The RIGHT investigator for your case!

Joseph "Joe" DeSimone, Licensed Private Investigator, Notary Public and Police Sergeant (RET) is the founder and owner of SannECURE Investigations and Security. 

He was issued Private Investigator/WatchGuard License (LP1053*) by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 2018. Until his retirement from law enforcement in 2021 he was one of only a very small handful of active, sworn Massachusetts police officers approved to hold such licensing. 

As a sworn, active police sergeant he could only begin to apply for licensing after first being advised by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Ethics Commission and being vetted by the police commissioner and the department's and city's legal advisors/counsel (resulting in several restrictions due his employment as a police officer). 

After incorporating with the Commonwealth, he applied for licensing, was subjected to a background check by the Massachusetts State Police and eventually licensed as a Private Investigator. It was a much more difficult process than usual, and it is why there are so very few active police officers with such licenses. 

He has almost 34 years of law enforcement experience and spent 32 years working at the fifth largest Massachusetts police department. This department serves nearly 120,000 residents in one of the most densely populated, highly diverse and demanding urban communities in the country.

Joe spent nearly 20 years as a detective/detective sergeant in the Major Crime Unit. He worked and/or supervised cases ranging from bike thefts to murder. 

He has experience in the Anti-Gang Unit and Patrol (as an officer and a patrol sergeant). 

Joe is also a Commonwealth of Massachusetts Certified Basic Firearms Safety Instructor.

 SIGNIFICANT TRAINING RESULTING IN DIPLOMA, CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATION, ETC.,  AS OF 3/28/2022

 INVESTIGATION

Advanced Homicide/Violent Crimes Investigation Course (FBI/IHIA) 

Advanced Practical Homicide Investigation 

Investigating Ambiguous Deaths 

Eyewitness Evidence, Homicide, and Interrogation 

Advanced Investigations

 Response to Suspicious Death & Homicide Scenes 

Practical Homicide Investigation 

Death Investigation Training 

Advanced Interviewing for Investigators 

Advanced Reid Techniques of Interviewing & Interrogation 

Reid Techniques of Interviewing & Interrogation 

Advanced Wicklander-Zulawski Interview and Interrogation 

Wicklander-Zulawski Interview and Interrogation 

Interview and Interrogation for Law Enforcement

Intro. To Intelligence Analysis: Investigative Tools and Techniques

Law Enforcement  Interviews and Body Language Interpretation Techniques 

 Digital Evidence: The Crime, the Scene, the Trial- Putting it All Together 

 Linguistic Statement Analysis Technique 

 Interviews and Body Language Techniques

  Interviewing and Survival/Officer Safety Interview-Interrogation 

 Excellence in Responding to Trial Defense Questions

ASIS Interview/Interrogation

 Introductory Detective Training  Intro to Death Investigation

 Basic Investigation

 Money Laundering  

Advanced Rape and Sexual Assault Investigation

 ViCAP Sexual Assault/Stalking-FBI Missing and Exploited Children -NCMEC 

Sexual Deviance in the New Millennium 

 Teen Dating Violence 

 Awareness S.T.A.R. (Strategies to Target Abuse Reduction) 

Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Investigations 

Domestic Violence Investigation

 Law Enforcement Photography for Domestic Violence Investigations 

  Domestic Violence/Crime Scene Photography 

Basic Rape Investigation 

Basic Narcotics Investigation

  Advanced Gang School 

Advanced Gang Investigation 

Kids, Gangs, Guns & Violence (A National Emergency)

 Asian Organized Crime Gang Violence & Gang Graffiti  Conference

 Protecting Our Children- A Comprehensive Program for LE  Identification and Investigation of Child Physical Abuse Cases  

Project Safe Childhood/ICAC   

Beyond Basics: Strategies to Combat Elder Abuse in Institutional Settings 

Secure USA Investigative Search Network Training  

Video Surveillance Techniques 

Video Surveillance for Drug and Border Investigations  

Social Media: Opportunities and Challenges 

Cyber Investigations 

Social Networking Investigations

Basic Fingerprint Recovery 

Buccal/DNA Collection  

Gun Shot Residue Kit  

Mobile Phone Certification  

Middlesex Count District Attorney’s Office Annual Training 

Crime 101/Cyber-Investigation 101 (STOP)  

Law Enforcement Photography (Polaroid)

  Crime Scene Photography 

 Evidence Identification and Collection 

 LEAPS/CJIS Certification 

C.O.R.I./Board of Probation Clearance and Certification 

SUPERVISION/LIABILITY

Command Training for Superior Officers-

New England Institute of Law Enforcement Management

Teaching Police Department Initiative- Roger Williams University

Instructor Development/Train the Trainer

Internal Affairs: Legal, Operational & Community Issues

Diversity Training 

Crisis Intervention Team 

Supervisor Liability

Supervisor Training Course

City Diversity Training

LEAPS/CJIS Policies & Procedures

INTELLIGENCE

Developing & Operating a Terrorist Interdiction Unit-NCIS

NCAVC (Behavioral Analysis, Child Abduction/Serial Murder, Violent Criminal Apprehension-FBI)

