Interview and Interrogation

Paul Francois is a retired lieutenant from the San Jose Police Department with 29 years of law enforcement experience. Paul’s previous assignments include: Patrol Watch Commander, Detective and Supervisor in the Physical Child Abuse Unit, Detective in the Sexual Assault Investigation Unit, Field Training Program Supervisor, and the Office of the Chief of Police in Research and Development. Paul has also received the Police Academy Instructor of the Year Award.

Sergeant Enrique Garcia has been with the San Jose Police Department since 1986. He was a Reserve Officer for 5 years while working as a Manager in the High Tech industry. Enrique is currently assigned to the Office of the Chief of Police as a supervisor in the Media Relations Unit. He has worked assignments in the FTO Program, Sexual Assault Investigation Unit, Homicide Unit, and in the Robbery Unit. Enrique has also received the Investigative Excellence Award, California P.O.S.T. – Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation.

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Lt. Brian K. Spears has been with the San Jose Police Department since 1997. He is formerly the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Commander as well as the Child Exploit Detail Supervisor. Brian is also a sworn member of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force. He has hosted and facilitated various law enforcement symposiums on child exploitation. In addition, Brian has served as a detective in Homicide, Assaults, and Financial Crimes.

Larry Day is a retired sergeant for the San Jose Police Department with work experience and expertise in Robbery Investigations, Street Gangs, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Narcotics, the DEA Task Force, the FBI Task Force (Asian Organized Crime), Field Training, and Intelligence. Sgt. Day also has worked as a General Detective where he investigated Homicide, Robbery, and Sexual Assault cases. In addition to Robbery Investigation, Sgt. Day teaches courses on Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Surveillance, Informant Development, Gang Homicide Investigation, and Prison Gangs.

Sgt. Rafael Varela has been with the San Jose Police Department since 1999. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from San Jose State University. Rafael is currently assigned as a patrol supervisor. He has worked assignments as a Robbery Detective, Task Force Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Task Force Officer with the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement (BNE), Special Operations METRO Unit and Patrol. Rafael received California Narcotic Officers Association (CNOA) Narcotics Officer of the Year Award in 2012.

Sgt. JJ Vallejo has worked for both the Redwood City Police Department and the San Jose Police Department where he began in 2002. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology from San Jose State University. JJ is currently assigned as a patrol supervisor. He has worked assignments as an FTO, Undercover Officer with the SJPD Narcotic Covert Investigations Unit (NCI), as a homicide detective, and as a Union Labor Representative with both the Redwood City POA and the San Jose POA.

Will Manion is a retired Sergeant for the San Jose Police Department. Sgt. Manion started his police career in 1989 and in 27 years of service worked the Narcotic Enforcement Team, Merge (SWAT) Team, DEA Task Force, Homicide Detective and Airport Security Sergeant. Sgt. Manion received (7) major police awards including California Post Investigator of the year award for a Homicide Case where a convicted person was exonerated of a murder he did not commit. 

Randy Wagner

Randy Wagner recently retired from the DEA as the Assistant Regional Director of DEA’s Middle East Region located in Ankara, Turkey. In this capacity, Randy was responsible for the managerial oversight operationally and administratively for nine DEA Country Offices which covered 32 countries in the Middle East. Prior to his Middle East assignment, Randy served as an Office of Professional Responsibility Inspector, Resident Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Santa Rosa Office, where he also served as the NORCAL HIDTA Initiative Commander, Group Supervisor of a HIDTA Enforcement Group in Honolulu, Hawaii and DEA Marijuana Eradication Coordinator for Hawaii, Guam and Saipan. In 2013, Randy was recognized by the NORCAL HIDTA as the Initiative Commander of the Year for his leadership and efforts targeting large drug trafficking organizations in Northern California. Randy began his DEA career assigned to the El Paso, Texas Field Division as a Special Agent in 1998. Prior to DEA, Randy was an Atlanta Police Officer for five years. Randy has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of West Georgia.