Assistant Chief Brian J. Heavren

Biography of
Hartford Police Department
Assistant Chief Brian J. Heavren
February 2008

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Appointed Assistant Chief on August 13, 2007, by Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts, Assistant Chief Brian J. Heavren commands over 300 sworn police officers in the Patrol, Traffic, K-9, Headquarters, and Emergency Services Divisions including the Emergency Response Team, the HPD Regional Bomb Squad, the Marine Division, and the Crisis Negotiation Team of the Community Services Bureau.

Assistant Chief Heavren had previously served as Headquarters Commander, Homeland Security Coordinator, and Commander of Emergency Services Division for the department.  During his seventeen year career with the HPD Chief Heavren commanded the Bomb Squad, the Northeast District Zone 3 that includes the Northeast and North Meadows neighborhoods, the Crimes Against Property Division, and the Police Academy. 

While serving as commander of the Hartford Police Academy, then Captain Heavren reinstated the Hartford Police Citizen Academy, a program to facilitate partnerships between police and the public.  More than one hundred citizens have graduated from the annual twelve week course. 

Chief Heavren graduated first in his Police Academy Class of 1990.  He holds a Master of Science degree in Management and a Certificate in Homeland Security from St. Joseph College, West Hartford, and a Bachelors of Science Cum Laude degree in Emergency Health Services from the University of Maryland.  Since 1984 Assistant Chief Heavren has served as a Volunteer Fire Fighter.