Chief Pecoraro is a graduate of the University of Buffalo with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. He retired as Chief from the Erie County Sheriff's Department in Buffalo, New York where he was third in command of an 800 member force. He possesses 29 years of diverse police experience, and has served as a police helicopter pilot and underwater recovery diver.

The Chief is a member of the Airborne Law Enforcement Association, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, International Chiefs of Police Association, Maryland Eastern Shore Chiefs of Police Association, the New York State Col. H. Williams Homicide Associates, and the International Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association. Chief Pecoraro's education also includes the U.S. Secret Service Dignitary Protection school, and numerous Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and FBI seminars. He and his wife, Susan, have four children: Eric, Christian, Trisha, and Nathan. Back