New chief in town
Wilder announced today that on Monday, November 3 Bryan T. Norwood, Police Chief of Bridgeport, Connecticut will become the new Chief of Police for the City of Richmond. From the release: “Chief Norwood brings a broad range of public safety experience as well as a strong commitment to ‘community policing’ that will help our City […]
Wilder announced today that on Monday, November 3 Bryan T. Norwood, Police Chief of Bridgeport, Connecticut will become the new Chief of Police for the City of Richmond.
From the release:
“Chief Norwood brings a broad range of public safety experience as well as a strong commitment to ‘community policing’ that will help our City continue to wipe out crime,” the Mayor said. “The Chief will continue to advance the tremendous strides we’ve made that have reduced crime here to its lowest point in 26 years.”
Chief Norwood has 19 years of law enforcement experience, including two years as Bridgeport Chief of Police and 17 years with the New Haven, CT Police Department where he served as an undercover detective and climbed through the ranks to become Assistant Police Chief. In Bridgeport, the Chief managed a staff of 435 sworn Police officers, 110 civilian employees, and a $43 million annual operating budget.
During his tenure in Bridgeport, violent crime has decreased by 35 percent and homicides are down nearly 50 percent. He is a strong proponent of community policing and promoted community outreach measures such as ongoing community meetings, neighborhood walking tours with Command Staff and the establishment of Neighborhood Enforcement Teams, and the use of bicycles and Segways by Police officers.
Prior to taking on the position of Chief of Police in Bridgeport, Norwood served with the New Haven, Connecticut Police Department for 17 years where he dealt with a variety of departments including narcotics, homicide, robbery, and burglary, among others.
Apparently he also worked as Special Agent for U.S. DEA in New York in 1998 in an undercover investigation of international drug trafficking by a Colombian cartel. Dag.
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Valerie Catrow
Valerie Catrow is editor of RVAFamily, mother to a mop-topped first grader, and always really excited to go to bed.
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