Alexander Heaton

Director of Reimagining Public Safety

   alexander.heaton@nyu.edu

Alexander joins the Policing Project from the City of Chicago Office of the Mayor Public Safety Team, where he served as a policy advisor to the Mayor on arrest diversion and alternate response initiatives that sought to incorporate all city agencies into the creation of public safety.

Prior to joining the City of Chicago Office of the Mayor, Alexander spent four years with the University of Chicago Crime Lab, where he led the design and implementation of the nation’s largest narcotics arrest diversion initiative, in partnership with the Chicago Police Department.

Before coming to the University of Chicago, Alexander’s work focus was in the field of international conflict, where he worked at the Department of State as a Foreign Affairs Officer and the United States Marine Corps as an Infantryman and advisor to the Iraqi military.

Alex is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the American University School of International Service.