Phil Keith

About Phil Keith

Phil has more than 52 years of experience in public safety, business administration, project management, training curriculum development and leadership development for law enforcement. After working nearly 34 years in law enforcement, with more than 16 plus years as chief of police, he has demonstrated experience in all facets of law enforcement, fire safety and emergency management. For the last 35 years he has worked for a number of consulting firms, businesses and organizations in the U.S, as well as for international clients. In April 2018, he was appointed as the Director of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Service. He is the sixth Director spanning over the 25 years of the COPS Office. Specialties: Authored Leadership Project Report for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, including the core competencies needed for law enforcement leadership. Weapons Retention for Law Enforcement, University of Tennessee Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement Response, University of Tennessee Guide to Survivor Roundtables, U.S. Department of Justice, OJJDP National Standards for Law Enforcement Policy Development for Responding to Missing, Abducted and Abused Children, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Development of Countermeasures Programs to Combat Organized Crime, Police Foundation Project Reports for Major Cities Chiefs Association in \"Effective Communications Strategies\" Project Reports for Major Cities Chiefs Association in Suspicious Activity Reporting and Intelligfence Commanders, including specific reports on terrorism.

Experience

1. Principal Consultant

   Abs Consulting

   Feb 2017 — Present · Technology Drive, TN

Education

• FBI National Academy, University of Virginia

  110 th Sesson

  1977

• National Executive Institute

  13th Session

  1991

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Master of Science - MS

  1974 — 1978

• UT-Knoxville and East Tennessee State University

  Bachelor's degree Business and Criminal Justice

  1968 — 1974

Skills

• Supervisory Skills
• Hiring
• Customer Relations
• Planning
• Budgeting
• Risk Assessment
• Compliance
• Fundraising
• Writing
• Enforcement
• Private Investigations
• Team Building
• Analysis
• Staff Development
• Public Relations
• Homeland Security
• Physical Security
• Mentoring
• Crisis Management
• Security
• Coaching
• Strategic Planning
• Organizational Development
• Administration
• Process Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Grant Writing
• Project Planning
• Policy Analysis
• Non-Profits
• Security Management
• Public Speaking
• Policy
• Police
• Teaching
• Community Outreach
• Change Management
• System Administration
• Research
• Program Management