Abigail S. Tucker, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist in Denver Colorado. In her current role as trainer, consultant and in private practice she works directly with emergency responders, veterans, victims of crime, criminal and juvenile justice entities and behavioral health providers. Dr. Tucker serves as Adjunct Faculty at Colorado State University Global in their Emergency Responder and Military Psychology Program and at her alma mater Nova Southeastern University in their College of Psychology and for the Fischer College of Education and Criminal Justice. Abigail is a certified instructor for Adult & Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and for the Public Safety module of Adult MHFA, and is a proud national training instructor for the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project.

Fatoumata Ceesay, M.A., joined the Center for Innovations in Community Safety as a Senior Program Associate in October 2023. In her role, Ceesay supports several law enforcement initiatives within the organization, primarily the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project, where she oversees all training operations and manages communications with affiliated agencies and partner organizations. As necessary, Ceesay supports the Executive Director in strategic planning and growth management of the program.
Prior to joining the team at Georgetown, Ceesay worked for years in the criminal justice space, including with Arnold Ventures and the Center for Policing Equity, where she focused on addressing challenges in policing and community safety through evidence-based research. Some of the projects she has led and assisted in are related to promoting police accountability measures and advancing community violence intervention efforts. Ceesay has also been actively involved in various projects dedicated to formulating strategies addressing mental health crisis response issues.
Ceesay is currently in the final stages of her Ph.D. program in Sociology and her doctoral research is primarily concerned with understanding police discretion during mental health crisis encounters.

Michael McIntosh currently serves as the Chief Deputy for the Douglas County (CO) Sheriff’s Office. From 2015-2019, he served as the elected Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado. With more than 35 years of law enforcement experience and volunteer service, he has received numerous awards for excellence in service and leadership. In 2009, he was selected to attend and graduated from Session 237 of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy. He has served as Director of County Sheriffs of Colorado, the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, as well as the Colorado Special Olympics. He is well known for his transformative leadership approach and has a proven track record of successfully leading teams and organizations through periods of change.

Captain Gregory Hanna, Jr. retired in 2020 from the Metro Transit Police Department in Washington, D.C. after 27 years of service. During his tenure with the department, he served in numerous leadership and command roles, which included leading the Honor Guard Unit, Commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, Section Commander of the K-9 Unit, Precinct Commander, Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division, Watch Commander, and Commander of Internal Affairs. He was instrumental in the design and implementation of the agency’s internal investigation tracking and accountability system (IAPro and Blue Team). His strategies led to a comprehensive departmentwide early warning system to proactively identify emerging issues for early intervention. In 2016, he was instrumental in the development and implementation of the department’s first Summer Crime Initiative. The introduction of this program integrated weekly COMPSTAT crime strategies and the use of GIS technology to identify emerging crime patterns, crime hot spot mapping, resource allocation for crime reduction, and opportunities for community outreach events.