Bryce Kolpack
Senior Consultant
Mr. Kolpack worked for 23 years in law enforcement, including more than 20 years with the City of Appleton. He was Deputy Chief in Appleton for nine years and his responsibilities included development and management of the agency’s budget as well as oversight of all operational services. He also had primary responsibility for the department receiving accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
As a core consultant for RW Management Group, Inc., Mr. Kolpack utilizes inclusive and strategically minded information management and conducts vulnerability evaluation, risk identification, and risk management and mitigation. He identifies effective and adequate services that are the driving forces for change and continual improvement at all levels of government. Mr. Kolpack also prepares strategic plans that allow agencies to modify services, prepare future budgets and develop long range staffing plans
As the former Deputy Director of Management Services Division for the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), Mr. Kolpack lead contract consulting efforts in analyses of police practices, conducted on-going research, and provided general management services to police departments around the United States. Much of his consulting work includes assessment of current practices, developing recommendations for enhanced effectiveness and efficiency of all operational and administrative components, and delivering detailed findings with achievable and integrative recommendations.
Bryce Kolpack has led or participated in over 50 in-depth management and/or performance audits of large-to-small federal, state, local and campus law enforcement agencies. Mr. Kolpack has produced a wide body of research and has written topical material for PERF publications on management issues. Mr. Kolpack has presented training on Human Resource topics to police chiefs and senior managers at over 125 police agencies throughout the United States. Mr. Kolpack is currently the Associate Dean - Public Safety Division , Northcentral Technical College. He is responsible for the administration of Criminal Justice, Fire and Emergency Medical Services training as well as the Director of the Law Enforcement Academy. As a current adjunct faculty member of Fox Valley Community College (Wisconsin), he has been an annual presenter in the Wisconsin Department of Justice Executive Development Institute in senior management development. He has also created an on-line course for the Criminal Justice Leadership program on the topics of LE Human Resource Management, Leadership and Leadership Ethics. He is also an adjunct faculty member for Upper Iowa University in the field of Public and Criminal Justice Administration.
Education
FBI National Academy
Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, WI - Management – Bachelor of Science Degree
Senior Management Institute for Police - Graduate – PERF / Kennedy School of Government
Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, WI - Management and Organizational Behavior – Master’s Degree