United States Attorney Announces New Law Enforcement Coordinator

May 4, 2010 - NEWARK, NJ—New Jersey United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today that Thomas Maltese was sworn in as the Office’s Law Enforcement Coordinator. Among other duties, Maltese will facilitate communication among the District and federal, state, and local organizations and serve as the District Office’s Security Manager. He will also promote the effective use of state, local, and international law enforcement resources and promote community engagement regarding Department of Justice initiatives, law enforcement priorities, and crime prevention activities.

Maltese comes to the Office with a long record of public service in the area of law enforcement. After beginning his career as a Detective in the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department, he served the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office for 22 years, leaving his position there as Deputy Chief of Investigations in 1994 to be the North Brunswick Police Department’s Police Director. In 2000, Maltese became a Consultant and Field Program Specialist for the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He then served as Chief of Investigations for the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation in Trenton prior to his most recent position as the Manager of investigative consult agency Falcon Group, LLC.

Mr. Fishman said, “Tom Maltese is one of the most respected law enforcement officers in New Jersey. He has a terrific reputation with our law enforcement partners, and he will make our Office’s relationships with those agencies even stronger.”

Maltese has a Master’s Degree from Seton Hall University, in addition to training he received at the New Jersey State Police Academy; Drug Enforcement Administration National Academy in Washington, D.C.; the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) National Academy in Quantico, Virginia; and FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development School in Quantico.