Leonard Hamm has a law enforcement career that has spanned 41 years. He entered the Baltimore Police Department in January 1974. Mr. Hamm worked in the Patrol Division, Educational and Training Division, Tactical Section, Criminal Investigation Division, Inspectional Services Division, and Office of the Police Commissioner. During an Illustrious career he held the rank of police officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Major, Deputy Police Commissioner, and Police Commissioner.

In 1995, Mr. Hamm retired from the Baltimore Police Department as the Commander of the Central Police District and joined the staff of the Downtown Partnership as the Deputy Director of Public Safety. He left the Downtown Partnership in 1997 after being recruited by the then Superintendent of the Baltimore Public School System, the late Mr. Walter Amprey, to lead the public school police department. Under Mr. Hamm’s guidance, the school police department became “one of the most professional, efficient, and respected law enforcement agencies in the country,” according to the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings; United States Congressman.

Mr. Hamm was recruited by Dr. Earl Richardson, President of Morgan State University, to be that university’s Director of Public Safety in June 2001. In 2004, he rejoined the Baltimore Police Department at the request of the then Baltimore Mayor, Martin O’ Malley to become the Deputy Police Commissioner of the Operations Bureau. That was the number two position in the department. In November 2004, Mayor O’ Malley appointed Mr. Hamm Police Commissioner of Baltimore City. He served with distinction in that position for 3 years.
Currently, Mr. Hamm is the Director of Public Safety at Coppin State University, as well as a professor in the university’s Criminal Justice Department. He has authored many articles and papers on law enforcement and public safety. His first book came out in 2015. Mr. Hamm has memberships in many professional , social , and civic organizations. He is a member of his high school Hall of Fame ( Baltimore City College ), a member of his college Hall of Fame ( Philadelphia University ), and a newly inducted member of his childhood community’s Hall of Fame ( The Cherry Hill Community ).

He is most proud of his family, his sons, adopted daughters, grandchildren and most of all , his lovely and brilliant wife, Rose.

Jason Friedberg is the Commercial Head for Education at Genetec.

With over 20 years of law enforcement and security experience, Jason Friedberg is an established expert in the realm of public safety and security. He previously served as a police chief, sheriff’s deputy, emergency manager, and search & rescue team officer.
After retiring from law enforcement, Jason spent the past eight years working in the technology field and joined Genetec in 2017.

• Janice A. Iwama is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology at American University in Washington, D.C. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Justice Policy from Northeastern University. Her primary research interests are in the intersection of race, ethnicity, immigration, and crime. With more than 15 years of experience in research, she has worked extensively on projects involving racial disparities, gun violence, and victimization. Currently, she is working on a study as a co-Principal Investigator examining racial disparities in pedestrian and traffic stop data in Douglas County, Kansas. She has previously worked with other law enforcement agencies across the country in applying statistical and analytical methods to help improve our understanding of racial disparities in stop data given recent demographic, political, and social changes. Her work on racial profiling, hate crimes, and gun violence has been highlighted in both national and local news including the Washington Post, Slate Magazine, and Univision.

AVP/Chief Michael R. Newton currently leads the Iowa State University (ISU) Department of Public Safety, which includes the police department, parking division, and risk management. Michael began his career at ISU in April of 2017 and was initially an Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police responsible for police and parking. In March of 2019, his role expanded and he became an Associate Vice President and Chief of Police. In addition, Michael is responsible for community engagement and outreach; emergency planning and management; threat assessment and response; and Clery Act compliance. Michael leads a team of over 70 professional staff members and over 50 student staff.

Prior to coming to ISU, Michael led the University of Wisconsin (UW) – Madison Police Department’s Field Services Division. This division was responsible for police patrol, security services, health science security, 911 communications, and special events. Michael had been with the department since 1998 and was initially assigned to third shift patrol. In 2002, he went from third shift patrol to the department’s Court Services Officer position. In this position, Michael was the department’s liaison to the Dane County District Attorney’s Office. In 2003, he was promoted to sergeant and began working in a new department division called Planning and Development. Michael was assigned as the sergeant of that new unit, which was responsible for all emergency management activities on campus. Michael remained in this position until 2007, when he went back to third shift patrol, leading a shift of police and security officers. In 2008, Michael was promoted to lieutenant and returned to the department’s Emergency Management Unit. In 2010, he was promoted to captain and was assigned to lead the Planning and Development Division (Emergency Management and Infrastructure Security). In 2013, Michael was assigned to lead the Field Services Division.
Michael has a strong work ethic and is dedicated to making improvements within the agency and community. Michael has extensive experience working on crowd management issues in areas of October 2020 special events and also protests. Michael worked for over 30 days in the interior branch at the Wisconsin State Capitol during the 2011 Capitol Protests related to Wisconsin Act 10. Michael likes to be involved in the community. Michael is currently on the board of directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Iowa. NAMI Wisconsin awarded Michael Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Officer of the year in 2016. NAMI – Dane County recognized him as CIT officer of the year in 2017. In 2020, Michael received the Iowa State University Division of Student Affairs award for leadership and steadfast support of students and the student affairs division.

