Christine Crocker maintains an extensive law enforcement background. She served with the Cumberland, RI Police Department for 23 years retiring at the rank of Captain.
During her tenure with Cumberland, she oversaw recruitment and selection of new officers, assisted with the department budget process, supervised the School Resource Officer program and served as the department’s Planning and Training Officer along with securing millions of dollars in grant funding for the department. As the Accreditation Manager she led her department’s quest to become nationally accredited in 2003 and ensured continued compliance through the agency’s next two reaccreditation assessments.
Christine was a member of the Board of Directors for the Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center for 20 years and served on the Rhode Island Chiefs of Police Association Advisory Board for the implementation of a strategic plan to address bias based policing. She is past Vice President for RILETA, (Rhode Island Law Enforcement Trainers Association) and has served on several policy review and development committees for the Rhode Island Inter-local Risk management Trust.
She served as Chairperson to RIPAC, (Rhode Island Police Accreditation Coalition), from 2006 through 2012 and is a certified Assessor and Team Leader for CALEA, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. As an assessor, she has conducted numerous on-site evaluations of agencies nationwide seeking accreditation. Additionally, Christine has consulted numerous agencies locally in the areas of grant writing, policy development, risk management and has provided technical assistance to those agencies seeking national accreditation.
In October 2012 Christine was appointed as Executive Director for the newly formed Rhode Island Police Accreditation Commission, (RIPAC). Christine's responsibilities include the development and implementation of a statewide accreditation program for law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island to include training members in the accreditation process and policy development. Captain Crocker (Ret.) holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Roger Williams University and a M.S. in Administration of Justice from Salve Regina University. Since 2004 she
has served as an instructor with Roger Williams University’s Justice System Training & Research Institute providing instruction on a variety of topics to law enforcement practitioners throughout New England. In 2014 she was hired as an adjunct professor at Roger Williams University in the Justice Studies program.