Biography

Dan retired as a Sergeant with over 33 years of service with the Winchester, Massachusetts Police Department, 15 of which was as a School Resource Officer (SRO). He was the law enforcement co-chair of the Winchester Public School District Incident Management Team (IMT) and played an instrumental role in initiating, organizing, and training the Rescue Task Force (RTF) with the Winchester Fire and Police Departments. He was a founding member and former commander of the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) School Threat Assessment Response Systems (STARS), a forty plus member task force comprised of law enforcement officers, educators, fire service members and mental health professionals. He commanded this “one in the nation” task force that coordinates violence prevention, threat assessment and response efforts to provide a safe, orderly, and secure environment conducive to learning in over 500 of the region’s schools.    

Dan was a member and a past President of the Massachusetts Juvenile Police Officers Association (MJPOA). He was also a member of the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) where he held the national certification of Practitioner. He is a certified American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor and owner of Heart Start CPR & First Aid. He is the Senior Public Safety Liaison for BeSafe Technologies. He also proudly served six years with the Massachusetts Army National Guard as a Military Police Officer. Dan was honored by the Winchester Chamber of Commerce for dedicated service to students and residents of Winchester, being named the 42nd Citizen of the Year. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Salem State University.    

Dan has extensive training and experience in school and workplace safety and is a partner in A.C.T. for Safety, LLC consulting. He has worked with schools and private industry in creating safe school/workplace plans, implementing safety drills and exercises, building strong partnerships with local public safety agencies.