Paul V. Verrecchia

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Paul V. Verrecchia has over 35 years law enforcement experience, with over ten years experience in campus law enforcement/public safety.  He is the Chief/Director of Public Safety at the College of Charleston (Charleston, SC), where he oversees the College’s law enforcement, security, fire safety and emergency medical services programs.  He is the chair of the College’s Emergency Management Team.  After the Virginia Tech tragedy, he oversaw the development of the institution’s Emergency Preparedness and Implementation Plan.  Prior to being at the College of Charleston, Paul was the Chief of Police & Director of Public Safety at Brown University (Providence, RI) for the eight years.  He was the chief architect of the implementation plan for arming Brown’s campus police officers.

Paul was also a member of the Providence (RI) Police Department for 22 years, rising to the rank of Major.  As a Major, he held positions as Director of the Patrol and Traffic Services Division and Director of the Administrative-Staff Division.  During his career with the Providence Police, Paul was assigned to the organized crime intelligence unit, the narcotics unit, and the Neighborhood Services Bureau, which was responsible for the investigation of bias-related crimes and community relations.  While with Neighborhood Services, he also implemented interpreter programs for the City’s Southeast Asian community.   

Under Chief Verrecchia’s leadership, the Brown University Department of Public Safety received its initial accreditation and two reaccreditations from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).  Paul has also been a team leader and assessor for CALEA since 1998. 

In November 2001, Paul was appointed by the Honorable Lincoln C. Almond, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, to serve as the Chairperson of the Governor’s Accreditation Commission.  He also served four years as a Commissioner for the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. 

An Institutional Member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) (www.iaclea.org) since 1997, Chief Verrecchia is currently a member of the Association’s Board of Directors.  He served for approximately seven years as a member of the Government Relations Committee.  Paul also served two years as a member of IACLEA’s Accreditation Commission.  He was a member of the Commission’s Standards Review and Interpretation Sub-Committee.
 
Paul holds a Master of Public Administration, with a concentration in Labor Relations, from the University of Rhode Island and two Bachelor’s degrees from Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI).  Chief Verrecchia was an adjunct instructor for the Community of Rhode Island for approximately 12 years in both the criminal justice and sociology programs.  He currently is an adjunct instructor for the College of Charleston Department of Anthropology and Sociology’s Crime, Law and Society program.   

Paul lives in North Charleston, SC with his family.