
Leadership APB
Leadership APB will engage law enforcement and public safety executives in discussions on timely and current topics affecting first responders around the world. Our guests will share their leadership and managerial philosophies and successes and obstacles they have encountered in their careers. The podcast series are free audio programs distributed to FBI National Academy Associates’ members and other law enforcement executives that provide our communities, states, countries, and profession with the highest degree of law enforcement professionalism and expertise.
Leadership APB
Boston PD: Creating Our Next Generation of Community Engagement Officers
This episode is sponsored by T-Mobile for Government
Nora Baston
Our topic for today’s episode is Creating Our Next Generation of Community Engagement Officers. Today, we will be featuring Superintendent Baston, of the Boston Police Department from the great State of Massachusetts.
Superintendent Baston is a 27-year veteran of the Boston Police Department who has served as a member of the command staff for 16 years and holds the civil service rank of Lieutenant Detective. Superintendent Baston has advanced through the ranks and is currently the Chief of the Bureau of Professional Development; as well as the 4th female appointed to the rank of Superintendent in the department’s history. Among her many accomplishments, she is most proud of having been the Commander of the Safe Street Teams Initiative, where under her leadership they were recognized by the IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) in 2011 with the Community Policing Award and the Excellence in Law Enforcement Research Award along with graduating from the 242nd Session of FBI National Academy in 2010.
For over 18 years, Superintendent Baston has continued to develop deep and meaningful relationships with the community by engaging with all the neighborhoods throughout the city of Boston. Superintendent Baston is a product of the Boston Public Schools and graduated from the Boston Latin School. After receiving a basketball scholarship, she went on to complete both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. In 2019 Nora was awarded Alumna of the Year by the UMASS Lowell’s Criminal Justice Department.