He is recognized as a change-agent police chief with experience transforming toxic and hostile work environments to state and nationally accredited, community supported, proactive, professional, and progressive agencies. Skilled at building solid working relationships with tribal, local, state, and federal officials and working in harmony to achieve common goals. Noted for his ability to gain cooperation and support from diverse groups, he has worked with national and international entities as well as state, local and federal government agencies to help teach, coach, and create better workplace environments. He has worked with agencies to enhance relationships built on trust and mutual respect internally and externally with community stakeholders.

The former Police Chief of the Port Arthur, TX Police Department, Salt River Tribal Police Department in Scottsdale, Arizona and the City of Maricopa, Arizona Police Department and has held the positions of Sheriff’s Office Commander, Police Commander, Chief of Police, Public Safety Director, Fire Chief, Mediator, Manager of Legal Services and Assistant City Manager.

Chief Patrick Melvin was appointed Maricopa’s first ever police officer as the Chief of Police (Badge #001) in October 2006 and retired from the City of Phoenix, Arizona (5^th largest city in the United States) Police Department as a police commander after 21 years of dedicated service. Chief Melvin was named the “2007 City of Maricopa Man of the Year.”  In July 2010, Chief Patrick Melvin began serving as the National President of N.O.B.L.E., (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives), an organization of approximately 4,000 members in 56 chapters throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and the Caribbean after serving on the executive board for several years.  Chief Patrick Melvin is also a former board member of the Arizona Chiefs of Police Association serving as its 4^th, 3^rd, and 2^nd Vice President.  He has had a long and successful managerial career in the military and with local, state, tribal and national governments, respectively.

A national subject matter expert on Traffic Safety Issues, he has traveled the country presenting on the topic.  He has instructed at the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department, The University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas and St. Croix USVI, the International Law Enforcement Academy (I.L.E.A.) in Gaborone, Botswana, (South Africa) and as an adjunct professor at the community college level (Chandler-Gilbert and Mesa CC).  Chief Melvin also presented testimony before President Obama’s 21^st Century Community Policing Task Force, Texas Law Enforcement Management Institute (LEMIT), and Churches of God in Christ (COGIC International).  Chief Melvin has coached and mentored several aspiring police executives who are now police chiefs and executive staff members locally, tribally, and nationally.  Chief Melvin graduated with the title of Distinguished Military Graduate (DMG) and received an Army Commission as a 2^nd Lieutenant from Wentworth Military Academy & College, (Lexington, MO), earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Arizona State University, Master of Education Degree with Distinction from Northern Arizona University and obtained the Certified Public Manager Designation from Arizona State University. Chief Melvin attended the FBI’s Southwest Command College and the 65^th Session of the FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS) at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA.

Chief Melvin has been married to his wife Rhonda for over 32 years and they have 3 adult children and one grandchild.