Bill Sampson Email and Phone Number

I have worked in the field of criminal justice for the past 36 years, since the age of 18. I am currently employed as the Chief of Police for the Middleton Police Department in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prior to being named Middleton Police Chief, I was the Police Chief for the Windsor VT Police Department, which is a regional police department, providing law enforcement services for the Towns of Windsor and Brownsville and for the Hartland Elementary School. As a proactive chief, I have been a reformer and visionary for the police department. I believe the core of any successful police department is their ability to partner with the community they serve. Sir Robert Peel, the Father of Modern Policing, said it best when describing the role of an organized police force “The police are the public and the public are the police.”I have held numerous leadership and investigative roles throughout my career. I currently hold a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. I have attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Leadership in Police Organizations Course and both the FBI’s Regional Law Enforcement Executive Development Course and Executive Leadership Institute. I have extensive experience in investigations, interviews and interrogations, truth verification, collective bargaining, public safety planning, budgeting, staffing, and emergency management. I have held various law enforcement positions in town, city, county, and state law enforcement agencies and have experiences working in rural communities of less than 5,000 residents as well as metropolitan areas with over 1,500,000.