Matthew Cromer

Matthew Cromer was appointed to the position of Manager of Accreditation on March 16, 2015. Born and raised in Contra Costa County, Matt began his career in Law Enforcement as a police explorer with the City of Concord where he was recognized for numerous volunteer hours and the monetary savings of those hours to residents. Matt then became a police intern, followed by being sworn in as a Concord police officer in June 1998. Matt came to BART in April 2000 as a police officer and has since served in various capacities over his 20 years with the BART District.

In 2015, the BART Police Department sought to become an internationally accredited law enforcement agency. Matt was appointed to achieve an Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). This project took three years to complete to move the agency into compliance with nearly 400 recognized standards. In May 2018, BART PD became one of only six percent of law enforcement agencies in the United States to achieve accreditation through CALEA, and only one of 17 at the time in the State of California.

Today, Matt works to maintain and refine BART PD’s accreditation program, which is subject to annual audits by the accreditor. Additionally, work is done to meet compliance with new standards which are developed by the accreditor in a progressive landscape.

Matt holds a master’s degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Public Management from California State University, East Bay. Matt is also a graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum's Senior Management Institute for Police held at Boston University.

Matt is the president of the California Police Accreditation Coalition, a non-profit established to promote public safety accreditation as a method to increase the level of professionalism among law enforcement and public safety agencies throughout California and beyond.