Michael has an associate’s degree and a certificate in psychology from North Central Technical College in Wausau, Wisconsin. He has a bachelor’s degree from Mount Scenario College in Lady Smith, Wisconsin, and a master’s degree from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Michael has his Ph.D. from Northcentral University in Prescott Valley, Arizona. His Ph.D. research focused in on leadership styles and emotional intelligence in law enforcement. Michael is also a graduate of the Southern Police Institutes’ 113th Administrative Officers Course

John Venuti is currently serving as AssociateVice President of Campus Safety/Chief of Police for Virginia CommonwealthUniversity and VCU Health. Chief Venuti oversees Public Safety, EmergencyManagement. The VCU Police Department has 95 sworn police officers and over 200security officers making it the largestuniversity police department in the state of Virginia and one of the largestnationally as well.

John Venuti has a degree in Culinary Arts, fromthe Culinary Institute of America and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management andLeadership from Bluefield College. John Venuti is a graduate of the FBINational Academy. The VCU Police Department has also been the recipient ofnumerous State and National awards for accomplishments in public safety.

Venuti served 26 years with the Richmond PoliceDepartment. Formerly, a Major in the Richmond Police Department, he hassupervised the investigation and prosecution of over 450 homicides in the Cityof Richmond. 

Jason Friedberg is the Commercial Head for Education at Genetec.

With over 20 years of law enforcement and security experience, Jason Friedberg is an established expert in the realm of public safety and security. He previously served as a police chief, sheriff’s deputy, emergency manager, and search & rescue team officer.
After retiring from law enforcement, Jason spent the past eight years working in the technology field and joined Genetec in 2017.

David L. Perry is the Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Chief of UNC Police and started Sept. 3, 2019. Chief Perry oversees all Police and Security-related functions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Perry previously served as Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police for Florida State University for 14 years. He has worked in law enforcement and campus safety for 25 years. Chief Perry shares his extensive knowledge of the campus law enforcement profession while teaching as an adjutant professor and lead instructor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance Valor Program. He has provided instruction related to criminal justice to hundreds of students in a traditional instruction setting and online, as well as presenting in-service training courses to campus, city, and county law enforcement agencies.

In addition to serving as the Past President for the North Florida Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, David is a past president for the Florida Police Chiefs Association and past president for the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators where he represented colleges and universities nationally and internationally.
David is a graduate of Albany State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice (1993). He holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Albany State University (2002). He has also completed the basic police recruit training academies in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and North Carolina.

With more than 25 years’ experience in local, state, and federal law enforcement, Brett Parson is an internationally recognized leader who has championed award-winning innovations in multiple areas, from programs to improve police service to underserved communities and protect victims of domestic violence, to ensuring essential services to the families of officers injured and killed in the line of duty.

During his time with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), in Washington DC, Brett helped create groundbreaking programs that are recognized as models for other departments across the country and around the world. Most notably, Brett led the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), which received the Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Innovations in Government Award, along with a $100,000.00 grant to help replicate the program. He then worked with department leadership to expand that approach to form the Special Liaison Branch (SLB), whose mission is to improve police service to a wide range of underserved communities: African, Asian, deaf and hard of hearing, faith-based, Latino, and LGBTQ+.

Brett also helped develop and supervised a model program for helping the survivors of officers injured or killed in the line of duty that goes above and beyond prior such efforts. MPD’s Family Support Team (FST) responds any time an active-duty or retired sworn or civilian member of the department becomes critically injured or ill, or dies (both line-of-duty and non-duty related). After making a professional, respectful, and compassionate notification to the next-of-kin and other survivors (including co-workers), the FST is responsible for caring for the needs of the surviving family members for the rest of their lives. It is MPD’s way of fulfilling the promise, “We will never forget.”

