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Director Fred Lohmann serves as the Director of Field Operations, Southwest
Region of the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Southwest Region
encompasses Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. He
supervises a staff of special agents and support personnel assigned to investigate
criminal conspiracies involving insurance fraud, vehicle, cargo, and heavy
equipment thefts. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is the nation’s
premier not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting insurance
fraud and crime. Mr. Lohmann is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in criminal
justice. He graduated with honors from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 40th Academy and is a court-
recognized expert in motor vehicle accident reconstruction. He is a certified insurance fraud
investigator, fraud claim law specialist, associate in insurance services, and holds a certificate in
general insurance from the Insurance Institute of America. He is a licensed multiline claims adjuster
in Texas. Mr. Lohmann holds a Master Peace Office license from the Texas Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education and is a commissioned Special Ranger with the Texas
Department of Public Safety. Mr. Lohmann is a TCLEOSE-certified instructor and NRA-certified
firearms instructor and range safety officer.

Sheriff Maxey Cerliano, is the Past President of the Sheriff’s Association of Texas.
He is currently serving his 5th term as the Sheriff of Gregg County. In addition,
he is the President of the East Texas Police Academy and Kilgore College Criminal
Justice Advisory Board. Prior to running for Sheriff, he retired as Assistant Chief
of Kilgore Police Department after 22 years of service.

The Honorable Tom Watson, Gregg County District Attorney. A University of
Texas at Tyler and Texas Technical University Law school graduate. In addition,
prior to law school, he was also Kilgore Police Officer assigned to FBI Violent
Crimes Task Force.

Chief Mike Bishop – 30 years at Longview Police Department as well as an U.S.
Airforce veteran. Chief Bishop is a University of Texas at Tyler graduate and
earned an MBA from LeTourneau University. In addition he is a graduate from
Institute for Law Enforcement Administrations 71st Police supervision and ILEA’s
Management Command College (42nd). As police chief of Longview Police
Department, he leads nearly 250 sworn and civilian employees.

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