Scott Donaldson
Scott Donaldson, Director-Chief Administrator
Collin College Law Enforcement Academy
Career Highlights
- Honorably retired Police Officer with more then 20 years of service.
- Nationally recognized subject matter expert in policing strategies and initiatives.
- Regional Representative for the National Criminal Justice Association (West Region)
- Certified Conflict Resolution, Mitigation, and De-escalation Tactics Expert.
- International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Education Nationally Certified Subject Matter Expert Instructor
- First law enforcement officer to be elected Class President for both the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration’s School of Police Supervision (Class 107) and School of Executive Leadership (Class 58)
- Experienced college professor lecturing on “Police Court Systems and Practices”, “Ethics”, “Criminal Investigations”, and “Police Leadership and Administration”
Scott Donaldson
serves as Director and Chief Administrator of the Collin College Law Enforcement Academy located in McKinney, Texas.
Scott is the former Chairman of the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement Curriculum committee. Additionally, he is a past President of the Community College Criminal Justice Educators of Texas Association. He is currently an elected Regional Representative for the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) - representing Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Washington, and Wyoming. Scott is a member of the NCJA Criminal Justice Executive Leadership Academy Class.
Scott is experienced in international policing initiatives through his work with the International Association of Chiefs of Police Global Policing Division. Additionally, he’s experienced working with the Department of Justice, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) assisting and collaborating on international policing strategies.
Scott is a certified conflict resolution, mitigation, and de-escalation expert that is one of eight instructors approved by the Federal court to deliver De-escalation / Crisis Intervention training to one of the top three largest police departments in the United States. Scott was invited to contribute as a stakeholder of subject matter experts for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) / National Police Institute (NPI) "21st Century Protest Response: Promoting Democracy and Advancing Community and Officer Safety". Directed one of five academies in the United States to be selected by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) as a research partner for the Academy Innovations project. Further, Scott facilitated a problem-oriented policing strategy & initiative for one of the top ten largest police departments in the United States.
Because of his vast experience, Scott has been asked to speak in front of the Texas Legislature regarding legislatively mandated police training and has been invited to participate on national and international panels on many topics associated with modern policing and law enforcement training.
Scott has been invited to present at numerous law enforcement training centers and municipalities across the country and served as a “Gold Shield” presenter for the University of Kansas - Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center.
Scott is a graduate of Leadership Fort Worth and Leadership North Texas.