Andrew A. DeMuth Jr. is the founder and lead presenter for Leading Blue, a company that provides leadership training for both law enforcement and private-sector organizations throughout the nation.
Prior to accepting this position, Andrew spent 25 years with the Freehold Borough Police Department in New Jersey. During his career, he spent 17 of those years as a road supervisor and later as commander of the investigations division. Andrew also served as the agency training officer, range master, press information officer, youth police academy director, and intelligence officer. Andrew spent two years serving part-time on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) statewide Violent Gang Task Force as well as one-year full-time undercover and on a raid-entry team with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force.
After retiring, Andrew accepted a position with the attorney general’s office managing a unit that oversees the statewide DNA collection program by more than 500 law enforcement agencies throughout the state and ensured that collections were compliant with state and federal regulations. In that role, he also managed a 21-county training program and a team of trainers for the State of New Jersey.
Andrew also served as an adjunct professor for Southern New Hampshire University and Middlesex College teaching Leadership in a Law Enforcement Organization along with other criminal justice and associated classes. Andrew is a graduate of the NJSACOP Command and Leadership Academy as well as the basic and advanced Penn State Police Executive Development programs and has a master’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Administrative Science. Andrew was the recipient of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice 2019 Excellence in Leadership Director’s Award, the Freehold Borough Combat Cross, and numerous other awards throughout his career.
Andrew can be reached at [email protected].