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Chief Joseph C. Carter, CHS-lll |
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Chief Joseph C. Carter was appointed chief of police on January 21, 2003. Reporting directly to the General Manager, he has direct responsibility for the overall management of a Department that consists of 250 sworn personnel responsible for public safety of the Authority’s public transportation network within 175 cities and town. His primary goal is to restore the Department to a level of distinguishable excellence in policing by incorporating a value-added, mission-focused management style that builds on the internal strengths, coupled with strong collaboration within the community. Following a strategic planning process that included all levels of the Department as well as external stakeholders, on June 5, 2003, he presented to the MBTA General Manager and Board of Directors a Plan of Action that describes in appropriate detail the strategic goals and objectives for the MBTA Transit Police Department. In September 2003, Chief Carter was granted the professional designation of Certified in Homeland Security – Level III (CHS-III) by the American College of Forensic Examiners International, Inc. During his short tenure, in December 2004, the Department successfully met the requirements for full state accreditation by the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, Inc. and in March 2005, national accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). |
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Additionally, Chief Joseph Carter’s leadership of the Transit Police Department has merited several coveted state, national and international awards:
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Notwithstanding his great pride in seeing the Department recognized for such prestigious awards, Chief Carter regards the newfound public trust and increased community partnerships, as witnessed by the Department’s New Approaches to Police and Youth Interactions training collaborative with Suffolk University’s Juvenile Justice Center, as the highest compliment to the Department. |
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Preceding his appointment to the MBTA, he served for nearly five years as Chief of the Oak Bluffs (MA) Police Department, which is located on Martha’s Vineyard and provides public safety services to 4,000 year-round and 29,000 seasonal residents, and an additional 150,000-summer tourists. Under Chief Carter’s leadership, the Department transitioned to a problem solving oriented policing philosophy and developed numerous distinguished programs to modernize strategic components of its operation. Additionally, during his tenure, the Department realized a twofold increase of its budget and full-time staffing, as well as became the first agency in the Cape and islands region to attain state sponsored certification and initiated steps towards full agency accreditation. |
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Chief Carter also served the Boston (MA) Police Department with distinction for twenty years, and before his commission to the Boston Police, Chief Carter held several positions with the City of Boston Penal Institutions Department from 1975 through 1978. He joined the Boston Police Department in January 1978, and served as a patrol officer assigned to the Bureau of Field Services and the Community Disorders Unit (CDU). He was promoted to the rank of Detective in 1980 while assigned to the CDU. In March 1983 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and assigned as a patrol supervisor in Area B. In November of 1983 he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent and appointed the night commander of Area B. His promotion to the rank of Superintendent came on March 13, 1985 when the Police Commissioner appointed him to command the Bureau of Neighborhood Services, which later became the Bureau of Special Operations. In 1990, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the department with command responsibility as officer-in-charge of administering, directing and coordinating all administrative orders, instructions and policies of the Police Commissioner. In 1994, he was appointed as the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, presiding over all departmental disciplinary trial boards. In this capacity, then Superintendent Carter had singular responsibility for ruling on pre- and post-hearing motions, conducting pre- hearing conferences and disciplinary trial boards pursuant to state law; and based on all evidence, rendering a reasoned written decision to the Police Commissioner. He prepared for and conducted an average of eight (8) disciplinary hearings per month for sworn and civilian personnel. |
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In addition, he served as Chairperson for both the Rules and Procedures Review Committee and the Executive Committee on Rules and Procedures. Together, these two committees were responsible for drafting, reviewing and/or approving proposed Department Rules, Special Orders, and Training Bulletins. Moreover, he served as co-chair (with the Police Commissioner) of the Citywide Strategic Planning Team, which was the primary agent for the development and implementation of long-range planning within the Department. The efforts in this area have received national acclaim and served as a model for other municipalities nation-wide. |
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As a member of the command staff of the Boston Police Department, Chief Carter was called upon to testify as an expert witness on civil rights investigations before the Suffolk County Housing Court; and before the Untied States Senate Judiciary Committee and the City of Boston Licensing Board relative to the sale of martial arts type weapons through the U.S. Mails and local merchants licensed by the City of Boston. |
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A resident of Oak Bluffs, Chief Carter is a graduate of the FBI National Academy's 140th Session; a 1986 graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum's Senior Management Institute for Police; a 1991 graduate of the ABA's National Judicial College - Administrative Law Judge course; and a 1992 graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, as well as a graduate of numerous other federal, state and military law enforcement programs. He is a graduate US Army War College, class of 2002, and was awarded the militarily prestigious Master of Strategic Studies degree. He also holds a Bachelors degree in Organizational Behavior and Management from Lesley College and a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Atlanta University. |
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He also has served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard as well as the U.S. Army Reserves since 1974. He recently served with distinction as commander of the Army National Guard Training Site at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Camp Edwards, MA from March 1999 to June 2003. In his capacity as commander, he was responsible for all property, activities and personnel assigned or attached to this over 20,000 acre site, as well as the full spectrum of support for live, virtual and constructive training of using organizations representing all military services in the Northeast region. In January 2005, he began serving as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Joint Force Headquarters for the Massachusetts Army and Air National Guard. On March 16, 2006, by order of the Secretary of the Army and direction by the President of the United States, after Senate confirmation, he was promoted to Brigadier General in the Reserve of the U.S. Army. |
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Chief Carter is a member of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Anti-Terrorism and Joint-Terrorism Task Force [ATTF/JTTF] (MA) and possesses an F.B.I. top-secret clearance. He is a gubernatorial appointee and member of the Municipal Police Training Committee, the Urban Crime Strategies Subcommittee of the Governor’s Commission on Criminal Justice Innovation, and the Children’s Trust Fund. He also is a member of the board of the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, Inc., and New England Chiefs of Police Association. |
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Additionally, on October 18, 2006, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police 2006 annual conference in Boston, MA, Chief Carter was installed as the President of the 20,000 member association, the nation’s largest professional organization of police executives. He also is an active director of numerous non-profit community organizations, both in Martha’s Vineyard and Boston. |
