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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This course should be attended by every person from entry level to the top supervisor. This course teaches you how to effectively and realistically treat people, from peers, subordinates, and those we have contact with on a daily basis.
Tom is passionate about what he teaches and does so through the use of his personal experience and humor. Classes like this can help create leaders which can change our profession.
Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and personable.
Awesome class.Plan on taking more in the future.
Great supervisor development!
This is a really informative class which teaches outside of the box thinking. I feel as if anyone in a supervisory role should take this course.
Capt. Rizzo is an excellent speaker with great examples. He was very engaging and funny. Someone make sure he doesn’t get drink caffeine because his energy is already off the charts!!
This was one of the best courses I have taken. I was engaged the entire time. Tom kept it interesting, the topics are very real and current and the pace was on point!
Tom Rizzo is an engaging and entertaining instructor. After listening to him and thinking about some of the issues/concerns in my department, I feel like I have solutions to some problems or avenues that could help us get to a solution.
Excellent training!!
Tom Rizzo is very energetic, entertaining, and educational. This training was much needed and a breath of fresh air.
Great class, two day course would be awesome with scenarios and/or practicals in leadership problem solving.