Retired as Deputy Director Western Campus, North Carolina Justice Academy, Don Rabon was formerly the Manager of the Investigations Center of the North Carolina Justice Academy in the North Carolina Department of Justice. His knowledge includes law enforcement experience in rural and municipal law enforcement agencies. Instructional areas include: corporate security operations, interviewing, rapport building, interrogation, persuasion, detecting deception, investigations and investigative discourse analysis.

Over a period of 30 years, instruction and investigative assistance has been provided to investigators in 44 states, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Belgium, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Ireland and England. In addition, training has been provided to Federal, State and Local Criminal Justice Personnel, NATO Counterintelligence Personnel (from The United Kingdom, Norway, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, France, Spain and Holland), as well as the private sector investigative and corporate security personnel.

Participants have included the Legal Division, North Carolina Department of Justice, the United States Secret Service, the Law Enforcement Communication Center, and the Behavioral Science Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Quantico, VA, the US Army C.I.D., the US Army Intelligence – Counter- intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, The SEC, Banking Administrators, Auditors, and Investigators, IBM, The Coca-Cola Company, Probation and Parole, Housing Authority Investigators, Insurance and Banking Fraud Investigators, Defendant Investigators, Assessment and Admissions Personnel, Substance Abuse Counselors, the Dallas Texas Investigative Division, Real Estate related professionals, the California Highway Patrol, the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector, the Illinois State Police and American Airlines.

Mr. Rabon holds an A.A.S. in Criminal Justice, from Davidson County Community College and a B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration, from East Tennessee State University. He performed graduate studies at Eastern Kentucky University. His military experience consists of three (3) years with the US Army, which included a tour of duty in the Republic of Viet Nam (1968-1969).