Episode #23 - Joe Sullivan

I am a veteran of more than 30 years with the Philadelphia Police Department. I left the department as the Deputy Commissioner of Patrol Operations where I commanded a force of 4,698 sworn and civilian personnel. In that position I oversaw six patrol divisions, the Community Relations Division, twenty-one patrol districts, three sub-stations, the Office of School Climate and Safety, Victim Services, Hate Crime Tracking, Neighborhood Services (abandoned autos, Red-light/Speed Camera citation issuance), twenty PAL facilities, the School Crossing Guard Unit, and the Police Explorers.

My responsibilities included leading the COMSTAT process and serving as the Department’s liaison to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Jewish Federation, and the LGBTQ community. I also represented the Department on the Resilience Project, the Mayor of Philadelphia’s multi-agency task force assembled to respond to the opioid crisis in Philadelphia and I was tasked with the strategic implementation of the Department’s data driven, intelligence and evidence-based PINPOINT and Violent Crime Reduction (VCR) anti-gun violence strategies. I was also designated as the incident commander for the footprint of the NFL Draft.

Prior to my promotion to Deputy Commissioner, I served as the Chief Inspector of the Department’s Homeland Security Bureau where I was responsible for the Department’s Bomb Disposal Unit, Special Weapons and Tactics Unit, Airport Police Unit, Civil Affairs Unit, Dignitary Protection Section, Highway Patrol, Traffic Unit, Mounted Unit, Canine Unit, Aviation Unit, M… Read More