MICHAEL J. HEIDINGSFIELD
                                                          (901) 527-2600 (office)
                                                 mheidingsfield@memphiscrime.org

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-Present:  President and Chief Executive Officer, Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Memphis, Tennessee.  Serve as the chief executive officer of a criminal justice public policy/research/oversight organization created by the leadership of the business and civic communities in 1997 to promote positive change and reform in the regional criminal justice system; restore confidence in local law enforcement; reduce crime and fear; and foster partnerships and collaborations among public and private organizations to improve the administration of justice.  This mission is accomplished through the pursuit of best practices research nationally, advocacy for the adoption of best practices locally, inquiries prompted by community concerns of misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance with the commitment to the outcome of improved public policy, serving as a strategic resource for local criminal justice agencies, and generally providing the community oversight of and an independent voice on the state and success of the criminal justice system in Memphis, Shelby County and the Mid-South region.  The Crime Commission relies on nonpartisan and apolitical investigation, fact-based research and the development of evidence-based public policy to accomplish its goals.

Oct 2004-Jan 2006 (on leave of absence from Memphis Shelby Crime Commission):  Contingent Commander, US Department of State Police Advisory Mission, Baghdad, Iraq. Selected by the State Department and its primary security contractor, DynCorp International, to serve for 14 months in their senior leadership role responsible for the training and reconstitution of a 135,000 member Iraqi Police Service and the management of 540 US police advisors and 500 support staff members in a combat environment;  worked directly with the senior Department of Defense leadership in the US Embassy, as well as the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement and the interim Iraqi government focusing on the permanent security of the nation of Iraq; priority target areas included major crimes investigation, anti-corruption initiatives, interdiction of, reporting on and long term solutions for human rights violations within the Iraqi Police Service, counter-terrorism, restoration of law and order and the rebuilding of public confidence in the Iraqi Police Service, rebuilding of crime laboratory and forensics capabilities and basic/advanced training for police personnel; currently hold Top Secret security clearance; continue to serve as the senior police consultant for DynCorp International for its programs worldwide and as the firm’s subject matter expert on counter-improvised explosive device programs   

1998 – 2000:  Director and Faculty Chair, Law Enforcement Programs, Rio Salado College, Tempe, Arizona.  Responsible for the management, growth, development and delivery of an undergraduate law enforcement and corrections discipline with approximately 1700 full time student equivalents enrolled, all of whom were practitioners; this program is an integral part of the largest community college district in the nation; successes included the development of a practitioner-focused baccalaureate degree in Police Science offered nationally through distance education under the oversight of Ottawa (KS) University, as well as national expansion of the police academy-based programming and learning model developed at Rio Salado.

1991 - 1998:  Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, Scottsdale, Arizona Police Department.  Responsible for the leadership and management of 500+ full-time personnel and a $37+ million budget; capital improvement project successes included an automated fingerprint identification system as well as police training and patrol district facilities; position included the delivery of full police services to a community of 200,000+ with a rapidly diversifying ethnic, economic and population base and continued growth potential; significant accomplishments included college education and fitness requirements for new and promoted police officers; the implementation of community policing; the implementation of an external organizational study; development and institutionalization of a Professional Standards capacity that relied on the hallmarks of excellence, initiative and integrity for its foundational values, SWAT and Community Affairs units and permanent positions on the state police academy training staff; enhancement of a model civilianization program and creation of a multi-dimensional police-youth intervention strategy; completion of a downtown super station as part of a larger Justice Center; successful completion of national accreditation/reaccreditation and implementation of a master police officer program; also responsible for the broadest possible operational integration of public safety resources and activities in the city including fire, emergency medical service, emergency management and security of city-owned facilities and property; accorded the title of Chief of Police Emeritus upon retirement; mentored command officers who became successful police chiefs in Wisconsin, Colorado, Arizona and Florida, respectively.

