Lieutenant Mike Lovely has been a member of the Norfolk Police Department for 23 years and is the founder of ICS Training.  He is currently assigned to the Anti-Crime Division and serves as the Officer-in-Charge of the Special Operations Team and Bomb Squad. He began his career in Hostage Crisis Negotiations in 2002 after becoming an FBI trained hostage negotiator.  Lieutenant Lovely is certified as a Critical Incident Stress Management Team member (CISM) and as a Crisis Intervention Team member (CIT).  He is a Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services Gang Specialist and General Instructor. He has been court certified as a gang expert and as an expert in suspect identification. Lieutenant is a licensed polygraph examiner and is an appointed board member on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Polygraph Advisory Board currently serving as the board chairman.

During his career with the Norfolk Police Department, Lieutenant Lovely has received the Distinguished Service Medal and his department’s highest award, the Medal of Honor. Lieutenant Lovely has also received the Commonwealth of Virginia Medal of Valor, Regional Law Enforcement Golden Gavel Award, Crime Line Award, and letters of commendation from the Department of Justice. 

Lieutenant Lovely is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Old Dominion University.  He also earned a Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice Education from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy session 281.