Gary Boesch is a public safety professional having spent twenty five years in law enforcement, spanning from uniformed patrol to retiring as Deputy Chief of Detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in 2021. Gary holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Jersey City State College and a Master’s Degree in Education from New Jersey City University. He is also a graduate of the FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Leadership Academy and the NJSACOP Command and Leadership Academy.

Gary was a certified firearms instructor, police academy training instructor, and member of the Rapid Deployment Team. The majority of his career as a detective was in Homicide as a member of the Major Crimes Unit. In addition, Gary worked as an adjunct professor for eighteen years during his law enforcement career. He also served as Chair for the county’s Safe Schools Task Force Training Committee. 

During the latter part of his career at the BCPO, from the rank of lieutenant through Deputy Chief, Gary was part of the administrative team where he was assigned to directly oversee the Confidential Investigations Unit (Internal Affairs), Office policy and procedures, all police training at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute, accreditation for both the main office and police academy, as well as various other investigative units. Gary was selected to oversee all police operations of the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department for a period of thirteen months after the Prosecutor deemed the monitoring necessary. He was also assigned to oversee the Englewood Police Department’s Internal Affairs function for a period of time when the Prosecutor deemed that necessary. That assignment then led to Gary becoming the acting Officer in Charge of the Englewood Police Department for a period of time, as well as being tasked to oversee the supersession of the Saddle Brook Police Department. 

Since retiring from law enforcement, in addition to private consulting work, Gary has earned the state’s certified School Safety Specialist designation. Gary spent two years as Director of Security for Felician University, and is presently Head of Security for The Dwight Englewood School.