About Thomas L Chittum
Tom Chittum is an Lawyer; Adjunct Law Professor; retired Federal Law Enforcement chief; and previous Public Safety Tech Executive. He proudly served the U.S. for almost 27 years, retiring in 2022 from the Dept. of Justice as Associate Deputy Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF). He teaches “Firearms Law and the Second Amendment” at UNLV. He become also Senior VP of Forensic Services at SoundThinking, Inc., the maker of ShotSpotter.
He is licensed to exercise law in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, and consults national. His exercise makes a speciality of investigations; firearms regulation; the Second Amendment; crook justice issues; and public protection era, operations, and policy.
Tom’s law enforcement profession started out in his domestic kingdom of West Virginia. As a federal agent, he enforced a wide variety of federal crook legal guidelines, particularly related to firearms, explosives, arson, and violent crime. He labored considerably in undercover assignments and often testified as an professional witness on firearm subjects. Over the path of his profession, he has also testified extra than 100 instances as a truth witness. Tom retired as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ATF and a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES).
Tom became Senior Vice President of Forensic Services at SoundThinking, Inc. (formerly ShotSpotter), and lead a group of experts assisting the included use of facts, precision policing gear, and forensic proof to stumble on, inspect, and prosecute gun crimes. His group also helped researchers higher apprehend, examine, and file on gun violence and the effectiveness of crime discount efforts.
As an Adjunct Professor at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, Tom teaches “Firearms Law & the Second Amendment,” a perspective-impartial examination of the records, constitutional doctrine, and current state of firearms regulation in America. › ›
He is licensed to exercise law in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, and consults national. His exercise makes a speciality of investigations; firearms regulation; the Second Amendment; crook justice issues; and public protection era, operations, and policy.
Tom’s law enforcement profession started out in his domestic kingdom of West Virginia. As a federal agent, he enforced a wide variety of federal crook legal guidelines, particularly related to firearms, explosives, arson, and violent crime. He labored considerably in undercover assignments and often testified as an professional witness on firearm subjects. Over the path of his profession, he has also testified extra than 100 instances as a truth witness. Tom retired as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ATF and a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES).
Tom became Senior Vice President of Forensic Services at SoundThinking, Inc. (formerly ShotSpotter), and lead a group of experts assisting the included use of facts, precision policing gear, and forensic proof to stumble on, inspect, and prosecute gun crimes. His group also helped researchers higher apprehend, examine, and file on gun violence and the effectiveness of crime discount efforts.
As an Adjunct Professor at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, Tom teaches “Firearms Law & the Second Amendment,” a perspective-impartial examination of the records, constitutional doctrine, and current state of firearms regulation in America. › ›