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Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA (born 1974) is an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Services, Policy and Practice (research) at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and a research scientist at Rhode Island Hospital. He is an NIH-funded investigator of the intersection of public health and public safety, and the author of The Police and the State, published by Cambridge University Press.

Prior to research, del Pozo was the chief of police of Burlington, Vermont for four years, and served with the New York City Police Department for nearly two decades, rising to the rank of deputy inspector. While there, he commanded the 6th and 50th Precincts, and served overseas as an intelligence officer for the Arab world and India (based in Amman, Jordan). There, he investigated terror attacks to see what lessons they offered for New York City. He has received national recognition for his innovation and reform.