President and Chief Executive Officer
Walter Lamar has 25 years of law enforcement experience as a former Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Deputy Director of the Indian Affairs Office of Law Enforcement, and Senior Advisor to the Department of the Interior’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security. Mr. Lamar is an enrolled tribal member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana and descendant of the Wichita Tribe of Oklahoma.
Following his retirement from federal service, Walter founded Lamar Associates, a professional services firm specializing in risk management, law enforcement training, community policing, and drug/gang awareness and prevention with a special focus on Indian Country. Since its founding, the company has conducted investigations, assessments, and training services for clients located across the nation. Lamar Associates has also provided professional services to the National Indian Gaming Association, the National Indian Gaming Commission, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Department of the Interior – Office of the Special Trustee, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, as well as corporate clients and more than 50 tribal entities. Our client list is available on our website at www.lamarassociates.net.
Throughout his years of experience and proven performance, Walter has developed specialized and unique qualifications that enable him to assess complex situations and offer clients the most cost-effective, realistic and efficient solutions to address an extensive array of law enforcement and security needs. He has a vast network of associates considered top experts in a wide variety of disciplines, and can call upon individuals or form teams to handle a multitude of special client requirements.
Walter’s 18-year FBI career includes the investigation of violent crimes, bank robberies, fugitives, kidnappings, extortion, illegal sale and manufacture of drugs, organized crime, and criminal gang activity. He served on the Seattle investigation of the Green River serial killer who was responsible for the deaths of at least 48 women in the Pacific Northwest. While assigned to the Oklahoma City Division, he was deployed as a member of SWAT to the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Texas. Three years later, he responded to the bombing of the Oklahoma City A.P. Murrah Federal Building where his efforts earned him the prestigious FBI Shield of Bravery.
