Geraldine Hart

• Lead the transformation of the role of Public Safety and community engagement for more than 15,000 students, faculty, staff and administrators who live and work on the University's 244-acre campus.
• Developing a comprehensive strategy to bridge academia, the community and law enforcement practitioners to leverage diverse academic resources to provide insight and innovative solutions for policing and community concerns.
• Implementing strategies to effectively and efficiently address students with mental health challenges.

• Accomplished, nationally recognized leader of the 11th largest police department in the country overseeing approximately 2,500 sworn and 800 civilian members, a regional police academy and an operating budget in excess of 500 million dollars.

Police Reform

• Working with a coalition of community, unions, legislators, previously incarcerated individuals, defense attorneys and others, developed a historic police reform plan.
• Together we examined existing policy addressing community policing, training, staffing, traffic stops, arrests and search warrants, crisis response and police accountability.
• We developed initiatives, strategies and policies that will fundamentally transform the relationship between the police and the communities they serve.

Crime Reduction

• Significant reduction in both violent and property crime with corresponding reduction in jail population.
• Focused enforcement activity addressing MS-13 gang activity with disruption of gang presence in Suffolk County.
• Traveled to El Salvador to work with National Police Force and State Department to develop joint investigative and prosecution strategies to dismantle MS-13.

Department Policy Changes

• Together with Command Staff and DOJ Officials developed and implemented the first departmental policy and procedure for fair and transparent promotions and transfers to specialized commands.
• Top to bottom review and revision of all departmental policies using outside vendor Lexipol. Ensured compliance with best practices, state, federal and court decisions and with input from the community. Implemented department wide training on new policies.

Crisis Response

• Implemented 911 call diversion- collaboration between police and crisis hotline social workers. 911 Operators were trained and directed to assess and divert calls that do not need a police response.
• Developed and implemented SCPD and Mental Health Collaborative- a partnership between police and mental health support resources to proactively identify and refer "high utilizers" of 911 services for resources.
• Crisis Intervention Training- Implemented nationally recognized advanced training for officers to better respond to individuals undergoing mental health crisis.

Human Trafficking

• Suffolk County Anti-Trafficking Initiative (SCATI): Launched in 2019 and comprised of approximately 30 partners from law enforcement, non-profits and community groups to address Human Trafficking.
• Focus on holistic care to trafficking victims, support the prosecution of traffickers and increased awareness on how to identify possible human trafficking situations.
• By 2021 more than 220 trafficking victims were identified and received services from SCATI.

Community Engagement Initiatives

• Instituted "park and walk" initiative requiring patrol officers to engage with community members outside of enforcement activities at least once per shift.
• Instituted Problem-Oriented Policing model with a commitment to value community problem solvers. This shift was embedded in officers daily responsibilities, performance evaluations, promotions and transfers and executive level meetings.
• Developed a "Transparency Hub" to allow the public access to a number of dashboards including real time traffic stop data and Internal Affairs. Employed advanced business Intelligence software and geographic information systems mapping.
• Developed and implemented a community survey with an outside consultant.
• Created a civilian position for a liaison to report directly to the Commissioner and help build relationships with our Hispanic Community.
• Created the "Commissioners Community Forum"

Bias-Free Policing

• Developed and implemented a robust traffic stop data platform that allowed proper collection of data fields and analysis after years of stops and starts.
• Required collection of pedestrian stop data where an officer detains a pedestrian member of the public.
• Contracted with an outside consultant to analyze traffic stop data and released the results publicly.
• Developed policies to ensure proper collection, analysis and release of data.
• Developed and implemented an "Early Warning" procedure to identify and amend atypical patterns of traffic and pedestrian stops to address disparities.
• Developed "Safety First" campaign to address disparities in traffic stops for equipment violations in communities of color. For first time violations, drivers are given a warning and educational resources to promote road safety.
• Implemented annual training for all sworn officers in bias-free policing. This training was recognized by the DOJ as a national model. SCPD traveled to St. Louis to train the Ferguson Police Department.
• Invited community members to participate in and observe bias-free policing training, language assistance training, and use of force training.

Officer Accountability

• Created a civilian oversight review process.
• Began a process to deploy body worn cameras to 1,600 patrol officers.
• Increased Internal Affairs investigator staffing.
• Increased communication with complainants.
• Significantly decreased case backlog. In 2015 more than 150 cases remained unresolved after 18 months. In 2020 the number decreased to 10.

Developed Best Practices

• Extreme Risk Protection Orders "Red Flag" Law: NY State legislation passed in August 2019. Educated law enforcement, school superintendents and community of the law and effective use.
• Genetic Genealogy: Suffolk County Police Department was the first to utilize genetic genealogy to identify a murder victim in January 2020.

• Senior law enforcement agent on Long Island in charge of the operations and investigations of the FBI's Long Island Office comprised of 115 FBI Special Agents, Task Force Officers and support personnel.
• Maximized collaboration and led the coordinated effort between federal, state and local law enforcement to address gang violence on Long Island.
• Developed and implemented a strategy, to include a dedicated investigative squad, to address the threat posed by Human Trafficking.
• Managed and prioritized fast-paced, complex investigations involving cyber crimes, violent gangs, public corruption, terrorism, counter-intelligence, child exploitation, and violent crime throughout Long Island.
• Prepared and presented investigative briefings to FBI Executive Management, United States Attorney's Office, and partner agencies.
• Served as the FBI's representative at all command meetings with law enforcement executives at partner agencies, prosecutorial agencies, community leadership, private sector leaders, and the media on Long Island.
• Developed and implemented the first multi-agency MS-13 Intelligence Center to centralize and facilitate effective dissemination of gang intelligence.
• Oversaw and managed task force budgets.
• Prepared performance goals, annual performance evaluations, development plans and training, and identification of remedial or corrective actions.
• Selected to serve as a member of the FBI's Career Board charged with reviewing, interviewing and selecting candidates for promotion.
• Assessed facilities for vulnerabilities and implemented corrective actions.

• Led a task force comprised of FBI Special Agents and NYPD Detectives investigating the Genovese, Colombo and Bonanno organized crime families.
• Directed large scale investigations into allegations of corruption at the District Council and local union level, which resulted in successful prosecutions.
• Worked collaboratively with executives of the FBI and the New York City Police Department to implement a reorganization of the FBI's Organized Crime branch.
• Streamlined investigations in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney's office to ensure timely prosecution.
• Initiated and supervised large scale, complex undercover operations.

• Developed, executed, and led complex investigations and enforcement actions to dismantle violent organized crime enterprises.
• Utilized a wide range of investigative techniques including use of confidential sources, electronic surveillance, court ordered monitoring of communications, and undercover operations.
• Spearheaded large scale complex racketeering investigations which significantly contributed to the disruption of the hierarchy of the Luchese LCN family.