Parson’s leadership roles have taken him across almost all aspects of MPD, working in vice, narcotics, gun recovery, alcohol-related crimes, bias-related (hate) crimes, domestic violence, violent crimes (sexual abuse and homicides), and supervising the city’s elite Narcotics Strike Force. Battling domestic/intimate partner violence, however, has become a specialty. Brett has responded to and investigated all types of domestic violence, serving as an instructor for officers, investigators, and supervisors, as well as other criminal justice professionals. More specifically, Brett developed protocols and curricula to teach law enforcement how to better respond to same-gender intimate partner violence, which is often mishandled. He also specializes in determining “primary aggressor” and “instigator” roles during intimate-partner violence investigations, avoiding unnecessary and harmful arrests of victims and survivors.
As a result of this work, Brett is called upon to teach and consult for police departments, governments and NGOs across the nation and around the globe. Within the federal government, Brett has been called on by the departments of State, Justice, Defense, Interior, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Homeland Security, and Agriculture, as well as every branch of the United States Armed Services.

Within law enforcement, Brett has assisted the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Secret Service, Postal Inspector, Capitol Police, Park Police, Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Customs and Border Patrol, and Immigration and Naturalization Service – just to name a few. He also teaches and consults for law enforcement organizations like the International Association of Chiefs of Police, International Association of Campus Law Enforcement, Police Executive Research Forum, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).
Outside of the United States, Brett has taught or consulted for: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Justice, the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and INTERPOL. His work has taken him around the globe to teach, consult, and speak to agencies and leaders in Australia, Canada, Czech Republic/Slovakia (Czechoslovakia), England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Philippines, Scotland, Switzerland, Vietnam, and Wales.
Brett regularly lectures at leading educational institutions, including Harvard Law School, Georgetown Law School, Washington School of Law, Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, the University of Maryland, the Washington International School, Sidwell Friends, and Saint Alban’s. He has been a featured speaker and lecturer at countless primary and secondary schools.

Finally, Brett provides service to a wide range of other organizations with diverse interests and missions. His clients include the U.S. Holocaust Museum and Memorial, Anti-Defamation League, National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial and Museum, Concerns of Police Survivors, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Anti-Violence Coalition, Human Rights Campaign, Amnesty International and more.

Throughout his career, Brett has been recognized by MPD, the DC community, and other agencies many times for his work and victim advocacy, including Officer of the Year (MPD), Supervisor of the Year (MPD), Victim Advocate of the Year (U.S. Attorney’s Office - Washington, D.C.), Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards (multiple agencies and organizations), as well as community and public service awards from the Human Rights
Campaign, Brother Help Thyself, Capital Pride Alliance, Transgender Health Empowerment, DC Domestic Violence Coalition, and Children’s National Medical Center.
Brett received his B.A. in Criminal Justice and Spanish from the University of Maryland at College Park, where he also pursued his M.A. in Criminal Justice and Counseling.

Prior to her appointment as chief in 2017, Chief Roman served for 26 years with the City of Madison Police Department.  During her tenure there, she held a variety of positions including Police Officer, Recruiting Officer, Community Relations Sergeant, Professional Standards & Internal Affairs Lieutenant, Detective Lieutenant, Patrol Operations Lieutenant, Special Events Team Commander, Crisis Negotiation Team Commander, and Community Outreach Captain.  In addition, she coordinated department Critical Incident Stress Management efforts and developed and supervised the department’s Peer Support Program. 

L. Angela Webb (L. A.) was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but grew up in Los Angeles, California.  L. Angela Webb is a 1985 graduate of Morningside High School in Inglewood, CA.  Immediately after graduation, she moved to Memphis.  L. Angela Webb’s professional career began in 1986 when the Memphis Police Departments employed her as a Police Service Technician.  After completing her training, she became a sworn police officer in 1989. 

While employed with the Memphis Police Department, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Psychology from Christian Brothers University, graduating with the honor of Magna Cum Laude (2001).  She continued her education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.  She graduated with honors and received her Masters of Science degree in Operations Management with a certification in Human Resource Administration (2004). During her tenure with the Memphis Police Department, L. Angela Webb received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Individual Administrative Award of Excellence from the mayor of the City of Memphis for her work on streamlineing the police employment process.

