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JSS, Inc. complements your professional knowledge, skills, and experience. Our expertise is dedicated to your success.
JSS helps organizations responsible for homeland security, law enforcement, health care, and other social and public services. We assist you
with defining and solving problems, managing change, finding funds, and implementing projects. We help train staff, evaluate performance, and
gain public recognition for your highest achievements. We are your partners in strategic thinking, governmental relations, technical assistance,
rigorous research, evaluation and assessments, appropriate training and technology, and matching projects with funding.
Craig D. Uchida is President of JSS, Inc. (formerly 21st Century Solutions, Inc.) and chief consultant
and researcher. Dr. Uchida previously served as a former senior executive at the U.S. Department of Justice and professor of criminology
at the University of Maryland. He has
more than 23 years of experience in criminal justice research, planning, and administration.
While at the Justice Department, he served as Director of Criminal Justice Research at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
and later as Assistant Director of Grants Administration at the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office),
where he developed and implemented the COPS grant-making process, as well as offering and monitoring grant awards.
During Dr. Uchida’s tenure at the COPS Office, he provided $3.4 billion to more than 9,000
law enforcement agencies, enabling them to hire more than 65,000 law enforcement officers. His achievements at the
COPS Office earned two major U.S. Department of Justice Awards - the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service
Award in 1995 and the JustWorks Award for innovation in government in 1997. Dr. Uchida has published numerous articles and
book chapters on criminology issues and is editor of two books on drug enforcement and police innovation.
Dr. Uchida holds a doctorate in criminal justice and two master’s degrees. He is currently an adjunct professor at George
Mason University’s Administration of Justice Program. Dr. Uchida also serves as President of the Washington DC
Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens’ League, the oldest Asian American civil rights organization in the country, and
as a national board member for the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation.
Shellie Solomon is Vice-President and chief administrator of JSS, Inc., and serves
as associate consultant and researcher. She formerly served as Deputy Budget
Director with the Census Bureau, and as Senior Manager at the Justice Department. Ms. Solomon has
more than 12 years of experience in operations and management, budgets, strategic planning, criminal justice
evaluation, and technology. She oversaw the budget for Census 2000 and managed the annual budget of $1.3 billion
for the COPS Office Grants Division for four years. Ms. Solomon has managed complex technology contracts that include
evaluation, selection, and implementation processes. She has an in-depth understanding of hardware and software
capabilities, licensing and operating provisions, vendor relationships, and technology maintenance nuances.
Ms. Solomon holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Rochester University. She is a recipient of the
JustWorks award from the U.S. Department of Justice for innovation in government. She is active in the
American Association of University Women where she was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the
Legal Advocacy Foundation.
Mike Wells is a senior facilitator with Justice &
Security Strategies, Inc. He joined JSS in October 2006, after
retiring as a police lieutenant from the Concord (CA) Police Department,
where he spent a 30-year career. Mr. Wells holds a bachelor degree
in management and is a graduate of California POST Supervisory Leadership Institute. He also currently teaches part-time
at a California police academy and regional training center.
During his career with the Concord Police Department, Mr. Wells served in many positions, including patrol, investigations,
field training, and administration. For over 15 years, he also taught at a local police academy in the area of
arrest/control, patrol procedures, and use of force. His last assignment was a District Commander. He was the project director for
the Concord Police Department’s Community Policing Demonstration Center Grant, and the Community Oriented
Government Grant; both of which were funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. He has been a presenter several times at the
National Community Policing Conference and Problem Oriented Policing Conference. Mr. Wells has conducted training and
evaluation for several California agencies, has consulted for the Police Executive Research Forum, the Community Policing
Consortium, and U.S. Department of Justice. He has also worked with California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) in
revising the basic police academy curriculum in community policing and problem solving.
Corry Putt, Research Assistant, joined JSS, Inc. in 2005.
Ms. Putt currently works with the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative in South Florida and
the Virgin Islands providing assistance with data analysis and GIS mapping.
She holds undergraduate degrees in Family Studies and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. Ms. Putt was recently
chosen to be profiled on the University’s Family Studies “Alumni Spotlight”.
She served as interim Program Vice President of the American Association of University Women in Maryland and still is an active
member in her local branch.
Dennis Shreve joined Justice & Security Strategies in September, 2005 as the on-site representative in
Trinidad and Tobago working in support of the Police Transformation Project.He holds the position of Executive Advisor to the
Commissioner of
Police and the top executive staff,providing advice on administrative, management, and personnel issues. He supports and
coordinates the many George Mason University and JSS transformation initiatives, including the formation of the new Homicide Bureau and oversight
of the Police Complaints Division. He works with the Police Service and Ministry of National Security on critical
legislative reform acts affecting police operations, has played a key role in revising the crime reporting process by
integrating it with the police computer system, and is the primary coordinator of the new Model Stations project.
Prior to joining JSS, Mr. Shreve served for over four years as the principal law enforcement liaison for Region VII
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Mr. Shreve retired from the Kansas City, Missouri,
Police Department with the rank of Colonel (Deputy Chief), holds a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice Administration,
graduated from the FBI National Academy (183rd Session), and attended PERF’s Senior Management Institute for Police
as well as the U.S. Secret Service Dignitary Protection Course.
During his 27-year career he held command level positions
in investigations, patrol, training, finance, and administration, including nine years in charge of the Organized Crime Unit
and five years in charge of the Internal Affairs Division. When serving as the narcotics commander and later as the investigations
bureau commander he initiated and managed a Community Oriented Policing grant involving gang enforcement efforts that relied on
the development of a new computerized gang profile, and organized an innovative metropolitan bi-state Methamphetamine Task Force
federally funded by HIDTA. Mr. Shreve was the project coordinator for several Department of Justice funded research projects.
Most notably he conceptualized and was the initial coordinator of the “Kansas City Gun Experiment”, a program
that reduced gun-related violent crime by nearly fifty percent in the targeted area.
