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James Harpole

Corporate Security Director and Retired Assistant Police Chief

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  • Name: James Harpole
  • Email: jamesharpole@icloud.com
  • Phone: Available Upon Request Via Email
  • Location: Greater Milwaukee Area

Introduction

I am currently employed by Charter Communications (Spectrum brand) as the Director of Incident Management. In this role, I oversee the company’s enterprise wide Critical Incident Response Program.  Prior this role I was the Sr. Manager overseeing investigations and training for the ten states Midwest Division, which includes the major metropolitan areas of Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Cleveland. Prior to that I was assigned as a manager overseeing project management for all security related projects in the the ten-state division, including participating as a member of the cross functional team for all new store builds, remodels, and relocations. Charter Communications is a Fortune 100 company over 30 million subscribers in 41 states. Under the Spectrum brand, Charter Communications provides television, internet, phone, and mobile products and services. 

I enjoy developing and maintaining relationships across the various business units within the company, and developing and executing plans to keep our employees, customers, and visitors safe, whether they are in the field, at one of our call centers, warehouse, or retail outlets. The safety and security of our employees, customers, and visitors is a top priority for the company and me personally. I have spent a significant amount of time working with our public facing retail division on training, risk assessment, loss prevention, and overall asset protection. 

The Corporate Physical Security business unit is the designated liaison to law enforcement. We enjoy excellent relationships with law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels. 

Prior to joining Charter Communications, I enjoyed a three-decades long career with the Milwaukee Police Department, my last ten years as an assistant chief, number two in the department. 

As a senior executive-level police leader I had a proven track record of success in leading change, team building, leadership development, accountability in management, implementing risk management, managing crisis, and attaining organizational goals through a problem-solving, highly inclusive and collaborative leadership style that embraces the development of positive community relationships across diverse communities and neighborhoods in order to achieve the mission and vision of the organization. 

I joined the Milwaukee Police Department in 1985 and held the following positions/ranks:

Assistant Chief of Police (2008 to 2018)
Captain of Police (2005 to 2008)
Lieutenant of Police (2000 to 2005)
Police Sergeant (1996 to 2000)
Police Officer (1987 to 1996)
Police Aide (1985 to 1987)

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James Harpole

Favorite Quotes

  • In a republic that honors the core of democracy - the greatest amount of power is given to those called Guardians. Only those with the most impeccalbe character are chosen to bear the responsibility of protecting the democracy.

    - Plato
  • The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.

    - Sir Robert Peel
  • The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all themore valuable for having been tested by adversity.

    - Jimmy Carter

Experience

Charter Communications

Director, Corporate Physical Security, Incident Response

February 2022 -

ÿ    As the Director of Incident management I am responsible for developing and executing the company’s enterprise wide critical incident management program. In this role I have worked with a team to establish an enterprise wide emergency notification system, a tabletop exercise program, risk assessment program, digitized emergency action templates for all locations with 50 or more employees, and tracking programs using Smartsheets and Sharepoint to ensure on-target goal attainment. I also oversee the development of a quarterly critical incident response newsletter. My current role allows me the opportunity to engage with all of our business units from our field operations, call centers, supply chain, retail stores, and more. The goal of keeping our employees, customers, and visitors safe while on Charter Communications property is a top priority for the company and me personally. 

 

Charter Communications

Sr. Manager, Corporate Physical Security, Investigations and Training

May 2021 - February 2022

Responsible for managing and conducting investigations, both internal and external, criminal and personnel, over the ten-state Midwest Division. Also responsible for managing the security training program for delivery to the 16,000 employees within the Midwest Division from across all functional areas. Also conducted on site visits, completed security risk assessments, and engaged with our retail leadership team to mitigate issues in stores regarding theft and customer engagement with agitated customers. 

Charter Communictions (Spectrum)

Manager, Corporate Physical Security, Project Management

July 2019 - May 2021

Assigned to the Midwest Division overseeing the safety and security of over 16,000 employees and nearly 800 facilities. I oversee project management of all physical security projects across the ten state area of my division. I also provide security training for all employees, conduct security assessments of our facilities, work with vendors and contractors to complete project work, engage and collaborate with law enforcement on investigations, and manage the security hardware systems within our facilities. I work across the many functional business units within the company from our retail stores, to field operations, to our television network, and many more. I participated on the planning team for all new retail store builds, remodels, and relocations. Major metropolitan areas within the region include Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Cleveland. Smaller metro areas include Madison, WI; Rochester MN; Grand Rapids, MI; and Akron OH. The ten states are Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. 

Milwaukee Police Department

Assistant Chief of Police

September 1985 - February 2018

I held the position of assistant chief of police from September 2008 until I retired from the department in February 2019. I was assigned as the bureau chief of the Criminal Investigations Bureau, the Neighborhood Policing Bureau, the North Command Bureau, the Central Command Bureau, and currently the Neighborhood Patrol Bureau.  

As an assistant chief, I was a member of the Chief’s Executive Command Team, and the second-in-command of the department.

To learn more about the Milwaukee Police Department please visit our website, news website, and social media sites (see below).

milwaukee.gov/police (general website)
milwaukeepolicenews.com (MPD news website)
https://www.facebook.com/milwaukeepolice
https://www.youtube.com/user/MilwaukeePolice
https://twitter.com/milwaukeepolice

Education

Marian University

Administration of Justice

2000 - 2004
Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command

Executive Police Leadership

2004 - 2004

Senior Management Insitute for Police

Executive Police Leadership

2008 - 2008

This is an executive leadership program of the Police Execuive Research Forum.  

Major Cities Chiefs Association Police Executive Leadership Institute

Executive Police Leadership

2015 - 2016

Certifications

Department of Homeland Security

Secret Security Clearance

2010
State of Wisconsin

Law Enforcement Officer Certification

1987

Blog

Just Like Me
October 19
Early on in my first-level supervisory and middle-level management career, I desired to have a team that was comprised of people just like me. I had a hard drive and wanted to achieve the goals of
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Leading Diversity: Mentoring Women Police Commanders
October 24
During the ten years I spent as a member of an executive team in a major city police department, I learned a great deal about management and leadership and the difference between the two. I learned t
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Leadership matters; the Leader Matters
October 24
Leadership matters; the leader matters. That was a constant message I relayed to my senior commanders whenever they were successful in applying their leadership skills to the accomplishment of an ope
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Developing Future Leaders
October 24
As leaders we need to identify the strengths of the people we lead and assign them work they will excel at; work that is rank appropriate; work they will find rewarding and valuable, yet challenging
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Lesson Learned: Leaving a Positive and Lasting Impact on Others
October 24
One of the many lessons I learned during my three decades in policing is that regardless of rank, position, or title held, a person can have a positive and lasting impact on other people in an organi
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Greater Milwaukee Area
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