Dwight
Van Horn
 Dwight retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department in
May 1999 after completing a law enforcement career that spanned over 28
years. Dwight’s first law enforcement job was with the Trenton (New
Jersey) Police Department, where he worked for nearly seven years in
Patrol, Vice and Special Investigation assignments.
Dwight then relocated to Southern California, taking a job with the
Hermosa Beach Police Department, where he worked for nearly two years in
patrol. He also had collateral duties as a Field Training Officer and
Rangemaster.
Dwight then took a Job with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department, where he worked assignments in Custody, Patrol and as a
firearms instructor. In 1985 Dwight was selected to work in the
Firearms Identification Section of the Sheriff’s Crime Lab. During his
14 year tour at the lab, Dwight worked several hundred firearm
homicides, which included nearly 200 officer-involved shootings. Among
the cases in which Dwight worked was the double murder of two Compton
Police Department police officers, and the murder of a Manhattan Beach
Police Officer. Both cases resulted in the death penalty convictions
for the suspects.
Dwight was an instructor for The Robert G. Presley Institute of
Criminal Investigation and has taught many agencies on Officer Involved
Shootings, Firearms Crime Scene Investigation and other Forensic
Firearms Issues.
Dwight has
an AA degree in Criminal Justice from Mercer County Community College in
Trenton, NJ. |
