Roy E. Alston, Ph.D., is a retired Major of Police and served 14 years with the Dallas Police Department in Dallas, Texas and one year with the Frisco Police Department in Frisco, Texas. In his last role with the Dallas Police Department, Roy was the night commander responsible for planning, resourcing and coordinating the efforts of the evening and overnight patrol officers in the Northwest and North Central patrol divisions of the city.
Roy is a 1989 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he earned a BS in leadership. He served in the US Army as a commissioned officer with the 82nd Airborne Division and served in combat with the 1st of the 319th Field Artillery Regiment during the first Gulf War. Roy is a graduate of the US Army’s Ranger School, Airborne School, Jungle School, Field Artillery Officer’s Basic Course, and the Field Artillery Officer’s Advance Course. Roy earned his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2003 and received his doctorate in management with a specialization in leadership and organizational change from Walden University in 2010. Dr. Alston is a graduate of The Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) and the Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP).
Roy currently holds a leadership position as the vice president of security with CHRISTUS Health, where he is responsible for armed and unarmed security officers domestically and internationally. He is a co-founder of diversitypop which is a go-anywhere, app-based training program designed to help organizations grow diversity awareness and inclusion instincts in an individualized, easy and self-paced way. Dr. Alston is the author of the books The Leader’s Compass for Law Enforcement Professionals, RadioActive Leadership: How to Pursue Excellence and Positively Influence the Behavior of Others, Tarnished Honor: An Insider’s Look at Police Occupational Deviance.
