James F. Albrecht is an independent contractor, who has extensive experience in conducting comprehensive training and policy reform projects for the US Department of State (DoS), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the National Sheriffs Association, and regional Peace Officer’s Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) training centers.
As a retired NYPD Captain/Commanding Officer, Jimmy has first-hand experience developing and implementing effective crime control strategies at numerous police stations throughout the city.
Albrecht was a first responder and a designated leadership official on the emergency management team during the 9-11 Terror Attacks on the World Trade Center and immediately designed the counter-terrorism plan for the subway system in Queens (NYC).
(Amid an alarming rise in violent attacks in the subway system, the NYPD will schedule patrol cops on 12-hour shifts. Courtesy of FOX 5 New York and YouTube. Posted on Oct 24, 2022.)
Albrecht is a criminal justice and homeland security professor at Pace University in Manhattan.
Professor Albrecht has published numerous books on enhancing police-community relations, corruption control, crisis management, police use of force, improving police service delivery, law enforcement/rule of law reform in international peacekeeping missions, and numerous other topics related to policing, criminal justice, criminology, terrorism, counter-terrorism, and emergency incident management, all from global perspectives and while highlighting best practices.
Professor Albrecht received a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship in 1998 and worked as a Professor at the National Police College in Finland. He is an authority in Police Use of Force, Community/Zero Tolerance Policing initiatives; Police Response to Terrorism; Emergency Incident Planning and Management; Democratic Policing; Law Enforcement Leadership Practices; Corruption Control; Developing Police Volunteer Programs; and other international criminal justice and law enforcement issues.
Professor Albrecht has lectured at police facilities and universities in China, Russia, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Canada, Dubai, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malta, Ukraine, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and throughout the USA.
He serves as a consultant to the United Nations, the US Department of Homeland Security, the DoS, the DOJ, IACP, the National Sheriffs Association, and the National Institute of Justice on terrorism and policing matters.
Albrecht possesses Bachelor’s Degrees in Biology and German Language and Master’s Degrees in Criminal Justice, Human Physiology, and History. He completed his doctoral studies in Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven.
Albrecht is the recipient of a 2013 Embassy Policy Specialist Fellowship (USDOS/IREX) and was tasked with conducting research and making recommendations to improve law enforcement effectiveness and legitimacy in Ukraine.
Albrecht started his law enforcement career as an Auxiliary (volunteer) Police Officer in the New York City Police Department (NYPD), serving three years in the 112th Precinct.
Today, he is a 20-year veteran of the NYPD who retired as the Commanding Officer of NYPD Transit Bureau District 20, where he was responsible for the supervision and deployment of over 300 police officers tasked with the prevention of crime and terrorism in the subway and rapid transit system in the borough of Queens, New York City.
In addition to being a first responder and incident command staff member at the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, he was also the incident commander at the November 12, 2001 commercial airliner accident in Queens, NYC.
Captain Albrecht has extensive law enforcement experience in the NYPD, having served as a patrol officer, community policing beat officer, Police Academy criminal law instructor, firearms investigator, sergeant patrol supervisor, press information officer, community policing unit commander, supervisory research analyst for the Police Commissioner, lieutenant platoon commander, special operations lieutenant, lieutenant detective commander of internal civil rights violation investigations, executive officer (deputy precinct commander), and duty captain (designated critical and emergency incident commander).
Captain Albrecht served on NYPD Police Commissioner Bratton’s Reengineering Committees from 1994 to 1995 and 2014 through 2015. He concluded his policing career while serving in the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) in Kosovo (former Yugoslavia) as the Police Chief of the EULEX Police Executive Department, in charge of criminal investigations and tasked with coordinating international law enforcement cooperation and intelligence analysis from 2008 through 2010.
Albrecht is the author and editor of numerous books: “Effective Crime Reduction Strategies: International Perspectives;” “Policing Major Events: Perspective from Across the World;” “Police Reserves and Volunteers: Enhancing Police Effectiveness and Public Trust,” “Police Brutality, Misconduct and Corruption: Criminological Explanations and Policy Implications,” “Policing and Minority Communities: Current Issues and Global Perspectives,” “Effective Police Service Delivery: Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives,” “Contemporary Issues in Applied Psychology,” “Police and International Peacekeeping Missions,” “Understanding and Preventing Community Violence,” “Police Use of Force: Global Perspectives and Policy Implications,” and the soon to be published “The History of Law and Civilization.”
Professor Albrecht has many additional published works on law enforcement, community policing, legal history, corruption control, crime reduction strategies, justice-related gender issues, criminology, traffic safety and enforcement, and international terrorism/counter-terrorism.
James F. Albrecht Nominated in 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Ceremony
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