GLYNCO, Ga. – The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) are proud to announce the selection of Jennifer Tocco as the new FLETC Chief of Staff.
Tocco began her civil service career at the FLETC in 2008, serving as the Senior Policy and Project Analyst for the Director's Office since 2018. She has held other positions in the FLETC Director's Office since 2012, to include Strategic Planning Program Manager. Tocco previously worked in the Office of State and Local Training and Rural Policing Institute.
Prior to joining FLETC, Tocco worked in the nonprofit and academic sectors. For six years, she served as Assistant Director for the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children in Newark, New Jersey, where she managed scholarship programs for low-income families and conducted fundraising activities, including grant writing and event planning. For two years, she was the Donor Relations Director for the Salvation Army's New Jersey Division, where she led and implemented a new major donor program, wrote funding proposals, and oversaw communications with high-level donors across the state. While completing her graduate studies, Tocco served as a Research Fellow at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education's Center for Educational Policy Analysis, where she worked on research teams conducting studies in a variety of topics, including school choice and educational accountability.
Tocco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in political science and history from Drew University, a Master of Education degree with a focus on educational policy and qualitative research methods from Rutgers University, and a Master of Public Administration degree from Valdosta State University. She also completed all doctoral coursework in educational policy while at Rutgers.
Upon notification of her new position, Tocco stated, “It is truly an honor to have the opportunity to serve the FLETC mission in this capacity. I look forward to the good work our organization will do for law enforcement during this challenging time for our country.”
FLETC, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, was established in 1970 to provide basic and advanced law enforcement training to federal agencies. For the past 50 years, the FLETC has fulfilled its mission of preparing the federal law enforcement community to safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.
FLETC Chief of Staff
Jennifer Tocco
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