Scott retired in September 2021 from the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Police Department after serving 29 years in both university and municipal law enforcement. Having worked at CSUN since 1998, rising through the ranks to achieve the Captain's position, Scott is very familiar with all aspects of university law enforcement and campus safety. During this time, he was assigned to serve as interim Chief of Police for both Humboldt State University and California State Polytechnic Pomona in the California State University System before hiring new Chiefs of Police.

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One of Scott's areas of expertise is law enforcement/public safety accreditation. He has been involved with both the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) accreditation programs since 2002 as an accreditation manager, IACLEA accreditation assessor, IACLEA accreditation team leader, and mock assessor. As an accreditation manager, Scott successfully managed CSUN’s program during one initial and four re-accreditation periods over a 20-year time span. In 2009, Scott was selected as a member of the IACLEA Accreditation Program Development Team (2009-2012) tasked with the planning, research, development, and implementation of the 1st edition IACLEA Accreditation Standards Manual, Process Manual, and Assessor Manual; utilizing the efforts and contributions of countless Association members, including police chiefs, public safety directors, accreditation managers, assessors, assessment team leaders, and eight state law enforcement accreditation agencies. In 2020, he participated in the eight-member IACLEA accreditation task force charged with the 2nd edition assessment and revision of the IACLEA accreditation program standards manual. In 2023, Scott was selected by IACLEA to lead the development of IACLEA’s policy and procedural directive training program funded under a US DOJ COPS grant.

 

Shortly after retirement, Scott began consulting as an expert in multiple public safety/law enforcement accreditation programs and founded EVOLVE PSAS (public safety accreditation solutions). Since then, he has successfully led both sworn and non-sworn public safety agencies as their accreditation manager through three initial and two re-accreditation processes and completed five comprehensive mock assessments. In addition, Scott has provided training and direct assistance to over forty university/college police and public safety departments striving for accreditation status within the United States, Canada, and the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.

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Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology/Criminology from Iowa State University (1989) and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management from the University of Redlands, CA (2002).