About
On May 21, 2010, Lt. Colonel John R. “Rick” Brown was Honorably Discharged after completing over 29 years of service with the Pennsylvania State Police and launched his own business, Transparency Matters, LLC located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Rick is an independent law enforcement consultant focused on building transparent policing policies and processes that enhance public trust.
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Transparency Matters, LLC specializes in the following areas:
Mission & Ethics Statement:
Rick is an independent law enforcement consultant focused on building transparent policing policies and processes that enhance public trust.
Connect with Rick on Linkedin
Transparency Matters, LLC specializes in the following areas:
- Full range of police accountability processes.
- Diversity and inclusion strategies.
- Police use of force and their review.
- Large event security.
Mission & Ethics Statement:
- Transparency Matters, LLC will assist law enforcement agencies maintain or restore public trust through ethical risk management strategies and services.
- Transparency Matters, LLC will see business opportunity not through the eyes of self-interest but for the benefit of the law enforcement profession and their respective communities.
- Transparency Matters, LLC will be guided in decision making by ensuring citizens will be treated with consideration, compassion, dignity, and respect regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, or sexual orientation.
- Transparency Matters, LLC will provide its services with integrity, diligence, and leadership.
- Transparency Matters, LLC will not discriminate against anyone in anyway.
Memberships and Associations
- FBI National Academy Associates, Graduate of the 211th FBI National Academy Class
- International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
- Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association (PCPA)
- Delta Mu Delta, International Honor Society in Business Administration
- National Internal Affairs Investigator’s Association(NIAIA)
- Member National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)