Christopher M. Bartolotta

Instructor

Christopher Bartolotta has been employed in the field of law enforcement since 1990. During most of his police career, Chris has been actively involved in the critical issue of Underage Drinking. He has served on the Governor's Task Force Against Drunk Driving; the Governor's Task Force Against Underage Drinking; the Lt. Governor's Task Force for Enforcing Drunk Driving; the presentation committee for the annual Drunk/Drugged Driving Conference (held in Newport, RI) and is presently a member of the Executive Committee of Connecticut Coalition Against Underage Drinking. He currently lectures throughout the state on a variety of subject matter pertaining to Underage Drinking.

Chris is a certified Law Enforcement Trainer on a wide variety of subjects to include police policy and procedure, enforcement techniques, patrol functions, drug-alcohol issues, fraudulent documents, criminal investigations and numerous other topics. He was the first officer in the State of Connecticut to be certified as a Drug Recognition Expert and is currently in the process of obtaining his instructor status. Several state courts have recognized Chris as an expert in matters involving the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus. Since 1995, Chris has been a consultant for the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. He is a national instructor on underage drinking and has assisted in the publication of two manuals used for law enforcement training. In addition, Chris has lectured several times at the Institute's National Leadership Conference.

In addition to his vast experience in the field of law enforcement and numerous civic contributions, Chris has been recognized and has received numerous awards for his accomplishments, which includes a DARE Outstanding Student Leadership Award, several MADD high activity/appreciation/education awards, a Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission Appreciation award, a CSP Troop "L" High DWI activity award, two Commissioner Top 20 shooting awards, an Outstanding Leadership award for efforts regarding Underage Drinking and CSP Department awards for Bravery, Meritorious Service, Life Saving and a two Unit Citations. He was recently recognized by the CT Exchange Club as its "Police Officer of the Year" recipient. Lastly, he was a finalist for the MADD National President's Award, the highest form of praise from this national organization.