Director
Boston (MA) Police Department
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Maria C. Cheevers, M Ed, has been the Director of the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) Office of Research and Development (ORD) since March 2011. In that role she leads a staff of seven in the development, implementation, management and evaluation of up to $24 million per year in grant program funds; prepares various crime data and performance measurement reports, best practice research reviews and policy documents. Ms. Cheevers is currently leading Boston’s Citywide HUB initiative; while supervising up to twenty additional best practice models. Prior to 2011, Ms. Cheevers was one- third owner of Grants Etcetera, Inc.; she developed MA’s first comprehensive reentry model for young girls coming out of the MA’s juvenile justice system, the Female Focus Initiative, while leading the Boston Coalition Against Drugs and Violence; and was the Assistant Director of the BPD’s Office of Strategic Planning. At that time she developed Boston’s first Safe Neighborhood Initiative, Youth Connect, and the BPD’s award-winning Comprehensive Communities Program, implementing a citywide Strategic Planning Initiative to bring community policing to scale in the City of Boston.
Boston's City-Wide Hub Initiative
Saturday, October 19, 2024
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Innovation and Change Through Police Research and Development/Planning Units
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET