Integrity
We are candid about the work, the risks, and what it will take to succeed.
About Aspirant
Aspirant is a public-safety consulting firm for agencies that need serious capability without corporate distance.
Our Origin
Founded in January 2022 by Madeline Lewis and John String, Aspirant Consulting Group was built for agencies that operate under real pressure and need advice that can survive contact with the work.
What began as a focused law-enforcement consultancy has grown into a multi-state public-safety firm supporting police, fire, EMS, corrections, 911 centers, and municipal organizations. The work spans policy, accreditation, training, leadership, staffing, selection, operations, and organizational development.
The firm has grown, but the standard has not changed: understand the agency, tell the truth about the problem, build something practical, and stay close enough to help it work.
What Guides Us
We are candid about the work, the risks, and what it will take to succeed.
Our advice is current, specialized, and grounded in direct public-safety experience.
No two agencies or communities are the same. The work should reflect that.
We stay engaged through implementation and own our role in the result.
Founders
Aspirant’s leadership is not built around borrowed credibility. Madeline and John started the firm from direct experience with the operational, administrative, legal, and cultural realities public-safety agencies face every day.

Madeline founded Aspirant to give public-safety agencies practical, legally sound, and operationally grounded support from people who understand the work from the inside.
Before Aspirant, she served as a patrol sergeant with the Lower Merion Township Police Department, with assignments spanning patrol, auxiliary services, investigations, and staff and inspections. Beginning in 2016, she served as Accreditation Manager, overseeing PLEAC and CALEA programs, policy updates, training coordination, internal reviews, mock assessments, and assessment preparation.
Her background also includes grant coordination, physical fitness instruction, hostage negotiations team service, and formal training as both an Accreditation Manager and Accreditation Assessor.

John brings executive-level public-safety leadership and command experience to Aspirant's work with agencies and municipalities.
He currently serves as Chief of Police for Narberth Borough and Director of Public Safety for the Borough. Prior to that role, he served as a Lieutenant with the Lower Merion Township Police Department, including assignment as a Patrol Division Watch Commander and prior work in staff and inspections, canine, and field training.
His background includes PLEAC and CALEA reaccreditation supervision, accreditation manager and assessor training, Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command, MALEEDS Regional Command College, FBI-LEEDA Leadership Trilogy training, and graduate study in public administration.
Consultant Bench
Aspirant assembles each project team around the engagement, bringing together the regional knowledge, service-line expertise, and direct experience the work requires.
Pennsylvania-based consultants supporting policy, accreditation, staffing, operational review, leadership development, and implementation work.
Guy brings more than 30 years of law-enforcement and public-safety leadership experience, including 31 years with Penn Township Police, service as Chief, and his current role as York County Executive Director of Public Safety.
Pennsylvania TeamDavid completed a four-decade law-enforcement career that included establishing and leading Northern Lancaster County Regional Police. His experience spans regionalization, agency development, complex investigations, strategic planning, accreditation, and statewide police leadership.
Pennsylvania TeamGreg is a Pennsylvania Capitol Police corporal, Accreditation Manager, Chief Intelligence Officer, and leader of its Critical Infrastructure Security Assessment Team. He has managed PLEAC and CALEA accreditation since 2013 and is trained as an accreditation manager and assessor.
Pennsylvania TeamJohn is a Philadelphia Police sergeant and longtime Accreditation Manager responsible for PLEAC proof, policy review, compliance inspections, and training. He also serves as an accreditation assessor and member of the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission board.
Pennsylvania TeamNathan is an administrative officer and Accreditation Manager with East Lampeter Township Police following 26 years in patrol. His background includes policy management, training documentation, field training, platoon leadership, and 20 years as a firearms instructor.
Pennsylvania TeamMichael is an Eddystone Borough police officer and Accreditation Manager with experience as an FTO, academy instructor, tactical-team operator, Assistant Fire Marshal, EMS Supervisor, and former Fire Chief. His background spans police, fire, EMS, training, and accreditation.
Pennsylvania TeamDennis brings decades of public-safety experience as a retired detective sergeant, police-academy leader, instructor, curriculum developer, and accreditation manager. He led the IUP Criminal Justice Training Center through CALEA accreditation and reaccreditation.
Pennsylvania TeamRead Full ProfileCourtenay is a veteran West Whiteland Township police officer and Accreditation Manager with more than 24 years across Chester and Lancaster Counties. She also served as a negotiator with regional emergency response teams in both counties.
Pennsylvania TeamRichard is a Delaware River Port Authority Police sergeant whose experience includes patrol, policy development, investigations, technology, training, and recruitment across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He holds graduate education in homeland-security administration.
Pennsylvania TeamJoseph is an Abington Township Police lieutenant with leadership experience in patrol, tactical operations, reality-based training, field training, firearms, TASER instruction, and agency training coordination. He has also contributed to strategic planning and staffing studies.
Pennsylvania TeamNew Jersey-focused practitioners with experience across accreditation, policy, executive leadership, standards, training, and agency operations.
Eric is Chief of West Earl Township Police and previously completed 26 years with Lakehurst Police, culminating as Chief. He guided accreditation work in both agencies and is an FBI National Academy graduate with operational, SWAT, policy, and executive leadership experience.
New Jersey TeamJacqueline retired after rising through the Ridgewood Police Department from officer to Chief. She is a past president and current board member of the New Jersey Public Safety Accreditation Coalition, a former accreditation commissioner, and an experienced CALEA assessor and team leader.
New Jersey TeamMelissa is a Lakehurst Police Special Law Enforcement Officer and Accreditation Manager with experience in agency compliance, CPR and AED instruction, and casino security management. She holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Stockton University.
New Jersey TeamJohn retired as a captain after more than 30 years in law enforcement, primarily with Cape May Police. His roles included Operations Commander, Administrative Commander, Internal Affairs Supervisor, and Accreditation Manager, leading initial accreditation and three reaccreditation cycles.
New Jersey TeamRaymond brings more than 26 years of New Jersey law-enforcement experience in accreditation management, policy development, investigations, patrol leadership, executive administration, and community partnership.
New Jersey TeamRead Full ProfileJames brings more than 25 years of New Jersey law-enforcement experience across patrol, supervision, executive administration, accreditation management, and leadership development.
New Jersey TeamRead Full ProfileOhio-led support for policy, Ohio Collaborative certification, leadership development, organizational review, and training.

