Tyler Sutherland

Tyler Sutherland has been a police officer for over 18 years in the state of Michigan. He currently holds the rank of Detective at his law enforcement agency, and is the owner of Resilient Response LLC, a Law Enforcement Training Company. Before being promoted to Detective, Tyler worked as a road patrol officer for five years, and then assigned to his department’s Gang Suppression Unit for 8 years. Tyler received his bachelor’s degree from Adrian College, while majoring in criminal justice, and a minor in psychology.

As a member of his department’s Gang Unit and Detective Bureau, Tyler has been the lead investigator in several gang, and violent criminal cases involving evidence with cell phones, social media, narcotics, writing and executing search warrants, surveillance techniques, undercover drug buys, managing confidential informants, and interview and interrogation techniques. These investigations resulted in several hundred hours of courtroom testimony and trial experience for Tyler.

While participating in all aspects of gang investigations and court room prosecution, Tyler has been qualified as, and testified as an expert in gangs, drug trafficking, identifying armed subjects, and cell phone records analyses in U.S. Federal Court, Michigan State Circuit Court, and Michigan State District Court several times in in his police career.

Tyler is a Defensive Tactics Instructor, Firearms Instructor, a Patrol Training Officer, a Task Force Officer for Homeland Security Investigations, and an adjunct teaching instructor at Kellogg Community College Police Academy. After several hundred hours of training, education, research, and on the job experience, Tyler has developed several Law Enforcement Training Courses within his law enforcement training company, Resilient Response LLC., such as Tactical Street Enforcement, Street Gang Investigations, Gang Expert Testimony, Understanding Use of Force, and Courtroom Testimony.

As a member of the Gang Unit and Detective Bureau, Tyler Sutherland has been the lead investigator in a number of gang and violent crime cases involving cell phone investigations, drug investigations, writing and executing search warrants, surveillance techniques, undercover drug buys, and managing confidential informants. These investigations resulted in several hours of courtroom trial experiences, and jury convictions.

While participating in all aspects of gang investigations and court room prosecution, Detective Sutherland, has been qualified as, and testified as a gang expert, in Federal U.S. District Court, Michigan State Circuit Court, and Michigan State District Court, more than 15 times in in his police career. One of these gang cases was the first criminal gang enhancement jury conviction in the State of Michigan since the state statute was created. The Michigan State Supreme Court placed its first opinion on the record about gang expert testimony in the state of Michigan, as a result of Detective Sutherland's testimony.

In addition, Detective Tyler Sutherland has also been recognized in Michigan State District Court and Circuit Court as an expert in drug trafficking, identifying armed subjects, and cell phone records analyses. Detective Sutherland is a Defensive Tactics Instructor, Firearms Instructor, a Patrol Training Officer, and an adjunct teaching instructor at Kellogg Community College Police Academy. After several hundred hours of training, education, research, and on the job experience, Tyler has developed several Law Enforcement Training Courses related to Officer Safety Tactics, Hybrid Street Gangs, and Courtroom Testimony.