Dale J. Seymour

Mr. Seymour is a US Air Force veteran who obtained his BA from the University of Hartford after his military service. He began his law enforcement career with the Hartford, CT Police Department where he performed a wide range of patrol and administrative duties, including specialization in accident investigations, and completing graduate courses in Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven.

In 1974, Mr. Seymour became a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, US Department of Justice, where he served with distinction in Hartford and Bridgeport, CT until 1997. He coordinated diverse DEA investigations with the FBI, IRS, Secret Service, Customs, BATF, FINCEN, Interpol, and New Scotland Yard. He worked directly with law enforcement authorities in England, France and Israel, together with the US Attorney’s office, the Connecticut State Police and local authorities in obtaining numerous indictments and convictions of individuals and organizations engaged in international money laundering, drug trafficking and related crimes. He also frequently acted as a DEA spokesperson, created and delivered specialized training programs for law enforcement officials throughout New England, and served as a Trauma Team Member for DEA employees and their families.

Mr. Seymour became an Associate Director at Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS AG) in 1997. He led all investigations of financial fraud and traditional crimes at Corporate Headquarters in Stamford, CT and a dozen offices throughout the US, as well as many fraud incidents in South America and Mexico City. He coordinated these activities with bank legal staff, senior management, outside counsel and federal and local law enforcement agencies. He also supervised the background investigations of employees and managed the travel safety awareness program.

During his DEA career, Mr. Seymour received five awards for Exceptional Achievement, and numerous letters of commendation from the United States Attorney's office and other law enforcement agencies. He has been qualified as an expert witness in Federal Court for the District of Connecticut in the fields of drug investigation and financial records of drug trafficking. On May 1, 2001 Mr. Seymour received the United States Attorney’s Award, from the District of Connecticut, for trial preparation assistance in two separate complicated and crucial prosecutions after being retained as an expert witness for those cases.

Mr. Seymour has completed a training program at OSHA headquarters regarding OSHA standards and compliance, on behalf of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and served as a DEA Safety Officer. He has performed Security Assessments at over thirty exclusive residential properties, Fortune 50 Corporations, private educational facilities, and at numerous State of Connecticut facilities, including the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office, The Connecticut Lottery Corporation and many Regional Vocational-Technical Schools. He has attended numerous seminars regarding technology and its application to building security and safety. He holds the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Board Certified designation from the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS Intl), and served as Chairman of its Southern Connecticut Chapter for the years 1999 and 2000

From November 2, 2002 until November 2, 2004 Mr. Seymour resumed his employment with the United States Department of Justice, accepting a two-year appointment at the United State’s Attorney’s Office for the Federal District of Connecticut at New Haven as the Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Officer. He was granted a Top Secret security clearance by the US Department of Justice. His duties and responsibilities for the newly created position included intelligence gathering, analysis and dissemination to the other members of the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council, as well as liaison with a wide variety of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. He represented the United States Attorney’s Office at numerous steering committee meetings addressing the vital topics of Port Security, Airport Security, Drinking Water Security and other matters concerned with safeguarding the infrastructure of the State of Connecticut and the United States of America. He was also appointed the District Office Security Manager for all three offices and was responsible for overall safety and security, storage of classified information, liaison with security vendors and responding to safety and security related incidents. He received two Sustained Superior Performance awards for his work during this time frame.