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Gregory Hanna, Jr. retired in 2020 at the rank of Captain from the Metro Transit Police Department in Washington, D.C. after 26 years of service. During his tenure with the department, he served in numerous leadership and command roles which included leading the Honor Guard Unit, Commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, Section Commander of the K-9 Unit, Precinct Commander, Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division, Watch Commander, and Commander of Internal Affairs. He was instrumental in the design and implementation of the agencies internal investigation tracking and agency accountability system (IAPro and Blue Team). His strategies led to a comprehensive department-wide early warning system to proactively identify emerging issues for early intervention. In 2016, he was instrumental in the development and implementation of the department’s first Summer Crime Initiative. The introduction of this program integrated weekly COMPSTAT crime strategies and the use of GIS technology to identify emerging crime patterns, crime hot spot mapping, resource allocation for crime reduction, and opportunities for community outreach events. Most notably, he is the author of several major special event security deployment plans for his department in Washington, D.C. The events included regional large-scale events and several National Special Security Events (NSSE) such as the Nuclear Security Summit, State of the Union, and Presidential Inaugurations. He is a graduate from the FBI National Academy Session #261 in Quantico, Virginia, as well as Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO). He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland Global College. He possesses over 20 years of instructor experience administering curriculum focused on biased-based profiling, implicit bias, ethical standards, Blue Courage, and numerous academy-based law enforcement curriculums. He is currently a certified National Instructor for the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project.
Greg Guiton is a retired captain and 34-year veteran of the Ocean City, Maryland Police Department. He began his career with the agency in 1984 when he was hired as police officer. He served in numerous Divisions throughout the Department and served in supervisory/management roles such as Commander of the Office of Professional Standards, Assistant Commander of the Patrol Division, Assistant Commander of the Administrative Division, and Commander of the Support Services Division in his final 6 years with the agency.
Greg is a graduate of the 215th Session of the FBI National Academy and the 33rd Session of the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police (S.M.I.P.). Greg has been a member of the Maryland/Delaware Chapter of the FBINAA since 2003 and served on the Chapter’s Executive Board from 2013 to 2018, serving as the Chapter President in 2016.
In 2018, Greg was approached by FBINAA Executive Director Howard Cook to assume the role of Director of Strategic Partnerships for the FBINAA. Greg accepted the position in August 2018 and served in that capacity until July 31, 2021.
Greg has been working with the Georgetown University’s ABLE Project since January 2021, providing assistance as an instructor and facilitator for their Train-the-Trainer program.
Greg has been married for 36 years and has two adult daughters. He and his wife live in Wilmington, North Carolina.