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Ryan Perlongo

Program Manager, New York State DCJS

Ryan Perlongo is Program Manager for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). In his role, he directs the Evidence-Based Training and Innovation section, which designs, delivers, and conducts training, technical assistance, research, and analysis to statewide law enforcement partners, equipping them with tools to implement, measure, and sustain evidence-based practices. This includes providing direct assistance to the state's largest inter-agency criminal justice projects, including the flagship Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) and Statewide Targeted Reductions in Intimate Partner Violence (STRIVE) programs. Perlongo is also a retired Assistant Chief of Police. He holds an M.S. in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership from the University of San Diego and is a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Law and Policy program at Northeastern University. He is a 2022 NIJ LEADS Scholar, a 2023 NPI Executive Policing Fellow, the 2024 recipient of the ASC Innovation in Policing Award, the 2025 recipient of the Gerhard O.W. Mueller Innovator Award from the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences, and a 2026 inductee into the George Mason University Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame.