Robert E. Griffin, Esq.

Bob Griffin is a Police Sergeant with the Chelsea Police Department in the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts.  As a Field Training Officer, he has been responsible for the training of all new police officers.  As the department's Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Representative, has been the agency liaison with state and federal computer networks.  He also handles the agency's communications systems.  Additionally, he is a licensed Emergency Medical Technician, certified Juvenile Officer, and E911 Telecommunicator.

He has completed narcotics training with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); Emergency Operations Center training with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Incident Command System training with FEMA and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency; National Incident Based Reporting System training with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); National Crime Information Center and Criminal Justice Information System training with the MA Criminal History Systems Board; Novell Network Administration training; and Law Enforcement Dispatcher training.

Bob is also an practicing attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  He received his JD degree from  New England School of Law in Boston.  He completed a program on International Criminal Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts, National Minorities and the right to self-determination at the Irish Centre for Human Rights located at the National University of Ireland, Galway.  He received his BA degree in Sociology/Justice Studies from Curry College and his AS degree with High Honors in Criminal Justice from Bunker Hill Community College along with the Academic Excellence and Academic Achievement Awards in Criminal Justice.   While attending college, he received a fellowship to study Spanish Language and Puerto Rican Culture at the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico and also studied at the Conversa Language Center in Costa Rica.

Bob Griffin remains active outside the police department.  He is a Petty Officer First Class in the United States Naval Reserve and a former Staff Sergeant in the Massachusetts Military Reserve (State Guard); member of the State Guard Association of the United States; a member of the Massachusetts Police Association; on the Board of Directors of the Chelsea YMCA; is Chairman of the Chelsea Republican City Committee; a member of the Chelsea Yacht Club; a member of the Polish Political Club; a PADI certified SCUBA diver; a life member of the National Rifle Association and certified firearms instructor; a licensed amateur radio operator (KB1DGH) and member of the Amateur Radio Relay League.