Supervisory Program Specialist
DoJ COPS Office, United States
Shelley S. Hyland is a Supervisory Program Specialist in the Resources and Technical Assistance Division within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). She oversees a team responsible for managing Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act and Community Policing Development awards, and the Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC). Prior to joining the COPS Office, she was a statistician with the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). In this role, she was the program manager for a number of law enforcement surveys, including Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, and Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies. Prior to working at BJS, she was a research and policy analyst for the Schenectady (NY) Police Department and a crime analyst for the City of Kingston (NY) Police Department. Her research interests include law enforcement management and operations, community policing, use of force, crime analysis and pre-employment screening. She holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany-SUNY.
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