The Black and the Blue by Matthew Horace

The goal of the foundation is to inspire and support students who are pursing degrees in criminal justice or related fields. In 2009, he founded The Horace Foundation Endowment for Criminal Justice Studies at Delaware State University in memory of four university students who were slain in a Newark, New Jersey, schoolyard. In this work, he is also working with The Hetty Group a community impact consultancy. Matthew has worked in law enforcement in every state in the United States and many foreign countries and has trained thousands of law enforcement officers throughout the United States and abroad in law enforcement and criminal justice topics.Īn accomplished and energizing motivational speaker, trainer, lecturer, and leadership consultant, Horace is an advisory board member for the New York-based Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation (FEHSF), immediate past president of the 100 Black Men of New Jersey, former president of The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) NNJ, and a member of numerous other professional organizations.

In this role, Matthew led and participated in some of the more notable investigations of our lifetime to include terrorist bombings, SWAT/tactical operations, undercover operations, narcotic investigations, murder-for-hire schemes, RICO/Organized Crime Investigations, shooting – use of force investigations, firearm trafficking investigations, criminal hostage standoff investigations, home invasion investigations and violent crime/ murder investigations.

He is a twenty-eight-year veteran of federal, state, and local law enforcement, ascending to the Senior Executive Service (SES) rank in the United States Department of Justice managing local, regional, national, and international investigations. He has also been featured on broadcast news segments on MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, The BBC, CNN International and local affiliate stations throughout The United States and abroad. His commentary and experience are a dependable voice of CNN and Headline News crisis and national law enforcement interest events and crisis. Horace is a CNN law enforcement and security expert analyst, senior crisis manager and contributor to the Wall Street Journal “Crisis OF The Week” column.

The Black and the Blue by Matthew Horace