Organization

Chief William Schievella

William Schievella currently serves as the Chief of Investigations for the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.  In this position, he is in command of the sworn Prosecutors, Detectives and Agents.  He is also responsible for the planning, directing, coordinating and controlling of all activities of the Investigative Staff.  He oversees the daily operations of tactical and investigative units for the Chief Law Enforcement Agency for a suburban county of 450,000 residents with thirty-nine municipalities.

Prior to joining the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, William Schievella served with the New Jersey State Parole as Sergeant overseeing its operations in Bergen, Morris, and Passaic counties.  He was also the Task Force Coordinator for the New Jersey State Parole Homeland Security Task Force.

Chief Schievella graduated cum laude from Caldwell College with a Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice.  Thereafter, he received a Masters in Administration and a Post Masters Certification in Global Terrorism from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has also completed the Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic Program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. He is a graduate of the prestigious West Point Command & Leadership Program and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Program at Princeton University.  In addition to being an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, he serves as a certified police instructor at several NJ police training facilities.

Additionally, Chief Schievella is involved in a number of professional organizations; he serves on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association, is a member of the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, is a member of the NJ State ROIC Fusion Center’s Governance Board, a member of the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, DC,  a member of the Morris County Detectives Association, an Active Member of the Morris County Chiefs of Police Association, Vice President of the NJ Association of Chiefs of County Detectives , a member of the NJ Police Honor Legion, a founding Trustee in the West Point Command & Leadership Alumni Association, and the founder and current President of the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey.

Chief Schievella is a Deputy Commissioner of the Morris County Sheriff’s Crimestoppers as well as a member of the Archdiocese of Newark’s Blue Mass Committee. He serves on the Morris County Columbus Day Parade Committee and has been honored as both the Humanitarian of the Year by the Columbus Day Parade of New Jersey and as Grand Marshal of the Morris County Columbus Day Parade. Chief Schievella has been recognized by the NJ State Senate and Assembly and the New York City Council as well as the NYPD Police Honor Legion, the NYPD Detectives Endowment Association and the NYPD Columbia Association. He has appeared on many news outlets including News 12 New Jersey’s Spotlight on New Jersey and Fox News Network as a guest contributor on international law enforcement.