The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership

Mark Garrett is from South Los Angeles.  He rose through the ranks of the  California Highway Patrol, serving his entire career in the Los Angeles County area.  He retired as a 2-star Chief of the South Division of the CHP.  Mark Garrett hosts the (Law Enforcement Officer) LEO Nation Podcast.  Since retirement, he has been serving as a Security Director for an LA County area banking enterprise.  H...

Dr. Melissa Morabito is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.  Melissa conducts research on the adoption of police innovation concentrating on issues of technology, diversity, and police response to public health problems in the community such as mental illness, sexual assault, and domestic violence.  Dr. Morabito has been active w...

Chief Ruben Quesada served most of his policing career in Arizona.  Starting with the Glendale Police, he rose through the ranks in the Mesa, AZ Police, retiring as a Police Commander.  He moved from the desert to New England and served as the Deputy Chief of the Northern Essex Community College Police, until his appointment as Chief of the Swampscott, MA Police Department.  Dr. Quesada earned his...

Dr. Gennaro F. Vito is a scholar, facilitator, author, professor, and award-winning criminologist at the University of Louisville.   He also serves as a faculty member in the Administrative Officer’s Course at the Southern Police Institute where he offers a course on criminal justice leadership (CJ 578). He holds a Ph. D. in Public Administration from The Ohio State University. Active in professio...

Mike Scott is a lawyer, former police chief, researcher and professor, and training facilitator.   Michael S. Scott is the director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing and a clinical professor in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He chairs the judging committee for the Herman Goldstein Award for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing.  He leads...

 Dr. Sarah Abbott is a Boston area based - Licensed CIinical Social Worker (LICSW) clinical, and former professor of Criminal Justice at Lasell College in Newton, MA.  Sarah has extensive experience working as a co-responding clinician in Massachusetts police departments.  She managed the expansion of the program, increasing service to 15 police agencies for Advocates in Framingham, MA.  Sarah is...

Jennifer Morrison is the Commissioner of Public Safety in Vermont.   Prior to joining DPS in October 2020 as executive director of policy development and later deputy commissioner, Morrison spent three decades in Vermont’s law enforcement community. She joined the Burlington Police Department as an officer in 1990 and advanced through the ranks, ultimately becoming deputy chief. In 2013, she accep...

Shawn Hill is a Lieutenant with the Santa Barbara Police Department in Central California.  A police officer in Norfolk, VA, and now in Santa Barbara, CA for more than 20 years, he is now a doctoral candidate at UC Santa Barbara. He was selected as a practitioner-scholar for the U.S. Department of Justice - Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) program, sponsored by the National Insti...

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The CopDoc Podcast Episode Summary: Increasing Resilience in First Responders Guest: Dr. Stephanie Conn, police psychologist and former police officer Key Topics: Dr. Conn's Journey: The daughter of a police officer, Dr. Conn's personal experiences as a dispatcher and police officer, including the tragic deaths of two colleagues, led her to pursue a career in psychology to better support...

In an encore presentation, we chatted with Dr. Jim McCabe, a pracademic, an academic with extensive practical field experience.  Jim was an Inspector with the NYPD. A graduate of The Graduate Center for CUNY, John Jay College, Jim is a professor of Criminal Justice, a trainer, and a facilitator for police sessions, and has been a team member for countless police management studies across the US. ...

We spoke with Dr. Shon Barnes, Chief of Police with the Madison, WI. Prior to his appointment as Chief in February 2021, Chief Barnes served as the Director of Training and Professional Development in Chicago, Illinois, and he was the former Deputy Chief of Police in Salisbury (NC). He was previously a Captain with the Greensboro Police Department, where he began his career as a patrol officer in...

In this encore episode, we continued our chat with Superintendent Andy Lacey from the Garda, Ireland's National Police.  Andy has been on a steering team to collaborate with several agencies in Ireland to create a pilot, placing clinicians in police vehicles in the City of Limerick to co-respond to mental health-related calls.  Working with the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Health S...

