West College and St Petersburg College. Ken is also a 20 year member of the Board of Education in Duarte, California.
Ken has been the subject of award winning media documentaries and was twice selected as the outstanding instructor by the California District Attorney Association. In 1993, Ken received the "Jamison Award," which is an annual award for the outstanding LA County District Attorney Investigator. He was also awarded the "Career Achievement Award," by the Black Peace Officers association in 1994. In 1999, The California District Attorneys Association selected Ken as the top investigator of the year. Ken was the subject of a top rated documentary on BET television, titled "American Gangster" in 2007- and "Kody Scott (Monster) in 2008 and several gang documentaries titled "Gangland" on the History Channel and National Geographic Channel in 2008. |
