Deputy Chief/SWAT Team Leader Columbine High School
Arvada (CO) Police Department
Arvada, Colorado, United States
Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea (retried) began his career with the Arvada, CO Police Department in 1993, retiring from APD in 2023. He is currently the Owner/CEO of Centurio Training and Consulting LLC. During his time at Arvada he served as a member of the Jefferson County Regional SWAT Team from 1996 to 2012, a collateral duty team where he was a Team Leader. The majority of his career was spent on patrol but he also spent 2 years as the Sergeant of the Internal Affairs Unit and 4 years as the Sergeant in the Community Response Impact Team (CRIT). He was an Operations Commander before promoting to Deputy Chief. As Deputy Chief, he had the opportunity to oversee both the Field and Operations divisions of the Arvada Police Department. Deputy Chief DeAndrea graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1990, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Session 283 and the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, Class 504. Deputy Chief DeAndrea has been involved in three school shootings to include Columbine High School, Platte Canyon High School and Youth With A Mission where he was in a leadership position inside the buildings.
25 Years After Columbine: What Has Changed, What Hasn’t Changed, and Where Are We Going?
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET