Thomas Wardowski is a Lieutenant with the Milford (CT) Police Department where he has served for the past 13 years. He is currently the supervisor of the Training Division and the Director of the Milford Regional Police Academy which provides over one thousand hours of basic training needs to entry level recruit police officers. Lt Wardowski is a co-founder of the Milford Police Department’s PEER Support Team and teaches stress management and resiliency building techniques to Officers across the northeastern United States. He is a Connecticut POSTC certified police instructor in several  disciplines, including  Responding to Citizens with Special Needs, Stress Management and Basic Instructor Development. Lt Wardowski created the Milford Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team in 2022. He is a Crisis Negotiator and also serves as the department’s Accreditation Manager. He is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University and prior to police work was a teacher for three years at a school for children with autism. Lt Wardowski currently still holds his Connecticut Teaching certification for Secondary Education Social Sciences.