Dusty Whiting

Dusty Whiting is a Game Ranger and Fire Investigator for the White Mountain Apache Tribe at Whiteriver, AZ. He owns Lone Ranger Resources LLC, a company that specializes in mitigation of archaeological and cultural resource crimes. Mr. Whiting is former Instructor for the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (FLETC), and an honorably retired Special Agent from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. He had twenty years of “dedicated and exceptional service” on Indian reservations in South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. He held all uniform ranks and in the later part of his career was assigned to one of the busiest violent crime units in Indian Country. He was a Special Agent III and Polygraph Examiner for the State of South Dakota, Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) for six years. He worked undercover, was a Special Response Team member, and supervised child abuse investigations. As a Senior Resident Agent for the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Investigative Service (DIS) he conducted personnel security investigations on civilian and military personnel for five years.

Mr. Whiting received recognition from the Governor of Arizona in 2020 for contributing to the protection of archaeological resources. He has received numerous commendations from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Attorney’s Offices, sheriff’s, and victim’s rights groups. He is a court recognized expert in the conduct of homicide investigations in Indian Country. He received the prestigious Coler-Williams Award as a South Dakota Peace Officer. He has been commended by the South Dakota Law Enforcement Training Commission and the U.S. Secretary of Defense.