Chuck Wexler

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BornOctober 25, 1950
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Education
  • Boston University (BA)
  • Florida State University (MA)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
OccupationNon-profit executive, policing expert
Years active1993–present
Known forExecutive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum

Chuck Wexler (born October 25, 1950) is a non-profit executive and expert on U.S. policing. Since 1993, he has served as Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization.

Early life and education

Wexler was born and raised in Boston and graduated from Newton South High School. He received his bachelor's degree in 1972 from Boston University. Wexler has a master's degree in criminology from Florida State University (1975) and a PhD in urban studies and planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984).[1]

Career

In 1975, while studying at MIT, Wexler worked as an intern for the Boston Police Department, where he worked alongside William Bratton, a Boston Police sergeant at the time who went on to lead the police departments in Boston, New York City and Los Angeles.[2] Later, as Operations Assistant to the Boston Police Commissioner, Wexler led the police department's Community Disorders Unit, which focused on prosecuting and preventing racially motivated crime.[3]

On July 25, 1979, Wexler was on the scene when Police Superintendent Edward F. Connolly, the No. 3 official in the department, was shot in the chest while negotiating a hostage situation.[4] Wexler, Patrolman Frank Delaney and others helped to get Connelly to safety and receive life-saving medical attention.[5]

Wexler served as Director of the Professional Services Division of the International Association of Chiefs of Police from 1986-1989. In 1989, he was hired as a special assistant to William Bennett, the first director of the newly created Office of National Drug Control Policy under the administration of President George H. W. Bush.[6]

In 1993, Wexler became Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum. Wexler's approach to police research is largely grounded in the real-life experiences of police departments and their leaders.[7] Working with the U.S. Department of Justice, Wexler led the development of recommended policies and practices on police use of TASERS,[8] body-worn cameras[9][10] and vehicle pursuits.[11]

At PERF, Wexler has focused on ways to minimize police use of force through de-escalation and related tactics.[12][13] Wexler oversaw the creation of ICAT: Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics,[14][15] a use-of-force training curriculum used by police agencies across the United States.[16][17]

In 2007, Wexler moderated the "Policing the Future" conference in Northern Ireland, which brought together various factions that contributed to the 1999 Patten Report to examine the newly created Police Service of Northern Ireland and its implementation of the Patten Report's recommendations.[18]

In 2010, Wexler chaired the Cambridge Review Committee, the panel created to identify lessons learned from the 2009 arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[19]

In 2013, Wexler facilitated a series of meetings among top officials of the Israel Police and the Palestinian Civil Police Force, designed to strengthen the rule of law and enhance cooperation among police agencies.[20]

In 2011, various groups accused Wexler of attempting to develop a coordinated strategy for the police response to the Occupy protests in U.S cities.[21] Wexler said he hosted two conference calls of police chiefs to share information about common concerns, such as traffic control, sanitation and safely facilitating protests.[22]

Awards

In 2006, Wexler was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work with British and American police agencies. In 2016, he was selected by Politico as one of the "Politico 50," an annual list of "thinkers, doers and dreamers" who are changing America.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Chuck Wexler". www.policeforum.org. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ↑ "Bill Bratton's candor has boosted, busted his career - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  3. ↑ "Southeast Asians in Boston make adjustment with a little help". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  4. ↑ "Police Official in Boston Wounded by a City Janitor". The New York Times. July 26, 1979. pp. A12. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  5. ↑ Connolly, Edward F; Harding, Christopher (1985). A Cop's Cop. Quinlan Publishing. ISBN 0933341032.
  6. ↑ "Chuck Wexler". www.policeforum.org. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  7. ↑ Gustin, Georgina. "Redrawing the thin blue line". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  8. ↑ "LE group issues recommendations for use of TASER stun guns". Police1. 2005-10-19. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  9. ↑ Dees, Tim (2024-08-17). "Body-worn cameras a decade later: What we know". Police1. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  10. ↑ Whitehurst, Lindsay (2023-12-22). "Group pushes for change in how police use body camera footage in officer shooting probes". AP News. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  11. ↑ "New report recommends limiting police pursuits to violent crimes after rise in fatalities". AP News. 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  12. ↑ Cournoyer, Caroline (2016-02-02). "How Police Chiefs Plan to Avoid 'Lawful But Awful' Shootings". Governing. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  13. ↑ "Protocol for reducing police shootings draws backlash from unions, chiefs group". The Washington Post. 2016-03-31. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  14. ↑ "ICAT". www.policeforum.org. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  15. ↑ "What Works in De-Escalation Training | National Institute of Justice". nij.ojp.gov. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  16. ↑ Bridge, Bryan (2023-05-17). "ICAT Training Center opens in Decatur for training police de-escalation". WICS. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  17. ↑ Jouvenal, Justin (December 19, 2023). "New D.C. police training aims to defuse crisis situations without guns". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  18. ↑ The Northern Ireland Policing Board (2007). "Annual Report and Accounts for the Period 1 April 2006 – 31 March 2007" (PDF). www.gov.uk. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  19. ↑ Thompson, Krissah (2010-06-30). "Arrest of Harvard's Henry Louis Gates Jr. was avoidable, report says". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  20. ↑ "Middle East police heads meet in effort to strengthen law in region - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  21. ↑ Coscarelli, Joe (2011-11-15). "Oakland Mayor Jean Quan: Eighteen Cities Discussed Occupy 'Situation'". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  22. ↑ "A PERF-ect Storm - News Features". thephoenix.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  23. ↑ "#28: Chuck Wexler – The POLITICO 50". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-08.

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