1989 - 1991:  Senior Deputy Chief of Police, Uniformed Services Bureau, Arlington, Texas Police Department.  Responsible for the leadership and oversight of 250+ sworn and civilian staff representing all Patrol,  Traffic, Special Operations and Community Services Divisions; significant accomplishments included implementation of an external resource utilization analysis, design of a beat design/patrol allocation process resulting in more equitable police services, key role in command staff preparation for national accreditation, and primary responsibility for development of the department's first formal response to emerging gang violence; mentored four supervisors who became successful police chiefs or sheriffs in Texas.

1988 - 1989:  Commander (Captain), South Patrol Division, Arlington, Texas Police Department.  Responsible for the delivery of patrol services to a designated geographic area of the city; significant accomplishments included successful reorganization and geographic decentralization of the patrol function (project manager) and the implementation of community-based policing (project manager).

1987 - 1988:  Shift Commander (Lieutenant), Patrol Division, Arlington, Texas Police Department.  Responsible for the establishment of division goals and objectives as patrol program manager; direction, control and coordination of first line supervisory activities; significant accomplishments included bringing a unified operational philosophy to an unstructured patrol unit at the request of the Chief of Police.
1986 - 1987:  Commander (Lieutenant), Special Investigations Division, Arlington, Texas Police Department.  Responsible for the administration and management of the most sensitive categories of criminal investigations under the office of the Chief of Police;  areas included Vice and Narcotics,  Organized Crime, the Career Offender Project, DEA Drug Lab Task Force participation and Criminal Intelligence; significant accomplishments included broadening of traditional narcotics investigative activity to include vice and organized crime, development of a meaningful and successful drug forfeiture program, development of a model program dealing with repeat felony offenders, authorship of the first comprehensive Special Investigations Standard Operating Procedures and successful integration of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ local office into the daily operation of the Career Offender Project, a first nationwide.

1984 - 1986:  Commander (Lieutenant 1985-1986), (Sergeant 1984-1985), Internal Affairs Division, Arlington, Texas Police Department.  Responsible for the investigation of allegations of police misconduct and supervision of those investigations assigned to the Internal Affairs Division; the direction of the Inspections function for the Police Department; significant accomplishments included revision of the Internal Affairs process and authorship of the first comprehensive General Order on internal discipline in the history of the department.

1982 - 1984:  Sergeant, Crimes Specific Task Force, Criminal Investigations Division, Arlington, Texas Police Department.  Responsible for direction of a squad of criminal investigators in the apprehension of offenders involved in major crime categories; the direction of all vice and narcotics operations and the coordination of undercover police operations as well as police intelligence efforts; significant accomplishments included development of the first citizen narcotics complaint system and management of a highly successful statewide methamphetamine drug laboratory investigation/seizure team.

1981 - 1982:  Sergeant, Patrol Division, Arlington, Texas Police Department.  One of three first line shift supervisors directly responsible for management of 30 line police officers and all related evaluation, disciplinary, and scheduling requirements.

1978 - 1981:  Police Officer/Field Training Officer, Patrol Division, Arlington, Texas Police Department. Responsible for field training and evaluation of Police Academy graduates for a twelve week period, and preparation and presentation of in-service training programs; significant accomplishments included the development of the first Field Training Officers' Manual and the department's post-Academy training program.

1975 - 1978:  Police Officer/Sergeant in Charge of Criminal Investigation Division, University of Texas System Police, Arlington, Texas.  Responsible for insuring all criminal offenses against or involving State University interests were properly investigated; supervised the operation of the Criminal Investigation Division; conducted background investigations on University of Texas System Police applicants; also was a guest instructor at the University of Texas System Police Academy and participated in assistance visits to other UT campus police departments.

1974 - 1975:  Officer in Charge of Law Enforcement, 96th Security Police Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas.  Responsible for installation law enforcement; supervision of the Criminal Investigation Section and a major USAF Base Correctional Facility; accomplishments included creation of a Security Police Crime Prevention Team for major crime problems; held rank of Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, USAF.

