Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA conducts NIH-funded research at the intersection of public health, public safety, and justice, focusing on substance use and the overdose crisis. Prior to research, Dr. del Pozo served as a police officer for 23 years. Nineteen were spent in the New York City Police Department, where he started on patrol in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, went on to command two precincts, and served in the police commissioner's office. He also spent four years as Chief of Police of Burlington, Vermont, where he directed the city's interdisciplinary response to the opioid crisis. His efforts were associated with a substantial and sustained reduction in opioid overdose deaths. He was the 2016 recipient of the Police Executive Research Forum's Gary Hayes Award for excellence in police leadership, and his popular writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Daily News. Dr. del Pozo's book, The Police and the State: Security, Social Cooperation, and the Public Good, will be published by Cambridge University Press in November of 2022. Read more about this authorRead less about this author