Chris Cuestas is a nationally recognized expert in the field of street gangs and juvenile violence. Chris has built his expertise during more than twenty-five years of investigating criminal street gangs, as a lead detective, patrol officer, a school resource officer, a crime prevention officer, CPTED specialist and as a technical assistant for grant support for DOJ, OVC, TJAG, and OJJDP funded sites. Chris has spent more than 44 years in gang reduction, drug/reduction and intervention, youth violence prevention and suppression. Chris currently consults nationally in Tribal Lands on the development of community coalitions and human and sex trafficking prevention, education, missing indigenous persons, and interdiction.