Hartford, CT
Chris Mastroianni is a Sergeant for the Hartford Police Department in Connecticut. He has extensive law enforcement experience leading the Department’s Intelligence Division and Real-Time Crime Center. He also has investigative experience in proactive Street Crimes Units, Shooting Task Force, and Narcotics Unit. He has overseen the management and implementation of citywide focused deterrence violence reduction initiatives and liaisons with the city’s community-based organizations to identify drivers of violence in the community. He has vast experience and knowledge in the world of police technology, its implementation, success, and its effect on crime solvability. He has also developed data collection protocols to build capacity for timely violence analysis and responses. Chris is very interested in researching the effects of technology on police investigations. He recently co-authored a peer reviewed case study on the effects of video evidence and RTCC activities on shooting investigations. He is also interested in gun violence research and works part time as a research assistant in which he has collected, coded, and synthesized data for violence problem analyses in several cities nationwide. Additionally, Chris is also part of the Media Relations Unit and is a gang instructor at the police academy.