Kristen Ziman is the retired chief of the Aurora, IL Police Department.  Aurora is the second largest city in Illinois.  In a suburb of Chicago, Chief Ziman oversaw a department with 300 officers. Recently retired, Kristen has been a sought-after speaker across North America.  She published the book Reimagining Blue: Thoughts on Life, Leadership, and a New Way Forward in Policing.  Kristen co-host...

Ed Cronin has over 35 years experience in policing. His career includes experience as a Police Chief in two cities in Massachusetts. He holds a graduate degree in Criminal Justice Management along with an advanced graduate degree in Organizational Development and Systems Thinking from Suffolk University. He is also a certified executive coach. (Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching) As...

During the late summer, I will intermittently release episodes for those who may have missed the interview. This encore episode features Dr. Jerry Ratcliffe, a professor from Temple University.  Jerry is a former British police officer, and author of many articles and books on Reducing Crime and Intelligence-led Policing.  He is the host of the monthly podcast, Reducing Crime .    We spoke about t...

Dawn Reeby has been a data analyst with over 20 years of success in leadership and  development, integration, and growth of data-driven analysis and strategy development. She has partnered with dozens of local and federal agencies as a law enforcement strategy specialist. Dawn has designed and delivered training including nationally certified webinars and in-person courses, 2-3-day specialized wor...

Doug Shoemaker is the Chief of Police at the Grand Junction, Colorado Police Department.   A veteran of more than 30 years in law enforcement, most of his career was with the Jefferson City, Missouri Police Department, the capital city of MO. He rose to the number two position, as Deputy Chief.   Doug is the 5th Vice President with the International Association of Chiefs of Police.  He will rise t...

 Chief Steven Mazzie is from the Everett, MA Police Department. Steve has been the chief for nearly 20 years. He was the president of the Massachusetts Major Cities Chief's Association and was a DARE officer. We talked about community, culture, leadership, and having officers build trusting relationships with a diverse community. A very interesting and engaging chat  on The Cop Doc Podcast ....

Dr. Brenda Bond-Fortier is a longtime friend and colleague, having met her in our work at a Lowell DARE camp, some 30 years ago, while I was with the Drug Enforcement Administration.  Brenda worked for the Lowell Police Department, UMass Lowell, and returned to school earning a doctorate from Brandeis University.   Brenda is a professor of public administration at Suffolk University in Boston.  Sh...

Our 80th episode is a chat with Dr. Dick Bennett from American University.  A senior statesman in the Criminal Justice and Criminology field, Dick has been at AU for 41 years! A leader with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, researcher, writer, editor, and trainer, he has inspired countless scholars over the years.  An enlightening chat with Dick Bennett, I think you'll find enjoyable,...

N this Encore episode, orginally posted as Ep 15, we interviewed Ed Davis, retired Commissioner of the Boston Police, former Chief of the Lowell, Massachusetts Police, and CEO of Ed Davis Company.   We talked about his long career with the Lowell Police, rising to the Chief of Police.  he was appointed Commissioner as one of only two outsiders to command the Boston Police Department.  We talked ab...

Lorraine Mazerolle is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow (2010–2015), a Professorial Research Fellow at The University of Queensland, School of Social Science, and a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Her research interests are in experimental criminology, policing, drug law enforcement, regulatory crime control, and cri...

Dr. Dominic Wood has been at CCCU since 1995.  He became Head of the Department of Law and Criminal Justice Studies in 2009.   He has led the development of many innovative academic programs in policing.  He was a key contributor to the Student Police Officer Handbook published by Oxford University Press (8th Edition currently at press) and has published around different political aspects of polic...

In this Encore episode, originally posted as Ep. 26, we continued the interview with Inspector Andy Lacey, from An Garda Siochana, the Garda, the national police of the Republic of Ireland.  We discussed the reforms being considered for the Garda.  We talked about mental health and the pilot being created for Crisis Intervention Teams, and the co-response of clinicians with police officers.   We a...