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'''Brandon del Pozo''' (b. 1974) is the chief of police of [[Burlington Vermont|Burlington, Vermont]]. He has received recognition for his commitment to innovation and reform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Press/Chief-Brandon-del-Pozo-Awarded-National-Innovation-Leadership-Award-by-Top-Progressive|title=Chief Brandon del Pozo Awarded National Innovation & Leadership Award by Top Progressive Policing Organization {{!}} City of Burlington, Vermont|website=www.burlingtonvt.gov|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref> He assumed the position on September 1st, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/brandon-del-pozo-sworn-in-as-burlingtons-new-police-chief|title=Brandon del Pozo Sworn In As Burlington's New Police Chief|last=Leslie|first=Alexandra|date=2015-09-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> His appointment was contested by the city's progressive activists due to his prior work with the [[New York City Police Department]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/burlington-city-councilors-stand-by-their-man-del-pozo-is-new-police-chief/Content?oid=2740755|title=Burlington City Councilors Stand By Their Man: Del Pozo Is New Police Chief|last=Hallenbeck|first=Terri|website=Seven Days|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> and a scholarly article about racial profiling he published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vtdigger.org/2015/07/08/article-by-burlington-police-chief-nominee-a-concern-for-some/|title=Article by Burlington police chief nominee a concern for some|date=2015-07-09|website=VTDigger|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> His appointment was unanimously approved by the Burlington City Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2015/07/13/burlington-council-backs-del-pozo-for-police-chief|title=Burlington City Council Backs del Pozo for Police Chief|last=Hallenbeck|first=Terri|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref>
'''Brandon del Pozo''' (born 1974) is the chief of police of [[Burlington Vermont]]. He has received recognition for his commitment to innovation and reform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Press/Chief-Brandon-del-Pozo-Awarded-National-Innovation-Leadership-Award-by-Top-Progressive|title=Chief Brandon del Pozo Awarded National Innovation & Leadership Award by Top Progressive Policing Organization {{!}} City of Burlington, Vermont|website=www.burlingtonvt.gov|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref> He assumed the position on September 1st, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/brandon-del-pozo-sworn-in-as-burlingtons-new-police-chief|title=Brandon del Pozo Sworn In As Burlington's New Police Chief|last=Leslie|first=Alexandra|date=2015-09-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> His appointment was contested by the city's progressive activists due to his prior work with the [[New York City Police Department]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/burlington-city-councilors-stand-by-their-man-del-pozo-is-new-police-chief/Content?oid=2740755|title=Burlington City Councilors Stand By Their Man: Del Pozo Is New Police Chief|last=Hallenbeck|first=Terri|website=Seven Days|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> and a scholarly article about racial profiling he published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vtdigger.org/2015/07/08/article-by-burlington-police-chief-nominee-a-concern-for-some/|title=Article by Burlington police chief nominee a concern for some|date=2015-07-09|website=VTDigger|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> His appointment was unanimously approved by the Burlington City Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2015/07/13/burlington-council-backs-del-pozo-for-police-chief|title=Burlington City Council Backs del Pozo for Police Chief|last=Hallenbeck|first=Terri|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref>


