June 9, 2022

More on combating crime

Our own Ray Guidetti was featured on a Police1 webinar, sponsored by ShotSpotter, to discuss what it takes to combat gun related crime. The webinar, entitled “Accelerate Investigations by Bridging Data Gaps & Facilitating Interagency Collaboration” included Chris Bolton, former Deputy Chief of Field Operations of the Oakland, California, Police Department, former Detective First Grade Mike Cunningham of the New York City Police Department, and Ray Guidetti, former Deputy Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police.

Check out a short preview of the webinar here

Collectively, these speakers tackle investigative challenges impacting law enforcement today; the core elements of combating gun related crime: teamwork, tactics, and technology; and how effective case management systems can bridge data gaps to help investigators solve crimes.

Here is a link to the on-demand webinar:

On-Demand Webinar: Accelerate investigations by bridging data gaps and facilitating interagency collaboration (police1.com

Pete Gagliardi

Author / Podcaster / Consultant

Executive Bio - Pete Gagliardi

Pete Gagliardi is a consultant on matters related to Crime Gun Intelligence (CGI). He provides thought leadership and strategic planning support to help governments develop sustainable solutions aimed at seeking justice for the victims of gun violence, resolution for their loved ones, and peace for their neighbors.

He has 50+ years of experience extracting useful investigative information from crime guns and related evidence in both the public and private sectors.

Thirty of those years were in law enforcement - most of which was focused on the investigation of firearms and explosives-related crimes with the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). He has served as ATF’s principal liaison to Congress, the Deputy Assistant Director of Science and Technology, the Deputy Assistant Director of Law Enforcement Programs, and the Chief of Strategic Planning. In 1999, Pete retired from ATF as the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division.

Following his retirement, he spent 16 years as the Senior Vice President with Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology Inc. and its predecessor Forensic Technology Inc., the developers of the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS).

One of the primary developers of the ATF National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) Program, Pete’s experience with ballistics information-sharing networks spans over 25 years - from “day one” of the creation of the ATF program in 1993 - to similar programs established in ov… Read More

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