 Chief John Bennett is a 36 year veteran of Law Enforcement. He was appointed as Chief of Police for the Town of Paradise Valley in June, 2008. Prior to that, he was Chief of Police in Caln Township, PA from 2002 – 2008 and retired as Deputy Chief of Police in 2002 from Marple Township, PA after 30 years of service. Both prior agencies are located in suburban Philadelphia.
He holds a B.A. degree from Villanova University and has attended nearly 200 management, supervision and advanced training seminars in his career. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (188th session); FBI LEEDS at Princeton University and Penn State University’s POSIT & POLEX executive development programs.
In PA, he was elected to the executive board of the Chester County Chiefs of Police Association, served on the PA Chiefs of Police Association’s Legislative and Membership/By-Laws Committees and currently serves on the IACP Civil Rights Committee. He was also an instructor for 12 years for the PA Municipal Officers’ Education and Training Commission.
Among many assignments held during his career in PA, he was an undercover narcotics detective, commanded patrol and detective units and commanded a county-wide hostage negotiation team. More recently he helped develop and commanded a county-wide Major Incident Response Team of over 100 officers who responded to high risk situations, riots and natural/man-made disasters. He was also responsible for implementing numerous community oriented initiatives including a Youth Aid Panel for those juveniles who admitted involvement in a crime, took responsibility for their actions and performed community service in lieu of prosecution. Recidivism was less than 1% for those who entered the program.
Chief Bennett is the father of three children. His oldest son is an Assistant District Attorney in Tulsa, OK and married to an attorney; his daughter is a teacher in Meridian, MS and married to a Navy pilot and his youngest son lives here in AZ pursuing a career in business. |
