619 Millennium - Seventeenth Edition LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Bruce K. DeShields is a retired law enforcement officer who brings more than 40 years of field experience to clients as the current owner of Superior Security Consultants LLC. He holds a BASc in criminal justice from Stockton University and an MPA from the University of Phoenix. Drawn to a career in criminal justice by his strong work ethic and commitment to helping others, he joined the Atlantic City Police Department in 1978 as an auxiliary and special officer. Through the 1980s, he worked as a patrol officer for the Stockton Police Department and the Department of Human Services. In 1989, Mr. DeShields became a county investigator for the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, beginning a 30-year tenure with the department. He was promoted to sergeant in 1998, lieutenant in 2004 and captain in 2014 before being named commander of the litigation division and crisis negotiations unit. In 2019, he was appointed chief of county detectives. Mr. DeShields spent more than 18 years specializing in homicide investigations and crisis and hostage negotiations. He served as a police academy instructor and trainer in narcotics investigation and crisis negotiation and is proud to have led the creation of Atlantic County’s A.C.L.E.A.D (Atlantic County Law Enforcement Advance Diversion) Program. In recognition of his dedication to the department and community, Mr. DeShields has received numerous awards, including the New Jersey State Chiefs Medal of Valor and a Service Recognition Award from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. DeShields was a two-term president of the New Jersey Chief of County Detectives and Investigators Association and vice president of New Jersey chapter of NOBLE, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. In 2023, Mr. DeShields and his partners formed Superior Security Consultants LLC. They offer their vast experience in criminal investigations to review criminal cases as an independent third-party to address its strengths and weaknesses and provide security assessments to businesses and corporations. Mr. DeShields credits his success to the values instilled in him by his father and to his commitment to living by his moral code of “honor, dignity, and respect.” BRUCE K. DESHIELDS CHIEF OF COUNTY DETECTIVES (RETIRED), ATLANTIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OWNER, SUPERIOR SECURITY CONSULTANTS LLC Atlantic County, NJ
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTQ5NDA2