Dominic Lombardo

Program lead for Criminal Justice, Associate Professor

College of Arts and Sciences

Phone: 260.422.5561, ext. 2248

Office: Keene Building, Room 245

Bio

Professor Lombardo had a 14-year career with the Los Angeles Police Department. While with LAPD, he became an expert on gang culture within the city. His responsibilities included gathering intelligence on gang activities, investigation and clearing of gang-related homicides and overall suppression of gang-related criminal activity within the Los Angeles area. While developing into a specialist in this area of law enforcement, Dominic was called upon to provide training to several other agencies within Los Angeles County and other agencies that were less experienced in dealing with the growing gang-related activity that was infiltrating their jurisdictions. He was also an officer with the robbery/homicide and the vice and narcotic divisions, and he was a training officer for new LAPD recruits.

Professor Lombardo approaches teaching criminal justice with pride and passion. He has been with Indiana Tech’s Center for Criminal Justice since June 2013, sharing his experiences from the force while stressing the societal necessity for an effective, fair and trustworthy criminal justice system. He is currently pursing a Ph.D. in Global Leadership from Indiana Tech.

My Office Hours

MWF: 8 – 8:50 am, 11 am – 1:30 pm, 3 – 4:30 pm
TR: 8 – 9 am, 1 – 4:30 pm

Classes I Teach

CJ 1100: Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJ 1400: Corrections in America
CJ 3200: Understanding Criminal Behavior
CJ 3620: Forensic Science and Criminalistics
CJ 4800: Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
IIT 1000: University Experience
IIT 1900: Academic and Career Success Seminar
SS 1110: American Governments

My Academic Advising Roles

Criminal Justice

Educational Background

MBA, Indiana Wesleyan University
B.S., Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ball State University

Professional Experience

I was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 14 years. My assignments included Training Officer for new LAPD recruits, Robbery-Homicide Division, and Vice and Narcotics Division.
My expertise was focused on the Gang Detail in the CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) within the LAPD. My primary responsibilities included intelligence gathering of gang activities, investigation and clearing of gang-related homicides, and overall suppression of gang-related criminal activity with the Los Angeles area.

Publications/Presentations

As a recognized gang specialist with the LAPD, I was called upon to provide training to several other law enforcement agencies within Los Angeles County and other agencies that were less experienced in dealing with the growing gang-related activity within their jurisdictions. The 3 day seminars included strategies in recognizing gang activity, intelligence gathering for taking a proactive response in dealing with gang-related violence, and investigative methods in dealing with gang related homicides.

Additional Information

I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and attended Ball State University. I was fortunate to know early in my life that I wanted to become a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. During my studies as a Criminal Justice major, the LAPD was cited often in textbooks as the most professional and trend setting law enforcement agency in the United States. After a grueling nine month training in the academy my first night on the streets was an eye-opening experience. The LAPD was a life-changing experience in that it offered me the opportunity to be exposed to many different cultures and diversity that I could most likely not obtain anywhere else.

I had come to realize that our world is comprised of many different types of people with ideals that were quite different than my own. To experience the different cultures that made up the Los Angeles population was the best education I could obtain. Now, as the Director of Criminal Justice at Indiana Tech I put can put that experience to good use as I interact with the diverse student body we have at our institution. Each student has their own unique personality and background and it is my goal and responsibility to get to know each student on a personal level. Assisting students to reach their personal and career goals is one of the most important aspects of my position here at Indiana Tech.