Ronald W. Glensor

Ronald W. Glensor, Ph.D., is an assistant chief (retired) of the eno, Nevada, Police Department (RPD). He has accumulated more than 36 years of police experience and commanded the department’s patrol, administration, and detective divisions. In addition to being actively involved in RPD’s implementation of community oriented policing and problem solving since 1987, he has provided such training to thousands of officers, elected officials, and community members representing jurisdictions throughout the United States as well as Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. He is also a judge for the Herman Goldstein International Problem Oriented Policing Awards held annually throughout the nation.  Dr. Glensor was the 1997 recipient of the prestigious Gary P. Hayes Award, conferred by the Police
Executive Research Forum, recognizing his contributions and leadership in the policing field. Internationally, he is a frequent featured speaker on a variety of policing issues. He served a six-month fellowship as problem oriented policing coordinator with the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D.C., and received an Atlantic Fellowship in public policy, studying repeat victimization at the Home Office in London. He is coauthor of Police Supervision and Management in an Era of Community Policing (third edition) and was coeditor of Policing Communities: Understanding Crime and Solving Problems; Dr. Glensor has also published in several journals and trade magazines, is an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, and instructs at area police academies and criminal justice programs. He holds both a doctorate in political science and a master’s of public administration from the University of Nevada, Reno.