Allen R. Sondej has been a police officer for over twenty years. He is currently a Lieutenant in a mid-sized central New Jersey police department. He is in charge of the Support Services Division which includes responsibility for; administration, scheduling, finance, logistics, training, and dispatch. He is also the departmental accreditation manager and is tasked with liability mitigation. Al started his law enforcement career with the Trenton Police Department where he served as a patrol officer. During his career he has held the positions of Patrol Officer, Crime Prevention Officer, Public Information Officer, Shift Commander, Emergency Response Team member and Police Instructor. While serving as a police officer Al maintained a private consulting business which concentrates on risk and liability mitigation and has provided services to numerous corporations. He has also served as the Director of Training for a non-profit law enforcement training organization.

Prior to his law enforcement career he served in the United States Marine Corps Military Police and was called back to active service in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He is currently the Vice President for Legal Affairs with the New Jersey Public Safety Accreditation Coalition and is a frequent lecturer at the coalition’s annual conference. He is also an Adjunct Professor at a State University and teaches all aspects of professional security, including risk mitigation.

In 2006 Al was given the task of bringing his agency through state accreditation. During this time he implemented all of the necessary changes mandated by accreditation but also applied his extensive background in safety and risk management to develop an implement a liability mitigation model. As a personal philosophy he believes that along with accreditation, a strong risk management regimen can both protect individual officers and agencies and allow them to deliver a more efficient and effective product.

He received his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from Mercer County Community College. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree from New Jersey City University in Criminal Justice and was one of the very few to do it with a concentration in Security. He earned his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law.

Al is an attorney admitted to the New Jersey Bar and the Bar of the Federal District Court of New Jersey he is currently of Counsel to a Pennington N.J. law firm.

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