NEWARK — Thomas Maltese, a former police director for North Brunswick Township, was sworn in as law enforcement coordinator for the U.S. Attorney’s Office–District of New Jersey on May 3, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the New Jersey District Office.
Maltese will facilitate communication between 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, according to the press release.
Maltese began his career as a detective in the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department. He served in the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office for 22 years before leaving his position there as deputy chief of investigations in 1994 to become the North Brunswick Police Department’s director.
In 2000, Maltese became a consultant and field program specialist for the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, Pa. He then served as chief of investigations for the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation in Trenton before his most recent position as the manager of investigative consult agency Falcon Group LLC.
Maltese has a master’s degree from Seton Hall University in addition to training he received at the N.J. State Police Academy, the Drug Enforcement Administration National Academy in Washington, D.C., the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development School in Quantico.