Manchester, NH
Lieutenant Matthew Barter has served with the Manchester Police Department for 18 years and currently serves as the Officer-in-Charge of the Patrol Division Day Shift. Throughout his career, he has held assignments in patrol, crime analysis, federal task forces, and violent crime reduction initiatives. He previously served as Chief of Staff for the department, where he led strategic planning efforts, managed large-scale initiatives focused on evidence-based violence reduction, directed implementation of data-driven accountability systems, and helped secure and oversee millions of dollars in federal public safety funding.
Lieutenant Barter previously served as a Task Force Officer with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), focusing on violent crime investigations and firearms trafficking enforcement, and as a Crime Analyst, where he helped implement intelligence-led and evidence-based policing strategies. He has led efforts involving hotspot policing, crime analysis, National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) implementation, violent crime intelligence integration, and place-based crime reduction initiatives.
As a 2018 NIJ LEADS Scholar, Lieutenant Barter actively works to bridge research and practice within policing. His work focuses on evidence-based policing, police technology evaluation, artificial intelligence applications in policing, organizational strategy, and data-driven decision-making. He has partnered with academic researchers on multiple studies examining police technology and AI applications, including experimental research evaluating artificial intelligence in police report writing and emerging technologies in law enforcement.
Lieutenant Barter holds a Master of Criminal Justice degree from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Saint Anselm College. He is also a graduate of executive education programming at the Harvard Kennedy School. He remains actively involved in advancing practitioner-researcher partnerships and developing practical applications of research to improve policing outcomes.