Larry Ellsworth - Owner and Director
With more than 40 years of service in California law enforcement, Larry has trained more than 6,000 law enforcement professionals and is a recognized expert in facilitation skills, instructor development and leadership training.
In his 25-year career with the San Jose (California) Police Department, Larry was a field training officer, motorcycle traffic enforcement officer, patrol sergeant, air support unit sergeant, chief pilot and program manager. After receiving a promotion to lieutenant, Larry was a patrol watch commander and often the only command officer on duty in the 10th largest city in the nation. Larry retired at the rank of lieutenant in 2011. Prior to his career with San Jose, Larry served as a dispatcher for seven years and upon retirement from San Jose, still felt the need to contribute to California’s law enforcement profession as a senior consultant with the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).
In ten years with POST, Larry created statewide video training programs and received three Emmy awards. Larry also coordinated, facilitated, and created POST’s statewide Guidelines for Crowd Management Intervention and Control as well as POST’s Vehicle Pursuit Guidelines.
Larry joined Marin Consulting’s team of professional instructors in 2008 and after retiring from POST rejoined the team as an associate before deciding to take the reins as the owner and director. Our team believes that supervision is the key to maintaining and enhancing law enforcement professionalism at all levels and Larry is excited to again be a part of this team of exceptional and highly respected instructors.
Richard Dean - Senior Associate
Richard is a nationally recognized trainer and subject matter expert on performance management. Richard travels extensively and has personally trained over 4,000 law enforcement supervisors and managers in seventeen states.
Richard is a 25-year law enforcement veteran and a retired Lodi, California police lieutenant. During his career, Richard served in a wide variety of assignments including watch commander, administrative lieutenant in charge of personnel and training, narcotics gang and vice unit supervisor, and eetective sergeant. He also managed the department’s communications center, jail, and mounted unit.
Richard holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources and organizational behavior from the University of San Francisco and a master’s degree in management from Cal Poly Pomona. He is a graduate of the California POST Supervisory Leadership Institute (class 7) and of the POST Command College (class 22).
Jon “Cris” Trulsson – Senior Associate
Jon “Cris” Trulsson served with the Stockton, California police department for 29 years and retired at the rank of lieutenant. His assignments included patrol, K-9, FTO, narcotics, robbery/homicide, traffic and administration. Cris holds dual bachelor’s degrees in law and history from the University of the Pacific. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (session 227) and served for four years as the training manager for the F.B.I. National Academy Associates California Chapter. Cris is also a graduate of the F.B.I. Law Enforcement Executive Development School (LEEDS Session CA II), the POST Supervisory Leadership Institute (Class 118) and the POST Instructor Development Institute.
Cris began training law enforcement professionals in 1995 as a federally certified drug recognition evaluation instructor and as a member of the adjunct faculty of the San Joaquin Delta College Basic Police Academy. Cris is a subject matter expert on leadership, performance and accountability in the workplace and as an associate with MCA, trains law enforcement supervisors and managers nationwide. Internationally, Cris has had the privilege to provide training to the British Transport Police and train with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.