Summit Police Lieutenant Accredited As Command Executive

SUMMIT, NJ — Summit Police Lieutenant Michael J. Rabasca was awarded certification status for Accredited Command Executive.

Lieutenant Rabasca has been with the Summit Police Department for 26 years. He served as a Patrol Officer, Detective, Patrol Sergeant, Detective Sergeant, and Patrol Lieutenant. Rabasca has held past special assignments with the Union County Homicide Task Force and the Union County Narcotics Strike Force. He now serves as the Detective Lieutenant. Rabasca received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Government from East Stroudsburg University. He is a 2011 graduate of the New Jersey State Chiefs of Police - Police Executive Institute.

In 2013, Rabasca graduated the prestigious F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous awards and commendations including five Exceptional Duty Awards, six Honorable Service Awards, six Unit Citations, and two awards of special recognition from the Summit Chief of Police. Rabasca is a member of the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association, New Jersey State Identification Officers Association, the Union County Municipal Investigators Association, the Morris County Investigators Association, the New Jersey Homicide Investigators Association and the FBI National Academy Associates.

The NJSACOP ACE Certification Program directly encourages New Jersey's law enforcement executives to attain sanctioned benchmarks in pursuit of a recommended standard for police leadership that are measurable and attainable. By offering proof of these standards to NJSACOP Assessors, individual police leaders can attain NJSACOP Accredited Chief/Command Executive (ACE) Certification Status.

It is the policy of the NJSACOP to promote professional competence, continued education and career development among all members of law enforcement and in particularly amongst our leaders. In order to achieve this goal the NJSACOP encourages current, future and retired chiefs and police executives to participate in the ACE Certification Program.