Captain Thomas Rizzo — Instructor Profile
About Captain Thomas Rizzo
Thomas Rizzo began his law enforcement career in December of 2001, as a Patrolman with the Middlesex Borough Police Department (NJ). In 2004, Rizzo was hired by the Howell Township Police Department (NJ), where he is currently serving as the Investigations Division Commander at the rank of Captain.
Thomas Rizzo formulated Howell Township Police Department’s first Criminal Suppression Unit, where he has participated in a variety of search warrant executions, intra/inter-agency collaborations, and take-downs of distributors. Rizzo received a B.S. from the University of Central Florida in Criminal Justice, and an M.A. from Seton Hall University in Human Resource Training & Development.
Thomas Rizzo graduated the NJSACOP Command & Leadership Academy in 2009 and was invited to return as an Instructor of Group Leadership Theories. Rizzo has been both a Police Academy and Department Instructor. He has been an Adjunct Professor with New Jersey City University Schools of Management, Criminal Justice, and Professional Securities Studies since 2012, while also teaching for Rutgers School of Public Affairs & Administration (2018) and Fairleigh Dickinson University (2019). Thomas Rizzo takes great pride in the constant pursuit of leading by example, while consistently being a student of human behavior. Rizzo has quickly become an incredibly sought after instructor.
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As a new supervisor in my agency, this course was able to provide perspective into leadership that I would have never known otherwise. Tom has a way of conveying information that is easy to break down and understand. Excellent course!
Capt Rizzo is an energetic engaging instructor bringing realistic applicable content to give you tools to become a better more effective leader in life.
Great class, freezing classroom.
Very good class. Instructor very good
Great class with a lot of useful information. Motivated speaker very knowledgeable.
Motivating. Instructor is energetic and keeps your interest the entire day. May sound cheesy, but I feel like the class/instructor has stoked my emotional and career fire that I felt was at a standstill or had been slowly going out over th…
Eye opening to individuals feeling at a cross roads in their career.
Awesome class! Tom is a tremendous speaker with a great message for law enforcement!
Great course and great instructor
Great course
So much info to bring back to agency. Rizzo makes it exciting to want to put words and thoughts into actions
Great class! Definitely eye opening of bad habits with myself and other staff members!