Kris Mohandie, Ph.D.

Dr. Kris Mohandie is a police and forensic psychologist with over sixteen years of experience in the assessment and management of violent behavior.  He has worked in field responses and case investigations for local, state, and federal law enforcement organizations including LAPD’s Threat Management Unit and SWAT/Crisis Negotiation Team.  He responded on-scene to the O.J. Simpson barricade and the North Hollywood Bank Robbery Shootout.  Dr. Mohandie assisted the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s prosecution of the stalker of Steven Spielberg.  He regularly consults on workplace violence, extreme violence, stalking, and threat cases in the private and public sector through his company Operational Consulting International, Inc.  He is currently the lead author (with Meloy, Green-McGowan, and Williams) of a forthcoming published study of over one thousand North American stalkers. 

Dr. Mohandie’s book, School Violence Threat Management: A Practical Guide for Educators, Law Enforcement, and Mental Health Professionals was released November 2000 and is now in its second printing.  Dr. Mohandie has conducted extensive trial pending and prison interviews of violent offenders, including a number of notorious stalkers, hostage takers, workplace and school violence perpetrators, and multiple murderers. 

 Dr. Mohandie’s work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, U.S. Today, E!, and in the news programs of ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, and Fox, as well as the Discovery Channel, and USA Network.