1160. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be an Innovative Leader in Law Enforcement

Anthony Schembri is a distinguished former police commissioner with a background in homicide and forensic evidence. He has held several leadership positions in law enforcement. Schembri’s dynamic career and accolades include an Innovations in Government award from Harvard. He is a Fulbright scholar and the author of several books on criminal law and leadership. His first novel, In Russia: A Brooklyn Solution, follows Lieutenant Anthony Migali of the NYPD on an international web of deceit and murder as he is tasked with solving Moscow’s first-ever serial killer case. The book is full of his real life adventures.

A Few More Interesting Facts

• Anthony Schembri was a NYC police commissioner for almost 15 years.
• ABC’s 1990s crime drama “The Commish” is based on his life. He wrote several episodes for the series. (This series is currently available on DVD through Amazon.)
• He took a professorship at the University of Florida to teach courses on serial crime.
• Governor Bush asked him to take the job of Secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (the juvenile prison system) where at that time they admitted 128,000 juveniles a year. His responsibilities also included 26 detention centers, 1,400 probation officers, and 164 prevention programs.