Herbert M. Gupton, Ph.D., ABPP
Licensed Psychologist (Hawaii); Board Certified Specialist in Clinical Psychology and Police and Public Safety Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology; Diplomate in Police Psychology, Society of Police and Criminal Psychology

Dr. Gupton's goal is to assist administrators of police and public safety agencies in hiring police and public safety personnel and in maintaining a psychologically healthy work force.  He consults with various government agencies (local, state and federal) on the selection of individuals for sensitive and high-risk positions and perform psychological evaluations for employment selection and fitness-for-duty. 

Dr. Gupton is a charter member of the board of directors of the American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology and current chair of the Council of Organizations in Police Psychology.
He is a member of the Police Psychology Services Section, International Association of Chiefs of Police; Division 18 Police and Public Safety Psychology Section, American Psychological Association; and, Society of Police and Public Safety Psychology.  His police psychology affiliation began in 1984 with attendance at the International Conference on Police Psychology and training as a hostage negotiator in 1984 at the FBI Academy, followed by attendance at the World Conference on Police Psychology in 1985.  In 2000, Dr. Gupton retired from the U.S. Army as a clinical psychologist following 33 years active service, including assignments as a psychology service chief and psychology consultant to intelligence operations.

In 2000, he was employed as the chief police psychologist and Director, Human Services by the Honolulu Police Department with responsibility for a broad range of psychological services to an agency with 2,200 sworn officers.  Those services included pre-employment and fitness‐for‐duty evaluations, psychotherapeutic interventions, emergency psychological services and jail diversion, operational consultation, and training.  Dr. Gupton directed a unit delivering those services, including a post‐doctoral fellowship in police psychology, police psychology internship, and pre‐doctoral psychology practicum until my retirement in 2016.  From 2015 to the present, he has assisted the Hawaii Department of Public Safety in the selection of deputy sheriffs and adult corrections officers statewide.