1973 - 1974: Officer in Charge of Weapon Systems Security, 96th Security Police Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas.  Responsible for security and protection of assigned USAF aircraft and conventional/nuclear weapon systems; oversaw operation and maintenance of the highest degree of security readiness for protection of war-ready weapon delivery aircraft; accomplishments included successful redeployment of 96th Bomb Wing assets from bombing campaigns in Vietnam; held rank of Second Lieutenant, USAF.


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE


2000-2004:  Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Security Forces, United States Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; served as the reserve counterpart and wartime augmentee to the Air Force Director of Security Forces; retired at the rank of Colonel, USAFR; activated and assigned to the Air Force Crisis Action Center at the Pentagon as a senior team chief in the wake of the attacks of 9/11

1998 – 2000:  Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Security Forces, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia; served as the senior reserve Security Forces officer in Air Combat Command and as the wartime augmentee to my active duty counterpart; held the rank of Colonel, USAFR.

1996 - 1998:  Special Assistant to the Commander for Inspector General Matters, Headquarters, Tenth Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Ft. Worth (Carswell Field), Texas; Name-selected for assignment to the Office of the Inspector General to conduct senior level investigations including abuse of rank, conduct unbecoming an officer, fraud, embezzlement, command influence and fraternization on behalf of the office of the commander; held rank of Colonel, USAFR.

1994 - 1996:  Deputy Chief of Security Police, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force Reserve,  Robins AFB, Georgia.  Assisted in the command oversight and management of 3000 reserve security police personnel  and 400 full-time Department of Defense police officers assigned throughout the continental United States; held rank of Lieutenant Colonel, USAFR.

1992 - 1994:  Assistant Director, Security Police Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force Reserve,  Office of the Chief of Security Police, Robins AFB, Georgia.  Responsible for leadership of staff visits to combat-ready units nationwide to insure preparation for their air base ground defense mission; also a staff advisor on leadership for field commanders; held rank of Lieutenant Colonel, USAFR.

1990 - 1992:  Combat Information Officer, Air Force Reserve Ground Combat Readiness Center, Bergstrom AFB, Texas.  Responsibility as senior reserve officer to coordinate standardization/evaluation program for combat training provided during peacetime; wartime responsibility as ground defense force commander; held rank of Major, USAFR.

1987 - 1990:  Chief of Operations, Headquarters, Tenth Air Force, Office of the Chief of Security Police, Bergstrom AFB, Texas.  Responsibility as a senior staff officer for the formulation of staff policy regarding Air Force Reserve Security Police peacetime operations and wartime mission requirements; includes participation in Staff Assistance visits and field exercises to insure combat readiness; held rank of Major, USAFR.

1980 - 1987:  Commander, 301st Security Police Flight, Carswell AFB, Texas.  Responsible for overall leadership, direction, guidance and training of assigned personnel to insure successful completion of the unit's military mission--air base ground defense in a combat environment and protection of USAF resources; held rank of First Lieutenant, Captain, and Major, USAFR.


EDUCATION


Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas; 1990
Master of Liberal Arts Degree (With emphasis on Public Policy)
 
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; 1973
B. S. Degree in Criminology (Minor in Sociology), School of Social Welfare


SELECTED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING


In excess of 4,000 hours of criminal justice training including the Senior Management Institute for Police, Police Executive Research Forum, North Andover, Massachusetts; this is generally considered the most advanced police executive management course in the country with faculty drawn primarily from the Harvard University Schools of Business and Government; 1986

Institute for Police Executives, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University; 1992

Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia; 1995


SPECIAL RECOGNITION/ACHIEVEMENTS


USAF Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship Recipient & Distinguished Graduate
Florida State University; 1971 - 1973

Honor Graduate
USAF Security Police Academy, 1973 and University of Texas System Police Academy, 1975

Police Officer of the Year
Arlington Police Department; 1979

Outstanding Young Man of America
National Board of Jaycees; 1979

Executive of the Year Award, Scottsdale (Arizona) Chapter, Professional Secretaries International; 1991

