Assistant Chief Brian J. Heavren
Chief of Patrol
Community Services Bureau

Biography

Appointed Assistant Chief on August 13, 2007, by Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts, Assistant Chief Brian J. Heavren currently commands the police department’s Detective Bureau which includes the Major Crimes, intelligence, Evidentiary Services and Juvenile Investigative Divisions.

Assistant Chief Heavren has previously served as the Chief of Patrol, Headquarters Commander, Homeland Security Coordinator, and Commander of Emergency Services for the department.  During his nineteen year career with the HPD Chief Heavren has also commanded the Bomb Squad, the Northeast District Zone 3, the Crimes Against Property Division, and the Police Academy. 

Assistant Chief Heavren graduated first in his Police Academy Class of 1990.  He holds a Master of Science degree in Management and a Certificate in Homeland Security from St. Joseph College, West Hartford, and a Bachelors of Science Cum Laude degree in Emergency Health Services from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.  Assistant Chief Heavren has also attended the Senior Management Institute sponsored by the Police Executive Research Forum and the Anti-Defamation League’s Northeast Counterterrorism Conference held in Israel.