Jose M. Cordero
Founder & Chairman
“We are a security tech and consulting firm dedicated to improving public safety and security through the use of data-driven crime prevention methods, best practices, and technology.”
As one of the Country’s foremost authorities in crime prevention, Mr. Cordero has collaborated with senior White House officials on technology and data innovation to increase police effectiveness, accountability, and transparency. He created a new state-of-the-art County Police Department for Camden County, the first regional police force established in New Jersey.
PUBLIC SAFETY INNOVATion
Cordero developed a fully integrated Real-Time Crime Prevention Center that led to historic crime reductions and significant public relations and collaboration improvements.
US Patent Holdings:
Method and System for an Automated Dispatch Protocol
Method and System for Light-Based Intervention
Method and System for An Interactive Community Alert Network
ADVISORY ROLES
Cordero served as an advisory board member for Penn State Justice and Safety Institute and Chair of New Jersey’s Law Enforcement Coordinating Council.
He worked with the New Jersey League of Municipalities, New Jersey Conference of Mayors, Conference of Black Mayors, U.S. Department of Justice, and non-for profit foundations to help educate elected and government officials, police executives, and businesses.
HALLMARK ACHIEVEMENT
Reaching a 76% reduction in overall crime in four years, a drop of nearly 12 times the national average, made headlines. Even more remarkable is that a city, once known for having the highest overall crime rate in New Jersey, continues to enjoy its transformative change in public safety well over a decade later.
As an early adopter of real-time policing technologies, Cordero showed that when equipped with the right tools, law enforcement can drive down crime and sustain improvements in public safety for decades.
EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND WITH REAL RESULTS
Cordero’s 40+ year career in law enforcement includes executive-level experience in various police departments and state law enforcement.
Cordero authored both New York City’s anti-gang and New Jersey’s state-wide criminal gang and violence reduction strategies that proved to lower homicide and gang crime rates.
After retiring from the NYPD with the rank of Inspector, Cordero served as Police Chief outside of Boston. Chief Cordero implemented public safety policies and strategies that led a drop in overall crime to 30-year lows and the city receiving the Safest City in America award for every year of his tenure.
Later, under his vision and leadership as a Police Director in New Jersey, the police department used technology-enabled crime prevention strategies to achieve one of the most precipitous crime drops in modern history.
Subsequently, the Governor and Attorney General of New Jersey appointed him Director of Law Enforcement for the State of New Jersey. There, he led statewide efforts to reduce violent and gang-related crime across 566 cities and towns in 21 counties.
SECURITY EXPERT
In the security space, he provided guidance and consulting services to real-estate developers, consultants, and law firms on matters of safety and security.
He has also collaborated with foreign law enforcement officials on security matters, including delivering lectures and assessing candidates for advancement into executive and senior police ranks.
On the Front Lines
During his 21-year NYPD career, Cordero rose to become commander of several police precincts.
He served as NYPD’s Citywide Anti-Gang Coordinator and chief prevention strategist/operations commander for a patrol borough that consisted of seven precincts, serving nearly one million people.
Notably, Cordero was present at ground zero within minutes of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. From 1 Police Plaza, he ran with other top officials toward ground zero as it happened. Throughout this world-changing event, he managed the NYPD’s response directly.
Proudly, Cordero retired from the US Army as a Lt. Colonel, Select.