Prior to joining coming to Burlington, del Pozo served as a deputy inspector in the NYPD, serving with the agency for nearly two decades. While there, he commanded the Sixth and 50th Precincts,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://thevillager.com/villager_426/commander.html|title=Commander’s goal is to make Village area ‘safe for everyone’|website=thevillager.com|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://thevillager.com/villager_423/philosophercommander.html|title=‘Philosopher commander’ at 6th|website=thevillager.com|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> and served overseas as an intelligence liaison to the Arab Middle East and India, based out of Amman, Jordan, where he investigated terror attacks to see what lessons they offered for better protecting [[New York City]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2008/12/11/fbi-and-nypd-bury-the-hatchet/|title=FBI AND NYPD BURY THE HATCHET|last=Miller|first=Judith|date=2008-12-11|website=New York Post|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref>
Prior to joining coming to Burlington, del Pozo served as a deputy inspector in the NYPD, serving with the agency for nearly two decades. While there, he commanded the Sixth and 50th Precincts,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://thevillager.com/villager_426/commander.html|title=Commander’s goal is to make Village area ‘safe for everyone’|website=thevillager.com|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://thevillager.com/villager_423/philosophercommander.html|title=‘Philosopher commander’ at 6th|website=thevillager.com|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> and served overseas as an intelligence liaison to the Arab Middle East and India, based out of Amman, Jordan, where he investigated terror attacks to see what lessons they offered for better protecting [[New York City]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2008/12/11/fbi-and-nypd-bury-the-hatchet/|title=FBI AND NYPD BURY THE HATCHET|last=Miller|first=Judith|date=2008-12-11|website=New York Post|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref>
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In May of 2016, the PERF awarded del Pozo its Gary Hayes Memorial Award for his innovation and leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.policeforum.org/assets/docs/Subject_to_Debate/Debate2016/debate_2016_mayjun.pdf|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>
In May of 2016, the PERF awarded del Pozo its Gary Hayes Memorial Award for his innovation and leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.policeforum.org/assets/docs/Subject_to_Debate/Debate2016/debate_2016_mayjun.pdf|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>


[[The New York Times|New York Times]] editor and book critic [[Dwight Garner (critic)|Dwight Garner]] characterized del Pozo as "thoughtful and sane."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dwightgarner/status/752494957835984896|title=Dwight Garner on Twitter|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> Del Pozo is presently at writing a book about police work for [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|Farrar, Straus & Giroux]].<ref name=":1" />
''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' editor and book critic [[Dwight Garner (critic)|Dwight Garner]] characterized del Pozo as "thoughtful and sane."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dwightgarner/status/752494957835984896|title=Dwight Garner on Twitter|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> Del Pozo is presently at writing a book about police work for [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|Farrar, Straus & Giroux]].<ref name=":1" />


== Personal Life ==
== Personal life ==
Del Pozo has been married to Sarah Carnevale since 2002.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/style/weddings-vows-sarah-carnevale-and-brandon-del-pozo.html|title=WEDDINGS: VOWS; Sarah Carnevale and Brandon del Pozo|last=Ellin|first=Abby|date=2002-03-03|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> They moved to Burlington from the village of [[Cold Spring, New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://highlandscurrent.com/2015/08/01/the-paper-interviews-brandon-del-pozo/|title=The Paper Interviews: Brandon del Pozo|last=Turton|first=Michael|website=Highlands Current|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> He wrote and directed a narrative short film, Sunday 1287, which screened at the Middlebury and Vermont International Film Festivals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mynbc5.com/article/burlington-police-chief-directs-film-to-play-in-vermont-international-film-festival/7022442|title=Burlington Police Chief directs film to play in Vermont International Film Festival|last=Isaacs|first=Abby|date=2016-10-21|newspaper=WPTZ|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref> The film was based on a crime he investigated while commanding a precinct in the Bronx. An outdoors enthusiast, he has written for publications about cycling<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adirondacklifemag.com/blogs/2016/05/23/cycle-adirondacks/|title=Adirondack Life Blog Archive Cycle Adirondacks - Adirondack Life|website=www.adirondacklifemag.com|access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref> and hiking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/climb-every-mountain|title=Climb Every Mountain {{!}} Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|website=dartmouthalumnimagazine.com|access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref>
Del Pozo has been married to Sarah Carnevale since 2002.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/style/weddings-vows-sarah-carnevale-and-brandon-del-pozo.html|title=WEDDINGS: VOWS; Sarah Carnevale and Brandon del Pozo|last=Ellin|first=Abby|date=2002-03-03|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> They moved to Burlington from the village of [[Cold Spring, New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://highlandscurrent.com/2015/08/01/the-paper-interviews-brandon-del-pozo/|title=The Paper Interviews: Brandon del Pozo|last=Turton|first=Michael|website=Highlands Current|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> He wrote and directed a narrative short film, Sunday 1287, which screened at the Middlebury and Vermont International Film Festivals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mynbc5.com/article/burlington-police-chief-directs-film-to-play-in-vermont-international-film-festival/7022442|title=Burlington Police Chief directs film to play in Vermont International Film Festival|last=Isaacs|first=Abby|date=2016-10-21|newspaper=WPTZ|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref> The film was based on a crime he investigated while commanding a precinct in the Bronx. An outdoors enthusiast, he has written for publications about cycling<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adirondacklifemag.com/blogs/2016/05/23/cycle-adirondacks/|title=Adirondack Life Blog Archive Cycle Adirondacks - Adirondack Life|website=www.adirondacklifemag.com|access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref> and hiking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/climb-every-mountain|title=Climb Every Mountain {{!}} Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|website=dartmouthalumnimagazine.com|access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref>


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Brandon del Pozo
Chief of police, Burlington, Vermont
Preceded byMichael Schirling
Personal details
Born1974
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican (of Cuban descent)
SpouseSarah Carnevale (m. 2002)
Alma materDartmouth College, John F. Kennedy School of Government, City University of New York Graduate Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Stuyvesant High School
Websitehttps://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Police/Command-Staff-and-Area-Supervisors

Brandon del Pozo (born 1974) is the chief of police of Burlington Vermont. He has received recognition for his commitment to innovation and reform.[1] He assumed the position on September 1st, 2015.[2] His appointment was contested by the city's progressive activists due to his prior work with the New York City Police Department[3] and a scholarly article about racial profiling he published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2002.[4] His appointment was unanimously approved by the Burlington City Council.[5]

Prior to joining coming to Burlington, del Pozo served as a deputy inspector in the NYPD, serving with the agency for nearly two decades. While there, he commanded the Sixth and 50th Precincts,[6][7] and served overseas as an intelligence liaison to the Arab Middle East and India, based out of Amman, Jordan, where he investigated terror attacks to see what lessons they offered for better protecting New York City.[6][8]

Education

Born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to a Cuban father and a Jewish mother,[7] del Pozo attended Stuyvesant High School,[9] then earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College.[10] He subsequently graduated with a master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[11] While at the Kennedy School, he was a 9/11 Public Service Fellow, in recognition of the sacrifices made by first responders on that day.[11][12] He also holds a master's in Criminal Justice from John Jay College, and a master's of philosophy, in Philosophy, from the City University of New York Graduate Center.[13]

Career

Citing the challenges of American policing,[14] del Pozo came to Burlington with a desire to improve police services in the city as a model for progress in the profession.[15] After his police killed Phil Grenon, a mentally ill man who attacked them with knives at the end of a prolonged standoff,[16] del Pozo began a program to improve outcomes in the use of force, piloting the Police Executive Research Forum's (PERF) new force guidelines and curriculum[17][18] and introducing new tactics and technologies that avert physical confrontations.[19]

Opiate abuse and dependency have been a concern for the city and its police in light of the state's wider struggles with opiate addiction.[20] Burlington mayor Miro Weinberger directed that del Pozo create and implement a strategy[21] to address its effects that focuses on public health rather than law enforcement,[22] and uses data and collaboration as cornerstones of the approach.[23] Shortly after taking on the leadership of the Burlington Police, del Pozo directed all patrol officers to carry Naloxone, the overdose reversal drug.[24] This deployment has saved lives.[25] As a result of the mayor's request, del Pozo assisted the mayor's office with the creation of the city's Opioid Policy Coordinator. Based out of the police department, the coordinator vets police work for better public health outcomes and assists the city in formulating policies, directives and public engagements to help free the city from the grip of opioid abuse.[26]

An advocate for greater transparency in policing and government, del Pozo created a police data transparency portal where he discloses a range of raw and processed data about the work of the Burlington Police under a quote by legal philosopher Jeremy Waldron: "In a democracy, the accountable agents of the people owe the people an account of what they have been doing, and a refusal to provide this is simple insolence."[27] He has spoken at the White House to an audience of police leaders on the value of the practice as part of efforts to implement the recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.[28]

In May of 2016, the PERF awarded del Pozo its Gary Hayes Memorial Award for his innovation and leadership.[29]

New York Times editor and book critic Dwight Garner characterized del Pozo as "thoughtful and sane."[30] Del Pozo is presently at writing a book about police work for Farrar, Straus & Giroux.[15]