L. Angela Webb worked diligently to increase her knowledge and experience with the Memphis Police Department, so she worked in uniform patrol, where she was a specially trained as a Crisis Intervention Officer and Field Training Officer.  Throughout her career, she also worked in Community Oriented Police department, the Organized Crime Unit, the Special Traffic Investigation Bureau, the Felony Response Unit, the Robbery Bureau, the Homicide Bureau, and at the Memphis Police Training Academy as the Employment Coordinator and Training Instructor.  L. Angela Webb retired from the Memphis Police Department in 2015, after providing almost twenty-nine years of service to the citizens of Memphis. She retired at the rank of Major in her last assignment as the evening shift commander of the North Main Station. 

L. Angela Webb is currently employed at Southwest TN Community College, where she serves as the first female Director of Police Services/Public Safety. She is responsible for campus safety and security for the two main campuses and the three satellite centers. She manages a small police force of forty-three sworn law enforcement officers, three dispatchers, and five campus safety technicians. L. Angela Webb received the Vice President’s Award for Excellence in 2018 and 2019.  In 2019, L. Angela Webb led her department and college to earn the national award for Safety Planning and Leadership from the American Association of Community Colleges.

 L. Angela Webb is very engaged in her community and has spent countless hours volunteering her time by serving as a mentor in varying capacities.  She volunteered her time to the Young Ladies of Chastity, where she mentored teenage girls between the ages of twelve and seventeen.   She mentored to our heroes in the We Are Not Alone Police Women’s Cancer Support Group.  She currently serves as a Southwest Mentors Advancing Retention, Teamwork, and Success Mentor (SMARTS), which provides a supportive relationship between students and staff at Southwest TN Community College.  She served as a member of the Juvenile Court’s Foster Care Review Board and as a committee member of the Juvenile Detention Assessment Initiative. 

L. Angela Webb is a 2013 graduate of the City of Memphis’ Emerging Leaders Program and is a 2017 graduate of the Leadership Memphis Fast Track program.  In her spare time, if ever she has any, she enjoys traveling and high energy, adrenaline-filled activities.

L. Angela Webb is also a very dynamic member of the Memphis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  The chapter has 600 active members.  She is held in high esteem, considered an exemplary, motivational leader, was awarded the 2017 Delta of The Year award and the 2017 Regional Alumnae Member of the Year award, for her hard work and dedication.  During the 2018-2020 biennium, L. Angela Webb served as the chapter’s Second Vice President in charge of membership services and retention.  In June of 2020, L. Angela Webb was elected to serve as the chapter’s First Vice President managing the chapter’s Program, Planning, and Development.

In 2018, L. Angela Webb established Webb Solutions Training and Consulting business. A highly dedicated and motivated training company with experience in training small and large groups across multiple diverse industries. She provides customized, cost-efficient, quality training designed to accelerate individual and organizational productivity.  Through innovative designing, developing, and delivering successful training programs, she will inspire, inform, and empower the members of your organization to reach their full potential.  Webb Solutions has the efficacy to promote your group through our proven track record of success. We are adept at organizing and facilitating management, leadership, team building, and law enforcement programs, training sessions, and activities.

L. Angela Webb (L. A.) lives by the tenets that sharing knowledge is powerful and therefore, she encourages, facilitates, and extends learning as an experience.   

L. Angela Webb (L. A.) was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but grew up in Los Angeles, California.  L. Angela Webb is a 1985 graduate of Morningside High School in Inglewood, CA.  Immediately after graduation, she moved to Memphis.  L. Angela Webb’s professional career began in 1986 when the Memphis Police Departments employed her as a Police Service Technician.  After completing her training, she became a sworn police officer in 1989. 

While employed with the Memphis Police Department, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Psychology from Christian Brothers University, graduating with the honor of Magna Cum Laude (2001).  She continued her education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.  She graduated with honors and received her Masters of Science degree in Operations Management with a certification in Human Resource Administration (2004). During her tenure with the Memphis Police Department, L. Angela Webb received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Individual Administrative Award of Excellence from the mayor of the City of Memphis for her work on streamlineing the police employment process.

L. Angela Webb worked diligently to increase her knowledge and experience with the Memphis Police Department, so she worked in uniform patrol, where she was a specially trained as a Crisis Intervention Officer and Field Training Officer.  Throughout her career, she also worked in Community Oriented Police department, the Organized Crime Unit, the Special Traffic Investigation Bureau, the Felony Response Unit, the Robbery Bureau, the Homicide Bureau, and at the Memphis Police Training Academy as the Employment Coordinator and Training Instructor.  L. Angela Webb retired from the Memphis Police Department in 2015, after providing almost twenty-nine years of service to the citizens of Memphis. She retired at the rank of Major in her last assignment as the evening shift commander of the North Main Station. 

