(Editor\u2019s note: The following article is the first in a series of three detailing the accomplishments of the gentlemen selected as honorees for the Tyrone Area School District\u2019s Distinguished Alumni Recognition Weekend, scheduled to begin Oct. 17.)<\/p>\n
Robert Hickes is a senior manager in the public services practice of Bearing Point, one of the world\u2019s largest consulting firms.
\nHe is the national lead responsible for the emerging field of homeland security. Additionally, he is involved in consulting, developing strategies and recommending technology solutions for the law enforcement and public safety arena at the state and local level.
\nPrior to coming to Bearing Point, Mr. Hickes served the Pennsylvania State Police for 30 years. He was the deputy commissioner of operations from 1991 to 1995 and the deputy commissioner of staff from 1998 to 2002.
\nFor more than a decade, he was involved at the highest level of Pennsylvania state government in the planning and implementation of operational and technological projects for law enforcement and public safety.
\nHe commanded Pennsylvania\u2019s law enforcement response the crash of United Airlines flight 93 on 9-11, as well as numerous other catastrophic and emergency events throughout his law enforcement career.
\nSome of his other experiences include supervision of procurement and integration of one of the largest technology solutions for any state police organization, as well as management of a multi-agency statewide justice network, which was responsible for the development and implementation of cost effective information sharing, proper accessibility and security controls for criminal justice information systems.
\nIn addition to his deputy commissioner duties, his career also included extensive work in internal affairs\/professional responsibility, liquor enforcement and police training.
\nMr. Hickes has a master of public administration degree from Shippensburg University and is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the FBI National Academy Associates, the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association and the American Society for Industrial Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Editor\u2019s note: The following article is the first in a series of three detailing the accomplishments of the gentlemen selected as honorees for the Tyrone Area School District\u2019s Distinguished Alumni Recognition Weekend, scheduled to begin Oct. 17.) Robert Hickes is a senior manager in the public services practice of Bearing Point, one of the world\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}