Steven Thomas
Lieutenant, CIT Team; Lieutenant, Anne Arundel County Police
2022
Lt. Steven Thomas has been in law enforcement since 1992, when he began his career with the Baltimore City Sheri ’s O ce and he has spent the last 21 years with the Anne Arundel County Police Department. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Sociology from U.M.B.C and a Master’s Degree in Legal & Ethical Studies from the University of Baltimore. He spent his entire police career in patrol, where he was an avid practitioner of community policing. With his “hands on experience” in community policing he was tasked in January 2014 with starting police CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) and Peer Support Teams, which he is currently the coordinator of both.
Lt. Thomas is the Anne Arundel County CIT Law Enforcement Coordinator and the I.C.I.S.F. (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation) CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Team Coordinator. He is an approved I.C.I.S.F. Instructor and a Youth & Adult Mental Health First Aid Instructor.
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