L. Angela Webb is currently employed at Southwest TN Community College, where she serves as the first female Director of Police Services/Public Safety. She is responsible for campus safety and security for the two main campuses and the three satellite centers. She manages a small police force of forty-three sworn law enforcement officers, three dispatchers, and five campus safety technicians. L. Angela Webb received the Vice President’s Award for Excellence in 2018 and 2019.  In 2019, L. Angela Webb led her department and college to earn the national award for Safety Planning and Leadership from the American Association of Community Colleges.

 L. Angela Webb is very engaged in her community and has spent countless hours volunteering her time by serving as a mentor in varying capacities.  She volunteered her time to the Young Ladies of Chastity, where she mentored teenage girls between the ages of twelve and seventeen.   She mentored to our heroes in the We Are Not Alone Police Women’s Cancer Support Group.  She currently serves as a Southwest Mentors Advancing Retention, Teamwork, and Success Mentor (SMARTS), which provides a supportive relationship between students and staff at Southwest TN Community College.  She served as a member of the Juvenile Court’s Foster Care Review Board and as a committee member of the Juvenile Detention Assessment Initiative. 

L. Angela Webb is a 2013 graduate of the City of Memphis’ Emerging Leaders Program and is a 2017 graduate of the Leadership Memphis Fast Track program.  In her spare time, if ever she has any, she enjoys traveling and high energy, adrenaline-filled activities.

L. Angela Webb is also a very dynamic member of the Memphis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  The chapter has 600 active members.  She is held in high esteem, considered an exemplary, motivational leader, was awarded the 2017 Delta of The Year award and the 2017 Regional Alumnae Member of the Year award, for her hard work and dedication.  During the 2018-2020 biennium, L. Angela Webb served as the chapter’s Second Vice President in charge of membership services and retention.  In June of 2020, L. Angela Webb was elected to serve as the chapter’s First Vice President managing the chapter’s Program, Planning, and Development.

In 2018, L. Angela Webb established Webb Solutions Training and Consulting business. A highly dedicated and motivated training company with experience in training small and large groups across multiple diverse industries. She provides customized, cost-efficient, quality training designed to accelerate individual and organizational productivity.  Through innovative designing, developing, and delivering successful training programs, she will inspire, inform, and empower the members of your organization to reach their full potential.  Webb Solutions has the efficacy to promote your group through our proven track record of success. We are adept at organizing and facilitating management, leadership, team building, and law enforcement programs, training sessions, and activities.

L. Angela Webb (L. A.) lives by the tenets that sharing knowledge is powerful and therefore, she encourages, facilitates, and extends learning as an experience.   

Chief Chris Magnus started his public safety career as a dispatcher with the City of Lansing, Michigan. He was also a paramedic in the mid-Michigan area for close to a decade. During that time, he made the transition to police officer. One of first policing jobs was with the Livingston County (Michigan) Sheriff’s Department as a deputy sheriff. He then became a police officer with the Lansing Police Department where he spent the next 15 years of his law enforcement career.

In 1999, Chief Magnus became the police chief in Fargo, North Dakota, where he played a key role in implementing the first two-state regional dispatch system in the nation, a forensic children’s interview center, and a refugee liaison program for the area’s many new immigrants and refugees. In 2006, Chris Magnus was selected as police chief for Richmond, California—a highly diverse, urban community of 115,000 residents in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served as chief for 10 years. In Richmond he strengthened ties between the police and the community and worked with others to dramatically reduce what had been historically high levels of crime. Chief Magnus also implemented numerous reforms within the police department.

Chris Magnus was appointed to be the police chief for the City of Tucson, Arizona in January of 2016. In this position, he reorganized the agency to better meet community needs, implemented a deflection program for persons with small amounts of illegal drugs, developed a sentinel event review process for major incidents, and led a nationally recognized program for dealing with people in mental health crisis.
In 2015, Magnus testified before the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing on best practice models of community policing. The chief also serves as an expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice, working closely with both the Civil Rights Division and the COPS Office on policing issues in various cities around the country.

