About
Dr. Branville G. Bard, Jr., President/CEO
Dr. Branville G. Bard, Jr. is a reform-minded pracademic who is heavily influenced by the Social and Procedural Justice Movements. Dr. Bard is the author of “Racial Profiling: Towards Simplicity and Eradication.” Dr. Bard is a Subject Matter Expert on, Racial Profiling, Racial-Biased Policing, and other topics where “Race and the Criminal Justice System intersect”; Dr. Bard frequently lectures on these related topics.
Dr. Bard is a veteran law enforcement executive who is responsible for implementing transformative change. He started his law enforcement career as a member of the Philadelphia Police Department, where he served proudly for more than two decades before retiring at the rank of Police Inspector.
Dr. Bard has led reformative change as the head of two (2) Police Agencies. He left the Philadelphia Police Department to head the Philadelphia Housing Authority Police Department (PHA), where he was responsible for repairing severely damaged relationships with members of the minority communities served by the PHA Police and reducing violent crimes by 41%. As the Police Commissioner for the City of Cambridge, Dr. Bard continues to implement change aimed at leading reform, including but not limited to developing and implementing proprietary metrics aimed at detecting racial profiling and racially biased policing. Throughout his career, Bard has demonstrated leadership and is associated with a proven record of forging meaningful relationships between the police and members of the residential, business, and religious communities. These meaningful relationships have helped to foster partnerships that reduce crime, eliminate the quality of life issues while elevating community and police engagement.
Bard has earned a Doctorate in Public Administration, with emphasis on Criminal Justice Policy from Valdosta State University; he holds two master’s degrees (Public Safety Management and Criminal Justice), a BA in Criminal Justice, and an Executive Education Certificate in Public Leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School. During his career, Dr. Bard has been appointed to serve on several prestigious Boards and Commissions; including, his appointment as Co-Chair of Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s Transition Team for Public Safety and his appointment to the Historical Injustices and Present Policing Project (HIPP) Advisory Committee led by the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and the Institute on Race and Justice (IRJ) at Northeastern University. Dr. Bard has successfully completed several advanced career development programs; including but not limited to: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy (FBINA), The Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP), Harvard University’s National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI), and Harvard University’s Senior Executive Fellows (SEF).
Dr. James G. Barrett
Dr. Barrett is the Director of the Clinical Support Unit at the Cambridge Police Department and an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School.
He is the former Director of School-Based Programs in the Division of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance, where he received the Academic Council Award for Excellence.
Dr. Barrett is the author and developer of the Fight Navigator curriculum under the Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship from the Harvard Medical School to address retaliatory violence in youth. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP), and the FBI’s Mass Bay Threat Assessment Team.
Dr. Barrett has presented at numerous national conferences on juvenile justice and diversion, gang violence, juvenile safety assessment, preventing retaliatory violence, and police-mental health partnerships. He has contributed to national meetings convened by SAMHSA, the MacArthur Foundation, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He is a contributor to Psychological Services, Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Applied Juvenile Justice Services, Translational Issues in Psychological Science, National Youth At-Risk Journal, and The Handbook of Human Development for Health Professionals.