ZACHARY SLAVIN
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Zachary Slavin, a seasoned security expert, field operative and manager with broad executive and operational experience, recently retired from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) after twenty (20) years of decorated service.

A member of the Honor Legion, Mr. Slavin diligently served in the NYPD achieving the rank of Lieutenant with assignments as Operations Coordinator and Special Assignment as Precinct Satellite Commanding Officer.  Under these appointments, Mr. Slavin was responsible for overseeing the delivery of targeted police services to the New York City Housing Authority in the NYPD Boroughs of Brooklyn North and Queens.  He also served as the Administrator for the NYPD Housing Bureau Borough of Bronx/Queens responsible for 13 facilities including direct responsibility for five (5) CCTV units.  Mr. Slavin is a NYPD Certified Crime Prevention and Auto-Crime Specialist. 

At the height of his operations experience, he was directly responsible for the delivery of police services to 42,000 residents in eight (8) Precincts geographically disbursed across all of Queens.  This required his leadership and administration for over three hundred (300) uniform and civilian employees.  Responsibilities included Executive Management of the command including Human Resources and Administrative functions, Facility Management of eight (8) facilities, IT Management of several secure LAN/WAN systems, Fleet Management of thirty-six (36) vehicles, the management of all secure/non-secure communications, office machines/systems and supplies as well as the crime analysis/comparative statistics (COMPSTAT) functions from which he directed resources to pro-actively address crime conditions among other responsibilities.

Mr. Slavin personally created a "Disorder Control Plan" which set a citywide standard, as it was established as the template for city-wide use in the Housing Bureau.  It currently serves the NYPD in the delivery of police services to the New York City Housing Authority including all its commercial and residential facilities.  This plan details the NYPD’s Emergency Response to crises and includes ongoing threat assessments, the “hardening” of facilities and proactive and reactive personnel responses. 

Additionally, Mr. Slavin instituted the Arrest Process in one of his Queens facilities. This required integration of access control, CCTV, telecom and LAN/WAN systems.  He had hands on responsibility for space planning and design with architects, systems analysis and specification, coordination of vendors for construction and systems installation and integration - all necessitating staff relocations without disrupting the smooth and continuous internal and external operations.  This project resulted in satisfactory inspection by the New York State Courts and Corrections Department and enabled his command to process arrests.

In addition to his formal and hands on training, Mr. Slavin is an active member of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS), the System Administrator, Networking and Security (SANS) organization and other professional associations.

Mr. Slavin’s private security, LAN consulting experience and NYPD background, combined with his computer knowledge, allow him to deliver a unique combination of expertise in these different fields.

While the Security and IS Departments typically work independently, Mr. Slavin’s expertise and approach bring these areas together for a unified response to security threats and business continuity plans.  Mr. Slavin has delivered these services to variety of businesses in the metropolitan area, preparing them for any disaster that may strike.

Mr. Slavin employed his broad security and IS knowledge to build The Slavin Group.  As his IS services came more into demand, in 2001 he founded Finest Technologies Inc., which remains a strategic partner of The Slavin Group.

Mr. Slavin can be reached through the Security Services Contact Information on this site.