ABOUT BRIAN ADDINGTON
William “Brian” Addington founded WBA Consulting and Investigations LLC after serving over 30 years in law enforcement. He has served in a range of executive and command positions, including 10 years as police chief. His expertise covers the full range of policing disciplines based on his experiences in a law enforcement agency in California. Brian provides expert advice on best practices in policing, leadership development, organizational assessments, training, independent investigations, and community engagement and media relations.
Brian has also served as an advisor and consultant to various law enforcement
agencies and executives in developing strategies and best practices to address the ever-changing demands placed on law enforcement professionals.
During his tenure in law enforcement, Brian gained extensive experience in all facets of law enforcement including patrol, training, street crimes, narcotics, human trafficking, PIO, criminal investigations, and administrative investigations.
As police chief, Brian implemented robust community engagement strategies, and large-scale technology projects, developed policing strategies that resulted in a 10% decrease in crime, increased diversity in the Department by over 100%, and oversaw numerous criminal and administrative investigations.
Brian is a subject matter expert in managing transitions in law enforcement, technology projects, organizational assessments and best practices, criminal and administrative investigations, and leadership development. Brian has an Associate of Science degree in Administration of Justice from Napa Valley College, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Chapman University, and a master’s degree in Organization Leadership from Chapman University. He has every California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) certificate from Basic through Executive Management. He is a POST Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute (SLI) graduate, a POST Command College graduate, and he attended the FBI National Academy, class 250. He has also attended numerous law enforcement-related training courses, symposiums, legal updates, and conferences as an active member of the California Police Chiefs Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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Brian served for many years on the CPCA training committee and is past chair of the Contra Costa County Police Chief’s Association. He is also an advisory Board Member of the STS Academy and a Pittsburg Police Activities League (PAL) Board Member. Brian has taught a variety of law enforcement training courses including narcotics enforcement, basic criminal investigations, police media relations, crisis communications, community policing and community engagement, and leadership development. He was also a part-time community college instructor for many years.