Personal life

Del Pozo has been married to Sarah Carnevale since 2002.[31] They moved to Burlington from the village of Cold Spring, New York.[32] He wrote and directed a narrative short film, Sunday 1287, which screened at the Middlebury and Vermont International Film Festivals.[33] The film was based on a crime he investigated while commanding a precinct in the Bronx. An outdoors enthusiast, he has written for publications about cycling[34] and hiking.[35]

References

  1. ^ "Chief Brandon del Pozo Awarded National Innovation & Leadership Award by Top Progressive Policing Organization | City of Burlington, Vermont". www.burlingtonvt.gov. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  2. ^ Leslie, Alexandra (2015-09-02). "Brandon del Pozo Sworn In As Burlington's New Police Chief". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  3. ^ Hallenbeck, Terri. "Burlington City Councilors Stand By Their Man: Del Pozo Is New Police Chief". Seven Days. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. ^ "Article by Burlington police chief nominee a concern for some". VTDigger. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  5. ^ Hallenbeck, Terri. "Burlington City Council Backs del Pozo for Police Chief". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  6. ^ a b "Commander's goal is to make Village area 'safe for everyone'". thevillager.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  7. ^ a b "'Philosopher commander' at 6th". thevillager.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  8. ^ Miller, Judith (2008-12-11). "FBI AND NYPD BURY THE HATCHET". New York Post. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  9. ^ "WestView Letter June 2012: BEYOND THE LETTER OF THE LAW -". 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  10. ^ "Climb Every Mountain | Dartmouth Alumni Magazine". dartmouthalumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  11. ^ a b School, Harvard Kennedy. "NYPD Crimson". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  12. ^ DaSilva, Staci (2015-09-11). "BTV Police Chief Reflects On 9/11 Experience As NYPD Officer". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  13. ^ "Del Pozo passes top cop torch at the Five-O". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  14. ^ Wilson, Michael; Schwirtz, Michael (2016-07-09). "In Week of Emotional Swings, Police Face a Dual Role: Villain and Victim". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  15. ^ a b Freese, Alicia. "Burlington's Top Cop, Brandon del Pozo, Aims to Rewrite Policing". Seven Days. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  16. ^ "Burlington police post shooting videos online". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  17. ^ "BPD training teaches peaceful deescalation". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  18. ^ Aragon, Rachel (2016-09-14). "BTV Police Undergo De-Escalation Crisis Training". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  19. ^ "Burlington Police Department adds two scout robots". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  20. ^ "The New Face of Heroin". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  21. ^ Freese, Alicia. "Del Pozo's Diagnosis: Police Chief Outlines Opiate Strategy". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  22. ^ Connors, Mitch Wertlieb, Liam. "One Year In, Burlington's Police Chief Reflects On Use Of Force And Opiate Addiction". Retrieved 2016-09-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ Freese, Alicia. "Help Wanted: Two Good People To Assist Burlington in Addressing the Opiate Problem". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  24. ^ https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/sites/default/files/police/press/1-8-16,%20press%20release%20-%20Naloxone.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ^ "Burlington police reverse first opiate overdose using naloxone". VTDigger. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  26. ^ "BTV's opioid-policy leader pioneers data-based approach". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  27. ^ "BPD Crime Data | City of Burlington, Vermont". www.burlingtonvt.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  28. ^ McGilvery, Keith. "Police Chief Del Pozo reflects on trip to Washington D.C." Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  29. ^ http://www.policeforum.org/assets/docs/Subject_to_Debate/Debate2016/debate_2016_mayjun.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  30. ^ "Dwight Garner on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  31. ^ Ellin, Abby (2002-03-03). "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Sarah Carnevale and Brandon del Pozo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  32. ^ Turton, Michael. "The Paper Interviews: Brandon del Pozo". Highlands Current. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  33. ^ Isaacs, Abby (2016-10-21). "Burlington Police Chief directs film to play in Vermont International Film Festival". WPTZ. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  34. ^ "Adirondack Life Blog Archive Cycle Adirondacks - Adirondack Life". www.adirondacklifemag.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  35. ^ "Climb Every Mountain | Dartmouth Alumni Magazine". dartmouthalumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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