Chief Magnus has a Master’s degree in Labor Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. He attended the “Senior Executives in State & Local Government” program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Tyrone A. Parham was named to the position of the Assistant Vice Chancellor/Chief of Police at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in January 2016. He oversees 62 sworn officers on a large and complex residential college campus consisting of over 30,000 students. Between 2011 - 2016, Parham served as Chief of Police at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, where he led a 51 sworn department on a large college campus with over 47, 000 students. Parham joined the Penn State University Police Department in 1989 as a student security officer. In 1993 he was hired as a patrol officer and rose through the ranks, holding the positions of detective, lieutenant, assistant chief and deputy chief before his appointment as chief. Parham holds a Bachelor's Degree in Crime, Law, & Justice and a Master's Degree in Workforce Education & Development, both from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Class # 244 and PERF's Senior Management Institute for Police Class #68.

Chief Brian Seastone began his law enforcement career with the Boulder (Colorado) Police Department in 1972 as a high school police "cadet." In 1974, while in his senior year of high school, the Boulder County Sheriff hired him to manage the evidence/property room. After graduating from Boulder High School, Seastone received extensive training in crime scene investigation and became the Boulder County Sheriff Department's major crime scene processor. In 1978, Seastone received his law enforcement commission and continued to work in the Detective Bureau until his move to Tucson in 1980.

Seastone joined UAPD in October 1980 and attended the Tucson Police Department Training Academy, where he graduated as the honor cadet. During his career at UAPD, he has served in all divisions and capacities within the department. Additionally, Seastone held the position of the department's Accreditation Manager from 1990-2000, managed the department's first three accreditation processes, and served as UAPD's Public Information Officer for many years.

Chief Seastone was named the UA’s first Manager of Emergency Preparedness in 2005, a position he still holds in addition to being the Chief of Police.

Chief Seastone was sworn in as the University’s Police Chief on March 1, 2014. Chief Seastone is a graduate of the 213th session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy. He has a Master of Education degree in Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management. Chief Seastone is the recipient of a number of awards and recognitions from UAPD, the University of Arizona, and other state and national organizations.

Chris serves as the Associate Vice President for Law Enforcement and Safety for the University of South Carolina. His responsibilities include providing senior executive leadership and oversight of all law enforcement, emergency management, physical security, threat assessment and management, laboratory safety, environmental safety, fire safety, industrial hygiene, hazardous waste, occupational safety, and enterprise risk management and insurance services functions at the University’s flagship campus in Columbia.

As Chief of the University of South Carolina – Columbia Police Department, Chris leads a team of 108 law enforcement employees, including 78 sworn law enforcement officers with statewide arrest authority to protect an ethnically and socially diverse community composed of over 40,000 students, faculty, and staff.

Over more than 20 years, Chris has served through the ranks of the University’s police department beginning as a graduate student intern, before successive appointments including but not limited to: patrol officer, investigator, physical security, CALEA accreditation manager, and associate director. In 2010 Chris was selected as the Chief of Police. As Chief Chris has been instrumental in leading his Division and the University though several critical incidents and emergencies. Under Chris’ leadership the Division has expanded its services operations and staffing by over fifty percent.

Chris holds both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree from the University of South Carolina. He is a board certified Public Manager, and Certified Protection Professional. Chris is also an alumnus of the F.B.I National Academy (213), the Police Executive Research Forum Senior Management Institute for Police (52), the South Carolina Narcotics Commander School, the FBI Carolina Command College, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Crisis Leadership in Higher Education, Senior Executives in State and Local Government, and Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies.

Clarence was named the vice president of culture and chief of police in April 2019; he manages human resources, institutional research and effectiveness, and police. Clarence previously served as interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, interim vice president of human resources and the police chief position for more than a decade.

Clarence has developed a service based approach to policing where quality and satisfaction are important. Analysis of officers contacts with victims and offenders are conducted which reveal that more than 90% of those served are satisfied with the service received from the Northwest University Police Department. This type of approach has led to an increase in student retention of those served.

Clarence Green has served in law enforcement for more than 25 years. Clarence currently serves on the United States Attorney General Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee. He is a state and regional trainer in the areas of implicit bias, racial profiling and community policing.
Clarence Green has a bachelors in Sociology, a masters in Higher Education Leadership and a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.

