John Barbieri retired in March 2019 after 31 years of distinguished service to the City of Springfield Police Department (Massachusetts). During his career in law enforcement, he rose through the ranks and held almost every position in the department from Patrolman through Police Commissioner. Past assignments include homicide investigator, internal investigations and training, traffic and patrol supervisor, gang and narcotics detective, state task force officer, public affairs, SWAT commander, and Deputy Chief. During his 5-year tenure as Police Commissioner, Mr. Barbieri modernized the aging department and improved the quality of police service to the city and its residents.

Under Commissioner Barbieri’s leadership, there were significant improvements in community and law enforcement collaboration, and his proactive approach and C3 Policing expansion lead to a 45 percent crime reduction in high crime areas of the city, a 30 year low. Commissioner Barbieri received numerous department awards and commendations for his service during his career, which includes being the 2013 recipient of the BusinessWest Difference Makers Award for impacting lives in the city of Springfield.  He is also the recipient of the Thomas C. Rovelli Leadership Award for his inspirational approach to partnering members of the Springfield Police Department with the community they serve.  Commissioner Barbieri is a member of the International Chiefs of Police and has served on the Training and Education Committee, and holds a BS from Anna Maria College and an MS from Western New England University.

Michael Cutone is a veteran of US Army Special Forces (Green Berets), and Iraq and Afghanistan campaign. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts State Police Academy August 1999 with 74th RTT.  Michael has a distinguished 21-year law enforcement career with the Massachusetts State Police. Throughout his law enforcement career, he worked as a patrol officer in high crime urban areas. He is the creator of the C3 Policing Model featured on 60 Minutes, The New York Times and Police Chief Magazine. During his tenure in law enforcement, Michael was requested to present the C3 Policing Model to many international, federal, state, local law enforcement and academic agencies. He was invited to speak at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference on anti-gang violence, and a two-year presenter of C3 Policing to the FBI’s Central American Community Impact Exchange (CACIE) at the White House. Instructor at Massachusetts State Police 85th RTT academy class, where he presented leadership and critical thinking classes. Michael holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts and was appointed as an Associate with the Belfer Center’s Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is the published author of The Leadership of Jesus: Ten Fundamentals of Leadership and is the 2013 recipient of the Difference Makers Award by BusinessWest for impacting lives in the local community through C3 Policing.