Eric Dlugolenski is an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Central Connecticut State University and a retired police sergeant. He is a National Policing Institute (NPI) Fellow and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) alumnus. He chairs the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Police Section, serves on IACP’s Research Advisory Committee (RAC), and is the academic co-chair for IACP's Police Research Advancement Section (PRAS). His applied research focuses on democratic policing.