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Biography of
Hartford Police
Chief Daryl K. Roberts|
November 2006
In a law enforcement career spanning more than
twenty-four years, Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts,
who was
sworn in as Hartford's Twenty-First Police Chief on July 12, 2006, has commanded every major division of the
Department. A 1982 graduate of the Hartford Police Department Training Academy,
Chief Roberts began his career as a patrol officer. In 1988 he was promoted to
detective, and in 1991 to sergeant assigned to the Vice and Narcotics Unit.
In 1994,
Chief Roberts served with the Crimes Against Persons and Major Crimes Divisions
where he supervised detectives in the investigations of sexual assaults,
homicides, kidnappings, rapes, forgeries, robberies and burglaries.
An
innovator in community policing, in 1997 Chief Roberts was made Commander of the
HPD’s Community Oriented Policing Operations Unit, a post he held until
appointment as Executive Officer to the Chief of Police in 2000. As the Youth
Initiative Supervisor from 2000 to 2002, Chief Roberts coordinated all
community youth related activities of the Department, including the Police
Athletic League, the D.A.R.E. Program, and the Hartford Police Explorers and
Cadet Programs.
Promoted to Lieutenant in 2002 and assigned as a Patrol Commander of Field
Operations in the South District Police Service Area, Chief Roberts commanded
over 150 sworn and civilian personnel.
Appointed Commander of the Juvenile Investigative Division in April of 2004,
Chief Roberts managing and coordinating investigations involving all juvenile
sexual assaults, child abuse and any other incidents where children may fall
victim to a crime. During his tenure as Commander the Division saw an 80%
reduction in open cases.
With
his co-authoring of the recently implemented Neighborhood Policing Plan in
February 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief, Chief of the North
Division of the City. In January of 2005, he was promoted to Assistant Chief,
Chief of Detectives.
A
recipient of the “Chief’s Medal of Valor”, the highest honor bestowed to a
member of the Hartford Police Department, Chief Roberts has three Distinguished
Service Medals, six Exemplary Service Medals and a Merit Award. He has served
with the Hartford Police Department Honor Guard and the Department’s Emergency
Response Team. He is a member of the International Chiefs of Police
Association, the Hartford Guardians, the Police Benevolent
Association, the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers, and is a
former member of Toastmasters International in which he served two years as Vice
President for Education.
Chief
Roberts graduated with honors from Charter Oak State College with a Bachelor of
Science Degree with honors. He earned his Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Tunxis
Community College and he is also the recipient of a Certificate of Distinction
in Supervisory Leadership from the Connecticut Criminal Justice Command
Institute.
Chief Roberts has been
married more than 20 years and has three daughters. He serves as a Deacon at
his church, the St. John's Full Gospel Deliverance Church.
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