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 was a great course. Learned a greats amount of information. This will help me in the near future.
Excellent class all members of Law Enforcement should experience, especially this day and age.
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Great class energetic instructor keeps you engaged throughout
Instructor Rizzo’s passion is unmatched. Great instructor .
The Class was amazing thank you for the information
I absolutely loved the class. Tom is an extremely passionate and entertaining speaker. My guy gives it his all. I recommend this course for all cops struggling with work/life balance, family, new supervisors, and even team building. Th…
This is a great class. It changes my perspective of leadership.
Great class
I would never normally max out an eval because I believe a 5 out of 5 in a lot of cases means there’s no room for improvement. In this case I genuinely believe Tom absolutely CRUSHES this class in so many ways. Knowledge. Delivery. Every a…
Excellent class and a great instructor. High energy and held the attention of the class the entire class.
This course is eye-opening! Capt. Rizzo was energetic, passionate, and captivated the attention of the entire classroom. Definitely a boost for morale, motivation and a game changer point of view for stagnant, “this is how we have done it …