Scott brings nearly three decades of Ohio law-enforcement experience and served as Hamilton Township Police Chief from 2016 until retiring in 2026. He is an FBI National Academy graduate, Certified Law Enforcement Executive, and longtime leadership instructor.
Ohio TeamAdam has served as Franklin, Ohio's Police Chief since 2021 following Army military-police service and progressively responsible Riverside Police roles in patrol, investigations, administration, and command. He holds two master's degrees and is an FBI National Academy graduate.
Ohio Team
Quillan brings more than 24 years of Ohio law-enforcement experience and serves as Hamilton Township Police Chief after progressing through investigative, supervisory, and command roles. His expertise includes Ohio Collaborative standards, accreditation, policy, and professional standards.
Ohio TeamRobert combines a 20-year Ohio law-enforcement career with experience as a licensed attorney, municipal law director, criminal investigator, police-administration consultant, and policy practitioner.
Ohio TeamRead Full ProfileFire and EMS professionals supporting accreditation, standards of cover, policy, risk management, operations, and leadership work.
Michael combines police accreditation work with experience as an Assistant Fire Marshal, EMS Supervisor, former Fire Chief, academy instructor, field training officer, and tactical-team operator.
Fire Services TeamChas is a former Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner and former Chief Fire Officer and Fire Marshal for Lower Merion Township. He is a National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer graduate and holds the CPSE Chief Fire Officer designation.
Fire Services TeamChris is a Philadelphia Fire Department captain with 20 years of service and prior leadership assignments in special operations and hazardous-materials training. His experience includes rescue, hazmat, incident preparedness, and technical operations.
Fire Services Team
Shayna is Risk Management Officer and Accreditation Manager for Overland Park Fire Department, where she led reaccreditation and authored a comprehensive Standards of Cover. Her background spans accreditation, GIS, analytics, emergency management, policy, and organizational risk.
Fire Services TeamScott brings 25 years of federal, state, and local fire-service experience spanning command, incident operations, instruction, hazardous materials, technical rescue, and emergency management. He serves as Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator for Manheim Township Fire Rescue and previously served as a senior enlisted leader with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.
Fire Services TeamDevon is a Philadelphia Fire Department battalion chief and special-operations leader with more than two decades of experience in hazardous materials, homeland security, CBRN readiness, UAS program development, incident command, and leadership instruction. He is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, CPSE peer reviewer, and credentialed Chief Fire Officer and Chief Training Officer.
Fire Services TeamInstructors focused on leadership, operational readiness, wellness, resiliency, supervision, and practical public-safety training.
Patrick brings bi-state law-enforcement experience in supervision, curriculum development, field training, policy implementation, use-of-force review, and academy instruction in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Training and Instruction TeamRead Full Profile
Heidi retired after 23 years with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and is an attorney and instructor for law-enforcement executives at the FBI National Academy. Her work focuses on leadership, employee wellness, resilience, and at-risk personnel.
Training and Instruction TeamMark is a patrol sergeant with more than 20 years of law-enforcement experience, an adjunct professor and police-academy instructor, and a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command.
Training and Instruction Team
Matt directs communications for Temple University's Department of Public Safety after more than a decade in television journalism. His work focuses on crisis messaging, media relations, public narratives, and organizational credibility.
Training and Instruction TeamEric is a Lower Merion Township Police patrol sergeant who previously served as a field training officer and platoon investigator. He is also a member of the department's Emergency Response Team and previously worked for the Philadelphia Housing Authority Police Department.
Training and Instruction Team
Ian is the Detective Sergeant of the Lower Merion Township Police Department. His experience spans patrol, criminal investigations, recruitment, officer development, frontline supervision, and leadership within the department's Emergency Response Team.
Training and Instruction TeamExperienced selection professionals supporting executive recruitment, promotional processes, candidate assessment, and defensible hiring decisions.

Kelley brings more than three decades of law-enforcement and command-leadership experience to executive search, promotional testing, candidate assessment, and executive-level hiring.
Executive Search & Promotional TestingSpecialists who add focused depth in leadership, policy, command operations, communication, technology, digital investigations, and implementation work.

Michelle retired as an Inspector after a 23-year career with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. Her background spans command leadership, special operations, policy, training, use-of-force review, organizational management, and communication, including leadership during major National Special Security Events.
Specialized Consulting ServicesRead Full ProfileJake supports public-safety systems, infrastructure, mobile technology, reporting platforms, and camera systems. He holds an information-technology degree from Drexel University, ITIL and MCSE credentials, and additional law-enforcement cybersecurity training.
Specialized Consulting ServicesHow the Firm Works
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