Project Director
Westchester County Domestic Violence High Risk Team (DVHRT)
 
Chief of Police (retired), Town of Pound Ridge Police Department, Westchester County, NY. Served as Chief of Police in the Town of Pound Ridge for 24 years, retiring after a 40-year law enforcement career on August 12, 2022.  
 
Chief Ryan has introduced numerous programs which have created working partnerships with the police and many aspects of the local community including senior citizens, local businesses, school districts, parents, students, faith-based organizations and numerous sexual assault, domestic violence and human trafficking service providers.
  • Project Director of the Westchester County Domestic Violence High Risk Team
  • Member of the Westchester County Domestic Violence Council representing the Westchester Police Chief’s Association
  • Chair of the Westchester County Police Chief’s Association Committee on Domestic Violence
  • Co-founder of the Westchester County Anti-Trafficking Task Force 
  • Chair of the Westchester County Police Chief’s Association Human Trafficking Committee and liaison to the County Anti-Trafficking Task Force
  • Consultant and Instructor to the Department of Justice Office for Violence Against Women Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Consortium
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Hope’s Door, a domestic violence / sexual assault / human trafficking service provider and victim advocacy organization
  • Member of the Advisory Board for Pace Women’s Justice Center Friends of Gail
  • Member of the Advisory Board for First Steps To Heal a 501(c)(3) Not-For-Profit Organization specifically designed to provide immediate assistance to no/low-income domestic violence survivors who need to escape a violent situation
  • Member of the North East Westchester Domestic Abuse Alliance (NEW DAA)
  • Member of the Board of Trustees for the NEW Dawn Advocacy and Resource Center in Northern Westchester County.  The centers’ sole purpose is to provide trauma informed services to all victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking
  • Member of the Westchester County Victim Informed Care & Trauma Recovery (VICTR) Taskforce
  • Instructor and consultant for training law enforcement, service providers and the general public on Human Trafficking and how it exists in our communities, indicators, trauma informed response and interview techniques as well as conducting investigations related to HT criminal prosecutions.
  • Member of the Municipal Board of Westchester Emergency Medical Services (WEMS), an advanced life support EMS coalition created by 9 Westchester communities to provide ALS Paramedic services to 9 towns in northern Westchester County.  
  • Founding Member of the Northern Westchester High Risk Team  
  • Director of the Westchester County Domestic Violence High Risk Team.
  • Consultant to Montclair University Global Center on Human Trafficking
  • Executive Director of the Town of Pound Ridge Office of Emergency Management

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