Cuba: An Observational Perspective on the Function of Police in Country
Rande W. Matteson, CFE, Ph.D.
Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL
Author
Rande W. Matteson, CFE, Ph.D.
Dr. Matteson is the Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at Saint Leo University. He is a retired 32-year career law enforcement officer having served in progressively responsible leadership and field positions in local, state and federal agencies. He earned his Doctorate in Corporate Leadership and is a certified fraud examiner, hostage negotiator and in international marine maritime security.
During his career, he was assigned to Domestic, Foreign Attaché and Headquarters Offices as a Supervisory Special Agent, as a field Special Agent, a Pilot, as a Program Special Operations Manager, an Educator and as a Multi-Agency Task Force Manager.
Dr. Matteson began his career serving as a uniformed police officer and was later promoted into various positions including the Criminal Investigation Division. His breadth of experience includes street crime to complex international and corporate crime.
During his career, Dr. Matteson has been qualified in federal and state courts as an expert witness and recognized for his investigative contributions in numerous high profile investigations.
Dr. Matteson served as a new basic agent-training counselor and was permanently assigned to the FBI-DEA Academy serving as a Senior Instructor and Course Developer and Manager in the Leadership-Field Management Training Unit responsible for leadership training of all DEA and outside partner agency managers.
His background includes complex multinational overt and covert investigative operations inclusive of violations of federal and state statutes. He was selected as the agency representative and served for an extended assignment at the Counter-Terrorism Operations Center coordinating proactive terrorism operations at the U.S. Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Abstract
In this paper the author shares observations of traveling to Cuba in completing an observational research study on law enforcement in Cuba. The island culture, people and government are members of the Communist Party and were found to be similar to capitalists seeking opportunities to earn money from unsanctioned government and covert business enterprises dismissing concern for personal risk from government intervention.
