Derrick Levasseur born February 3 1984 is an American retired detective television personality podcaster and author He is a decorated police sergeant from Central Falls Rhode Island Hired at only twenty years old he was one of the youngest officers in the departments history and worked in both the Patrol Division and the Detective Division He was later assigned to the Special Investigations Unit as an undercover detective where he had the opportunity to work with the ATF DEA FBI and US Secret Service resulting in numerous arrests and seizures In 2017 he was the recipient of the American Red Cross Hero Award after saving seven people from a burning building Levasseur competed on the CBS hit series Big Brother where he won and is now regarded as one of the greatest to have ever played the game He also cohosted and produced Breaking Homicide on Discovery ID which involved him working with lawenforcement and the victims families on their unsolved cases He is the CEO of Break Investigative Group A successful private investigation and consulting firm located in Rhode Island His first book The Undercover Edge was published in January of 2018 He also cohosts two podcasts one about true crime called Crime Weekly with YouTuber Stephanie Harlowe as well as one with fellow Big Brother winner Cody Calafiore called The Winners Circle where they analyze the current season of Big Brother