Ron Brooks

Ron Brooks is a 38-year law enforcement veteran and a national leader on public safety policy issues. As the executive officer of a successful criminal intelligence enterprise for more than ten years, Brooks combined the intelligence, technology, and information sharing resources of the Northern California High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NC HIDTA) and the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) into one of the nation’s most effective fusion centers.

Brooks served as Chairman of the Global Justice Initiative’s Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC), Chairman of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Law Enforcement, Chairman of the Homeland Security Partners Board, President of the National Narcotic Officer’s Associations’ Coalition (NNOAC), and as the state and local law enforcement representative to the White House Interagency Policy Committee for Information Sharing Access (IPC-ISA). Prior to his service at the NCRIC, Brooks retired as Assistant Chief from the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement.

Brooks has received the National Intelligence Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Leadership Award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance in 2012, the Minuteman Award from the National Guard Bureau, the Fusion Center Representative of the Year Award from the National Fusion Center Association in 2012, the President’s Award from the California Narcotic Officers’ Association, the Medal of Merit from the California National Guard in 2005, and the Legion of Merit Medal from the California National Guard in 2012. He is the recipient of the Medal of Valor from the Redwood City (CA) Police Department.