Tom Stanten

He enlisted in the Navy in 2000 and deployed aboard the USS Carl Vinson to the Arabian Sea after the September 11 attacks, retired from the NYPD in 2013, and then worked for nearly a decade as a bomb-detection K9 handler for MSA Security.

• Retired NYPD Detective Investigator (retired 2013): began at the 75th Precinct in East New York, served in the Brooklyn South Organized Crime Control Bureau focusing on narcotics enforcement, conducted dignitary protection with the Intelligence Division, and served in Narcotics Borough Manhattan South
• U.S. Navy, enlisted in 2000; served aboard the USS Carl Vinson on a 120-day deployment in the Arabian Sea following the September 11 attacks
• K9 bomb-detection handler for MSA Security for nearly a decade after retiring from the NYPD
• Owner of a motorcycle shop in Sunset Park
• Master's degree in security, emergency and public administration management, CUNY John Jay College; bachelor's degree in business science, communications and behavioral science, New York Institute of Technology; associate degree in science (HVAC), New England Institute of Technology
• Member of the Wounded Warrior Project Alumni and the American Legion
• Born and raised in New York City and Clinton, Connecticut