Vernon J. Geberth is a retired Lieutenant-Commander of the New York City Police Department with over 35 years of law enforcement experience. He retired as the Commanding Officer of the Bronx Homicide Task Force, which handled over 400 murder investigations a year.

During his career he was a Detective, a Precinct Detective Squad Commander, Temporary Commander of the 7th Homicide Zone in the South Bronx and Commander of Bronx Homicide. He has personally investigated, supervised, assessed and consulted on over eight thousand death investigations.

In addition, Commander Geberth has been the recipient of more than 60 awards for bravery and exceptional police work and is a member of the Honor Legion of the City of New York Police Department. Commander Geberth, has a Master of Science Degree in Psychology (M.S.), California Coast University, Santa Ana, California; a Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S.) C.W. Post College, Long Island University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia 119th Session, (1979).

Mr. Geberth has served on the New York State Governor's Commission on Domestic Violence Fatalities. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at both Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York and John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He was affiliated with the University of Delaware's Continuing Education Program, as an Associate Professor and was a member of the Faculty of Northwestern University Traffic Institute as a Homicide Instructor. Commander Geberth also served as a Homicide Instructor for The New York City Housing Police, The New York City Transit and the Police Training Division of the New York Office of the FBI. He continues to serve as Special Guest Lecturer for the New York City Police Department's Detective Bureau's Homicide School, The Missouri State Highway Patrol, The Delaware State Police, The New Jersey State Police Homicide School and the New York State Police Colonel Henry F. Williams Homicide seminar. Vernon Geberth has been a world-renowned homicide instructor for over 25 years across the United States and Canada.

In addition, Commander Geberth has appeared in numerous television productions on the subject of homicide and death investigations and has been referenced as a media consultant on a myriad of national major cases across the United States and Canada.

Geberth is the author of several homicide investigation textbooks. Among them is Sex-Related Homicide and Death investigation: Practical and Clinical Perspectives, Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics, Procedures, and Forensic Techniques, Practical Homicide Investigation: Checklist and Field Guide.