MEET THE COPDOC
Dr. Stephen A. Morreale is a former Chair and current Professor of Criminal Justice at Worcester State University, and also teaches as adjunct faculty at Pace University and Nichols College. He holds a Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.) from Nova Southeastern University, a Master's in Public Administration from Golden Gate University, and a Bachelor's degree from Boston State College (now UMass Boston).
Before academia, Steve served 30 years in law enforcement, retiring as Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. He spent 20 of those years with the Drug Enforcement Administration as a special agent, managing agent, and Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Financial Investigations Section for New England. He also served with the Dover, New Hampshire Police Department and the U.S. Army Military Police Corps as an investigator in the U.S. and Europe during the Vietnam era. In 2001, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Secretary of HHS for leading a team of agents in the disaster response at the World Trade Center following September 11.
Steve hosts The CopDoc Podcast and is Principal of Aiming for Excellence LLC, providing keynote speaking, consulting, and leadership training for police and public sector organizations. He is the former creator and Director of the Command College Program at Liberty University, focused on leadership enhancement. He is a Fulbright Specialist affiliated with the University of Limerick, working with Ireland's national police service, An Garda Síochána, on training curriculum assessment. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Municipal Police Institute, is a Fellow of the Future Policing Institute, and has served on the IACP Education and Training Committee since 2022. For 20 years he was Contributing Faculty and a Doctoral Mentor at Walden University, and he has developed curriculum for Anna Maria College, Roger Williams University, and Nichols College. Steve is also the elected Town Moderator of Southborough, Massachusetts.
In 1990, while at DEA, Steve was a founding member and Chair of the New England Community-Police Partnership, housed at St. Anselm College, which trained thousands of police and community members alongside academics to advance community policing. He is Past-President of the Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, a founder and past-President of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Justice Education, and Immediate Past-Chair of the Police Section for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He has taught courses on Investigations, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Leadership, Decision-making, and Criminal Justice Policy, and previously chaired his hometown's Town Personnel Board for 15 years.