Brian C. Shea began is his police career in 2003 at the Georgetown Texas Police Department and has been employed with the Wethersfield and New Britain Police Departments since his relocation to Connecticut in 2008. He is currently employed with the New Britain Police Department; as part of his job duties at the NBPD he is a Basic Recruit Academy Instructor and Field Training Officer. Brian is a POSTC certified trainer (#3302) in the areas of Gangs, Narcotics, Motor Vehicle (High / Low Risk Stops) and Crimes in Progress. He is a statewide instructor for the Basic Instructor Development Course (MOI) and an Armed Security Schools Gangs Instructor (annual course). He was also employed as a teacher in the Columbia County School and Hartford Public School Systems from 2006 to 2011. Brian served our country in the United States Navy from 1997 to 2001, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. During his period of service he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal in Support of Operation Southern Watch. Brian is a Distinguished Military Graduate from Northeastern University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in June of 1997. He attended Northeastern on an ROTC scholarship. He received his Master of Education, PK‐6 in August of 2002 from Marymount University. Brian has attended the DEA Basic Narcotics Investigator Course and has received two “Excellence in Police Duty” awards as well as a Distinguished Service Award.
