Director of Juvenile Justice Services
Raymond Perales is the Director of Juvenile Justice Services for Lamar Associates. His criminal justice and law enforcement experience spans more than two decades and includes serving in key positions such as the Deputy Public Safety Director and Director of Juvenile Services for the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in Montana. He was also Chief of Police of the Poplar City Police Department.
Ray also served as Director of Training for the Native American Alliance Foundation with oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Tribal Youth Program Training and Technical Assistance Initiative, and the National Tribal Drug Court (Healing to Wellness Court) Training and Technical Assistance Initiative, funded by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance.
As a consultant and trainer, Ray has worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, the National Crime Prevention Council, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Tribal Law and Policy Institute, the University of Alaska, and numerous communities throughout the United States. He also served as a technical advisor for the joint U.S. Department of Justice/Tribal Government Initiative “Tribal Strategies Against Violence” and the Community Analysis and Planning Strategies for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities initiative funded by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Ray conducted Criminal Justice training for more than 15 years, and served on the Community Policing in Indian Country National Advisory Board for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
He has also served as a consultant, trainer and adjunct faculty for several other organizations including the National Judicial College, Fox Valley Technical College, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. He is a certified instructor through the National Institute of Ethics and is a Community Policing trainer through the Western Regional Institute for Community-Oriented Public Safety. Ray is also a Small Town and Rural (S.T.A.R) and “Indian Country” Community Policing Instructor for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Ray’s work has taken him all over the United States working with various tribal and non-tribal organizations on a multitude of initiatives designed to empower communities and organizations through the development and implementation of comprehensive strategies involving law enforcement, prosecution, social services, education, spiritual leaders, community members and youth to address issues of crime, juvenile delinquency, truancy, violence, and substance abuse. He has appeared on “Court TV” and in various periodicals. Ray also was a 1997 “Top Cops” award recipient, presented by the National Association of Police Organizations.