Tim Bilodeau is the Chief of Police at the University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington, Vermont. He is a 2008 FBI National Academy graduate and has a Masters of Educational Leadership from UVM. Bilodeau is a Fair and Impartial Policing Instructor and leads a department of 23 sworn police officers and 35 total agency members. UVM Police has been CALEA certified for 20 years and Chief Bilodeau is currently focused on elevating the departments trust and legitimacy through a focus on customer service in all facets of police response. He has been with UVM Police since 1987.

Leonard Hamm has a law enforcement career that has spanned 41 years. He entered the Baltimore Police Department in January 1974. Mr. Hamm worked in the Patrol Division, Educational and Training Division, Tactical Section, Criminal Investigation Division, Inspectional Services Division, and Office of the Police Commissioner. During an Illustrious career he held the rank of police officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Major, Deputy Police Commissioner, and Police Commissioner.

In 1995, Mr. Hamm retired from the Baltimore Police Department as the Commander of the Central Police District and joined the staff of the Downtown Partnership as the Deputy Director of Public Safety. He left the Downtown Partnership in 1997 after being recruited by the then Superintendent of the Baltimore Public School System, the late Mr. Walter Amprey, to lead the public school police department. Under Mr. Hamm’s guidance, the school police department became “one of the most professional, efficient, and respected law enforcement agencies in the country,” according to the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings; United States Congressman.

Mr. Hamm was recruited by Dr. Earl Richardson, President of Morgan State University, to be that university’s Director of Public Safety in June 2001. In 2004, he rejoined the Baltimore Police Department at the request of the then Baltimore Mayor, Martin O’ Malley to become the Deputy Police Commissioner of the Operations Bureau. That was the number two position in the department. In November 2004, Mayor O’ Malley appointed Mr. Hamm Police Commissioner of Baltimore City. He served with distinction in that position for 3 years.
Currently, Mr. Hamm is the Director of Public Safety at Coppin State University, as well as a professor in the university’s Criminal Justice Department. He has authored many articles and papers on law enforcement and public safety. His first book came out in 2015. Mr. Hamm has memberships in many professional , social , and civic organizations. He is a member of his high school Hall of Fame ( Baltimore City College ), a member of his college Hall of Fame ( Philadelphia University ), and a newly inducted member of his childhood community’s Hall of Fame ( The Cherry Hill Community ).

He is most proud of his family, his sons, adopted daughters, grandchildren and most of all , his lovely and brilliant wife, Rose.

Tamara McCollough is a lead Assessor for IACLEA. She has been doing assessments since 2012. 

McCollough has nearly 17 years of experience working in law enforcement and higher education security. She was the Director of Public Safety at Rose Hulman for almost 2 years. She served in multiple leadership roles at the Indiana State University Police Department, including police lieutenant, field training program coordinator, leading IACLEA Accreditation and Clery compliance initiatives. 

McCollough is an adjunct lecturer for the School of Criminology and Security Studies at Indiana State University, teaching various courses over the years, ranging from Ethics in Criminal Justice, Intro. to Security Studies, Report Writing, and Research Methods in the Field of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She is a double alumna of ISU earning both her bachelor's degree and master's degree in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice.  In December 2023, she successfully defended her dissertation in partial fulfillment of her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Management through Drexel University. 

She is a proud wife, mom and woman of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She enjoys giving back to her community whenever she can, spending time with her wonderful husband and English bulldog, and helping others. 

Dr. Richie Adams is a retired police leader.  Richie was previously the senior officer responsible for North West Glasgow in Scotland.  In this role, Richie had responsibility for around 1800 staff and supported a community of around 600 000 people.

Richie was responsible for the development of Police Scotland’s Code of Ethics for Policing and led national work in the field of police ethics.  Richie has taught ethical leadership across the UK and, in 2015, was a Fulbright Scholar.  During six months in the United States, Richie spoke with a range of departments including Manassas, Roanoke, and Leesburg as well as the FBI.  He led critical incident command training within Police Scotland and was both a firearms incident commander and a licensed negotiator.

Richie holds a doctorate in Policing, Community Safety, and Security, a Master’s degree in International Law, and a Bachelor’s degree in law. 

Brian Whitelaw served with the Calgary Police Service for 25 years retiring as a Inspector in 2011.  He has also served as the Superintendent in command of Calgary Transit’s Public Safety Department until 2019 when he joined the University of Calgary as the Chief of Security.  Brian is the coauthor of a number of Canadian post secondary courses, journal articles and textbooks including Canadian Police Work(Nelson) and Community Based Strategic Policing in Canada.(Nelson).