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Mike Roberts completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at U.C. Berkeley and received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Connecticut at Storrs in 1971. In the over 40 years Dr. Roberts has been active in the law enforcement field as a psychologist, he has made contributions to both psychology and law enforcement that have received national recognition. Specific contributions include: the co-design of the San Jose Model Field Training and Evaluation Program; the formulation of standards for psychological selection of law enforcement officers; instructing in a course for the major city police chiefs at the FBI Academy for almost 20 years; post-trauma debriefing programs for law enforcement officers starting in 1974; and research on the entry-level selection of police and other public safety officers.

These contributions have resulted in recognition by the law enforcement profession including awards from the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Dr. Roberts' efforts have also been recognized by the psychology profession in his election to Fellow status in Clinical Psychology by the American Psychological Association, and Board Certification in Clinical Psychology and Police and Public Safety Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.

In addition to his involvement in JRA, Dr. Roberts is President of Law Enforcement Psychological Services, Inc. (LEPS). Through his firm he provides entry-level psychological screening of applicants for 70 agencies in 12 states for positions including police, fire, communications dispatch and corrections.