Archive for October 2021

Ivonne Roman has 25 years of experience in policing, serving in every rank from police officer to police chief, in the Newark, New Jersey, Police Department. Roman earned a Master of Public Administration with Distinction in 2017 and a Master of Science in Public Affairs in 2020 from Rutgers-Camden, where she has also completed coursework…

For more than 22 years, Michael J. Rein served as a trusted member of the Rutgers University Department of Public Safety; retiring in 2022 as the deputy chief of University Police. The Rutgers University Police Department is comprised of more than 180 sworn and 340 non-sworn employees. As deputy chief, he was primarily responsible for…

Jason Potts leads the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Department of Public Safety, which provides the public with law enforcement and detention services. This department manages the city jail and includes the deputy city marshals (who provide public safety at city parks and facilities), as well as animal protection services. Potts started his policing career…

Rodney Parks is a retired MPD Assistant Chief. While assigned to MPD, he commanded the Homicide Branch and Criminal Investigation Division in addition to many other patrol and specialized assignments. Mr. Parks is a graduate of the 201st Session of the FBI National Academy and holds BSM and MSM degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He…

Chief (retired) Richard “Rick” Myers has more than 45 years serving in public safety, beginning as a street officer in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. He has served as a police officer, public safety officer, deputy sheriff, and medical examiner investigator. Since his first chief of police appointment in 1984, he has served as a…

Undersheriff Sylvia Moir is known as a police executive who is calm in chaos and enthusiastic about the profession. A California native, Undersheriff Moir has over three decades of local police practice; with over a decade as a chief of police. She was appointed as the undersheriff of Marin County Sheriff’s Department in September 2022;…

Brett Meade began his police career in 1982 with the DeLand, Florida, Police Department. Chief Meade served nearly 25 years with the Orange County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office, retiring as a patrol commander. He was appointed deputy chief of police for the University of Central Florida (UCF) Police Department in September 2014 and retired with the…

Travis Martinez is currently a deputy chief of police with the Redlands, California, Police Department. Throughout his 28 years of service, Deputy Chief Martinez has sought both innovative and affordable technological strategies to address crime trends occurring in the community. He and his team began deploying global positioning system (GPS) technology to apprehend individuals driving…

Chief Susan Manheimer retired after a distinguished 37-year career in law enforcement, during which she served in leadership roles across four diverse police agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most recently, she has been appointed as an Interim Chief providing stable leadership during transitions for several Bay Area cities, serving as the Interim Chief…

Jim Johnson is a retired chief from Baltimore County, Maryland. He spent nearly four decades with the Baltimore County Police serving in virtually every discipline and specialty within the department. He was chief of the major city’s agency for ten years. He currently owns and operates his own practice offering expert witness public safety case…