Major Benjamin F. Brooks
Providing You With:
SOLUTIONS to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
STRATEGIES for Dealing With Difficult People
STRATEGIES For Improving Your Personal Image
IMPLEMENTATION of Cultural Diversity Programs
Benjamin F. Brooks is a retired Major of the Pennsylvania State Police. As founder of Major Ben's Consulting Agency, Ben is now a Management Consultant. Ben specializes in providing you and your company with assistance for effectively implementing your Cultural Diversity Program.
As a licensed Private Investigator, with three decades of experience, Major Ben has a keen awareness of sensitive workplace issues.
Major Ben's specific areas of expertise include:
- A unique approach to Understanding,Valuing and Managing Diversity
- How You Deal with Difficult People
- Policing Your Image Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- How You Deal with and Prevent Workplace Violence
Ben Brooks is a native of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
He completed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Management Training Program for Senior Managers, Training from the FBI National Academy, Pennsylvania State University Police Supervisor In-Service Training and Police Executive Development Program. He is also certified by the U.S. Department of Justice for Diversity Training.
Ben Brooks' yearning for justice led him to enlist in the Pennsylvania State Police in 1961. He was one of the first African-Americans to join the Pennsylvania State Police. In fact, Ben rose through the ranks, becoming the first African-American Captain/Troop Commander.
17 Years Experience Resolving Sexual Harassment
In 1987, Major Brooks became the first enlisted member of the Pennsylvania State Police to head the Affirmative Action/Contract Compliance Division. In that capacity, Ben developed the State Police's Sexual Harassment policy and training program. Ben redefined the concept of Affirmative Action for the State Police and its relationship to Cultural Diversity.
Ben was also a member of a multi-agency task force which was responsible for training Police and Corrections Departments throughout Pennsylvania in the Ethnic Intimidation laws relating to hate crimes.
Major Brooks has appeared on About the Law, a program at WHAG-TV and NBC affiliate in Hagerstown, Maryland. Ben educated viewers about "Affirmative Action in Law Enforcement," and "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace."
Major Brooks is a member of the National Speakers Association, American Seminar Leaders Association, Dale Carnegie Group, Liberty Bell Speakers Association and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). He is a published author and a "PERFORMAX" Distributor for the Carlson Learning Company.
