Our company currently employs 40 instructors and continues to grow. We have more than doubled in size annually since our inception in 2012. In October of 2021, Street Cop hosted its first large-scale five-day conference with over 1,000 police officers from around the world, attending in person in Atlantic City, NJ. The keynote speakers at this event included Tomi Lahren, Dakota Meyer, Marcus Lutrell, Tim Kennedy amongst many others. The Street Cop training podcast has also been a huge success with over 4 million downloads in the first 9 months of launching the platform.
Dennis Benigno is the founder and CEO of Street Cop Training; he began formal police instruction in 2012. His law enforcement career began in 2001 at 19 years of age as a NJ Corrections Officer. In 2004, Benigno became a police officer with the US Park Police Department in Washington, DC and in 2005 moved over to the position of police officer in one of NJ’s largest municipalities. He has received multiple awards including, but not limited to Lifesaving, Meritorious Service, Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service, Several Letters of Recognition, Leadership awards and Certificates of Appreciation from several law enforcement organizations. As a police officer, Benigno has affected over 1,500 arrests and has conducted well over 10,000 motor vehicle stops. He now leads our company, one of the fastest growing LEO education organizations in the country.
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| Feb 11, 2022 | Cop Trainer Encouraging Cops To Run Facial Recognition Searches On People During Traffic Stops | Cops are out there giving each other bad advice. An instructor for Street Cop Training -- a New Jersey based provider of officer training programs -- is telling officers it's ok to run facial recognition searches during routine traffic... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | A popular workshop for police encouraged cops to use face scans to ID people they pull over at traffic stops | A police officer that leads workshops across the US has advised cops use facial recognition at traffic stops. Thousands of police have taken this officer's course on using social media or other tools to identify people. Advertisement A... |
| Fox News' Tomi Lahren told officers at a policing conference that prominent police killings could have been avoided if people 'would just comply' | Tomi Lahren in Pasadena, California. Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP Tomi Lahren was among several who spoke at a police training conference in Atlantic City in October. Lahren described Black Lives Matter as "thugs, felons, and criminal... |
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FAQ about Street Cop Training
When was Street Cop Training founded?
Street Cop Training was founded in 2012.
What has the press written about Street Cop Training?
Parsers VC has collected 4 articles mentioning Street Cop Training, among them “Cop Trainer Encouraging Cops To Run Facial Recognition Searches On People During Traffic Stops” (Feb 11, 2022) and “A popular workshop for police encouraged cops to use face scans to ID people they pull over at traffic stops” (Feb 2, 2022).
Is Street Cop Training still active?
Yes, Street Cop Training is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 11, 2022.