Nicholas Pastore is a retired chief of the New Haven, Connecticut Police Department, a post he held from 1990 to 1997. He is presently a Research Fellow in Police Policy for the Washington DC-based Criminal Justice Policy Foundation. Chief Pastore has had a long and distinguished police career and was featured on 60 Minutes for his innovative approach to implementing community policing in New Haven, and has been an important influence in the development of community policing nationwide. During his career with the New Haven Department of Police Service, Mr. Pastore held the ranks of detective in the Gambling and Narcotics Division, commander of the Criminal Intelligence Division, deputy chief inspector of Internal Affairs, and chief inspector of Investigative Services. For his service, Chief Pastore has received many community service and outstanding achievement awards and commendations. He also has addressed various conferences and published two reports on community policing in New Haven.Among the innovations implemented by Chief Pastore were the nationally recognized Young Adult Board of Police Commissioners, a group of young people elected from each of the city's high schools to advise the chief and the department on issues of concern to their generation. The group has subsequently addressed the United States Congress and met with President Clinton. In partnership with Yale University, he instituted the Yale Child Study Community Policing Program, creating learning fellowships for police officers and teaching teams of officers and clinicians who respond 24 hours a day to incidents where children are either witnesses to or victims of violence.

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