Ernest R. Frazier, Sr.
Chief Ernest Frazier has over thirty years of experience in police management, emergency preparedness and transportation security. An expert in both the practical and the legal aspects of the security field, Chief Frazier has assisted not only all levels of government, but also law firms, transportation agencies, universities, security services and private businesses to improve their safety and security capabilities.
Chief Frazier developed his security expertise through holding several positions of responsibility in the field of public security. From 2006-2007, he was the Director of Public Safety for the New Castle County Department of Public Safety in Delaware. Here, he held direct responsibility for the provision of public safety, including emergency communications, paramedic services, and emergency preparedness and response to an area of approximately 450 square miles and with a population in excess of 550,000.
From 1981-2004, Chief Frazier worked with the NRPC Amtrak Police Department in Philadelphia, serving for ten years as its senior vice president and the Chief of Police and Security. In this role, Chief Frazier was the senior corporate executive responsible for oversight and the provision of security services for the Nation’s intercity passenger rail transportation system. Here Chief Frazier developed extensive hands-on operational experience at managing transportation-related security matters and critical incidents ranging from trespassing to homicide, and from crime prevention to homeland security.
Chief Frazier also has experience on the “front lines” of security provision, having served both as a Detective Sergeant for the Havre De Grace Police Department in Maryland, and as a Sergeant in the Army Security Agency.
Chief Frazier received his Juris doctor from Rutgers School of Law. He graduated magna cum laude from Temple University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a major in Business Law.