Introductory Intelligence Analyst Tr. Program (FLETC)

Criminal Intelligence Sharing: Protecting Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

OSINT/Open-Source Intelligence (MCTC)

Psychology of School Threat Assessment
The Terrorist Mindset

PROTECTION

Executive & Dignitary Protection

Planning Motorcade Training -US State Department/LAPD 

Law Enforcement Officers Flying Armed 

Training/CERT -DHS/MA Parole Board

First Responder

CPR

AED

LEOSA (SHEEPODOG)

ICS/FEMA/NIMS

Critical Incident Management

Incident Command System for Federal Disaster Workers
IS-700 NIMS System

IS-010-Animals in Disaster, Awareness & Preparedness

IS-015 Special Events Contingency Planning

IS-00240 Leadership & Influence

 
IS-547-Introduction To COOP 

IS-650 Building Partnerships in Tribal Communities 

IS-XX Continuity of Operations Plan

PATROL

Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training 

Academy/Basic Training for Police Officers

Interview and Interrogation for Patrol

Criminal Interdiction Encountering the Drug Trafficker

Patrol Interdiction Training for Patrol Officers 

Trauma Management for LE

Defensive Tactics For LE

The Street Survival Seminar 

Street Crimes 

Identifying Impostors Standardized Field

 Sobriety Testing (MPTC)

PR24 Basic Certification

Radar-doppler 

LIDAR Radar Training

Breath Testing and Analysis (Breathalyzer)

 Certification

Oleoresin Capsicum Certification

OFFICER SURVIVAL

FBI LEOKA: Officer Safety & Street Survival Training

Advanced Officer Survival

Advanced Defensive Tactics

Emotional Survival for LE 

Bulletproof Mind 

Street Survival (Tactical Edge) 

Street Survival (Win)

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

District Attorney/Attorney General Training i.e., Police Manual, Search warrant, 51A/domestic violence, law updates, etc. 8

32 years of yearly academy training (Policies, Procedures, Legal Updates, Firearms Qualifications, etc.)

Continuing education/seminars related to promotional examinations

ASIS CPP Seminar 2019

LEOSA Training

NRA Pistol Instructor Certification

CPCS Investigations-LPDAM

Private Investigation (on-going training) 

Joe has qualified for, and in order to stay abreast of the best training, protocols, techniques, etc., maintains affiliation/membership with the following:

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) 

National Defender Investigation Association (NDIA)

BOD/Massachusetts Licensed Private Detective Association of Massachusetts (LPDAM)

US Association of Private Investigators (USAPI)    

International Association of Homicide Investigators (IAHI) 

American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)

International Public Safety Association (IPSA) 

International Chiefs of Police Association (IACP)   

Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)

 International Police Association (IPA)

Massachusetts Police Association (MPA)

 American Association of Notaries (AAI)

Kenel has nearly thirty years of law enforcement experience, including investigative experience. He has decades of experience in traffic enforcement. He retired in February 2021. 

A native of Haiti, he is fluent in Haitian Creole (Kreol Ayisyen), French and Spanish.

Shawn is SannECURE's in-house certified latent fingerprint examiner (CLPE). She has been in the field for over 25 years and is trained to rigorously follow Office of Scientific Areas Committee (OSAC) standards. 

She directs her own lab and has AFIS input abilities. She designs evidence labs and conducts advanced training in fingerprint techniques and crime scene protocols across the country. She also advises and consults on fingerprint/crime scene issues. 

Cal  is a very experienced investigator who was assigned to the Vice/Narcotics Unit for many years. He was  also assigned to the DEA TASK FORCE for 6 years.  

Upon returning to his department he spent another decade assigned to the  Major Crime Unit prior to his retirement.

Jack has 32 years of law enforcement experience, the majority of that time as an investigator in the Major Crime Unit. He retired from law enforcement and is excited to remain involved in investigations! 

Nancy has almost 35 years of experience as a Middlesex County Probation Officer and brings an amazing wealth of knowledge to SannECURE. 

She has vast experience with probation violations/surrenders, C.H.I.N.S. issues, GAL/supervised visits, DCF, schools, Probate Court, disposition recommendations, treatment options, referrals and mental health/substance/sex offender evaluations and recommendations, etc... 

Donny was a legendary "street cop" known to younger cops as one of the "three wise men" due his incredible street smarts. He was a true role model.

Donny moved on to become a stellar detective in the Major Crime Unit at his police department before retiring. 

We can not give too much info here but if you are a divorce attorney, suspicious spouse, a business owner wary about integrity in your organization or in need of a true undercover investigator (who will arouse no suspicion), give us a call. 

Long-time bomb technician, SWAT/SRT member, K9 handler......Peter helps us with   our "special investigations" and other projects.

Mr. Farnsworth handles most of our background checks, online research, employment verifications, requests, etc.

He is a crafty, tenacious and dedicated investigator.