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     Officers of MACA

Officers of MACA

PRESIDENT

 

Debra J. Piehl
CompStat Director
Massachusetts State Police
470 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA 01702
508-988-7
412

debra.piehl@pol.state.ma.us

Debra J. Piehl recently joined the Massachusetts State Police after seven years as the Director of Planning & Research for the Newton Police Department. She is a graduate of Valparaiso University with a Bachelor's degree in journalism and political science. She also holds a Master's degree in criminal justice from Anna Maria. She also has extensive training in crime and operational analysis and law enforcement policy and procedure.
VICE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATION

 

Sergeant Glen Mills
Burlington Police Department
45 Center Street
Burlington, MA 01803
781-270-1914

gamills@burlmass.org

Glen Mills is a patrol sergeant with the Burlington Massachusetts Police Department. Glen began his career as a part-time police officer in 1992 and became a full-time officer in 1996. He was promoted to sergeant in 2001. Besides his duties as a day shift supervisor, Glen also is in charge of the Crime Analysis Unit, the ATV Unit and the Reserve Officers Unit. He is the department’s Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Representative, the Reverse 911 System Administrator and he frequently works with the department’s Domestic Violence Unit and DARE Officers teaching the RAD (Rape Aggression Defense) and Radkids (Resisting Aggression Defensively) Self-Defense Programs. He is also a member of the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA), the International Associattion of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) and of Police Futurists International. Glen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Western New England College and is a graduate of the New England Institute of Law Enforcement Management Command Training Program. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBERSHIP

 

Officer Casey Hatchett
Brookline Police Department

350 Washington Street

Brookline, MA 02445
617-730-2734

casey_hatchett@town.brookline.ma.us

Officer Casey Hatchett has been a Crime Analyst for the Brookline Police Department since July 2002.  Prior to working as the Department's first crime analyst, Casey worked on the Critical Incident Task Force, in the Community Service Division and in the Patrol Division.   In addition to crime analysis, Casey writes grants for the Department, works closely with the Town's Emergency Management Team, and is a certified child seat technician.

Casey has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Boston University and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Western New England College.  Prior to joining the Brookline Police Department in 1998, Casey worked at the Executive Office of Public Safety as a policy analyst and speechwriter and at the Massachusetts Bar Association as a program assistant.

SECRETARY

 

Carol Fitzgerald

Program Manager

Fitchburg Police Department

20 Elm Street

Fitchburg, MA 01420

978-343-4551

cfitzgerald@fitchburgpolice.com

Carol has worked as the principal crime analyst for the Lowell Police Department and as an intelligence research specialist for the New England HIDTA. Carol holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Hartwick College and a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where she received the award for Outstanding Graduate Student in the Criminal Justice Department.

 

TREASURER

 

Manuela DeSousa

Crime Analysts

MBTA Transit Police

240 Southampton Street

Boston, MA 02118

617-222-1013

mdesousa@mbta.com

Manny is currently the Crime Analyst for the MBTA Transit Police Department.  Prior to this position, she worked as a Project Manager for an NIC funded grant examining Institutional (Prison) Culture and a Research Assistant for an NIJ funded grant exploring Domestic Violence Policy at the University of MassachusettsLowell.  Manny earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology, along with a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

PAST PRESIDENT

Christopher W. Bruce
Public Safety Analyst
Danvers Police Department
120 Ash Street
Danvers, MA 01923
978-774-1213 ext. 119
cbruce@mail.danvers-ma.org

Christopher has been involved in crime analysis for over 15 years, first at the Cambridge Police Department, and now at the Danvers Police Department. He is a Lecturer at Suffolk University's Graduate Program in Criminal Justice, and is the president of the International Association of Crime Analysts. He was the senior editor of the IACA's Exploring Crime Analysis in 2004 and co-wrote Better Policing with Microsoft Office in 2005.

 

Honor Board

Past Officers of the Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts

 

President

2004-Present: Debra J. Piehl, Massachusetts State Police

2000-2004:     Christopher W. Bruce, Danvers Police Department

1997-2000:     Officer Robert Stering, Waltham Police Department

 

Vice President of Administration:

 

2006-Present: Officer Glen Mills, Burlington Police Department

2003-2006:     Donald W. Chamberlayne, Worcester Police Department

2002-2003:     Daniel Bibel, Massachusetts State Police

2000-2002:     Mark Bachta, MBTA Police Department

1997-2000:     Christopher W. Bruce, Cambridge Police Department

 

Vice President of Membership:

2003-Present: Officer Casey Hatchett, Brookline Police Department

2001-2003:     Officer Francis Hynes, Hartford (CT) Police Department

1997-2001:     Officer Lawrence R. Newman, Haverhill Police Department

 

Secretary:

2002-Present: Carol Fitzgerald, Fitchburg Police Department

1997-2002:     Inspector Thomas Callahan, Woburn Police Department

 

Treasurer:

2007-Present:  Manuela DeSousa, MBTA Transit Police

1999-2007:     Twyla Alvarez, Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts

1997-1999:     Trooper Elizabeth Burke, Massachusetts State Police

 

 

 

The last update of this page was 12/10/2008 11:25

 

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Danvers, MA 01923

 

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