City Manager's Award of Excellence, City of Scottsdale; 1993

Who’s Who in Memphis, 2005 and 2006


PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT


Member, Leadership Arlington, Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Arlington, Texas; 1982-83

Security Consultant to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, New York, New York; 1987 - 1996

Assessor/Team Leader, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia; 1987 - Present

Member, International Association of Chiefs of Police; 1989 – Present

Trainer, Ministry of Public Security, Costa Rica, 1989

Member, Police Executive Research Forum; 1990 - Present

Member, Arizona and Tennessee Associations of Chiefs of Police; 1991-present

Designated Presenter, International Association of Chiefs of Police; 1991, 1994, 1998

Governor's Appointments: Arizona Auto Theft Prevention Authority, 1992-1993 and Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, 1993-1997

Adjunct Faculty Member, Scottsdale Community College, 1993 – 1998; Ottawa University/University of Phoenix, 1996-1999; University of Memphis, 2000-present

Designated Presenter, Police Executive Research Forum; 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006 and 2007

Designated Presenter, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Center; 1999

Featured Guest, Law Enforcement Television News; 2000

Designated Presenter and Keynote Speaker, Performance Institute, National Summit on Law Enforcement Recruiting and Retention; 2000

Name-selected Participant, “Project Triangle,” with the Police Executive Research Forum and the Israeli National Police (re:  less lethal police weapon technology and violence de-escalation); 2001

Seminar Leader, Senior Leadership Workshop for the Indonesian National Police, Jakarta, Indonesia; 2003 and 2004

Consultant, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense, Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (re:  security of terrorist detainees); 2003

Presenter, Major Cities Police Chiefs Association, 2005

Presenter, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 2007


PUBLICATIONS


Author of "Career Offenders - A Nontraditional Approach to Investigative Policing," published in Law and Order Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 10; October 1987

Author of "Arlington Police Department and the U. S. Treasury:  Effective Partners," published in Police Chief Magazine, Vol. LVIII, No. 3; March 1991

Author of "Viewpoint", an article on 'Capital Punishment - One Perspective,' published in Corrections Forum Magazine; July/August 1993

Author of "Reflections on Capital Punishment", published in Police Chief Magazine, Vol. LX, No. 9, September 1993

Author of "Capital Punishment - Afterthoughts of a Witness", published in Law and Order Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 10, October 1993

Author of "Cop's Commentary - A National Policy for 1995 and Beyond", published in Law and Order Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 2, February 1995

Author of "Pointed Questions About Your Police Agency," published in Law Enforcement News, Vol. XXII, No. 452, September 1996

Author of "A Community's Relationship With Its Police," published in Law and Order Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 1, January 1997

Author of "A Chief's Definition of Community Policing," published in The Journal: The Voice of Law Enforcement Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, Fall, 1997

Author of “Community Policing:  A Chief’s Definition,” published in Law and Order Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 10, October 1997

Contributing Author, “Police Organization and Management—Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” M.L. Dantzker, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 1999

Contributor, “Understanding Today’s Police,” Second Edition, Mark L. Dantzker, Prentice Hall, 1999

Co-Author of “The Missing Link To Police Professionalism,” published in Law Enforcement News, Vol XXV, No. 520, October 1999

Contributing Author, “Contemporary Police Organization and Management—Issues and Trends,” William G. Doerner and M.L. Dantzker, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 2000

Author, Preface, “Understanding Today’s Police,” Third Edition, Mark L. Dantzker, Prentice Hall, 2001

Guest Columnist, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, 2000-Present

Guest Commentator on the Middle East, National Public Radio, 2005-present

Profiled by Scripps Howard News Service, 2005 and 2006

Co-Author, “Policing in Iraq:  Lessons and Impacts on Policing in the United States,” published in Subject To Debate, Police Executive Research Forum, Vol. 20, No. 5, May 2006
Contributing Author, “Patrol Level Response to a Suicide Bomb Threat; The Iraq Perspective,” Police Executive Research Forum, April 2007