Law Enforcement
Division (XLED)

Built With Law Enforcement.
Built for Real-World Safety.

The XSponse Law Enforcement Division (XLED) is an XSponse advisory committee composed of experienced law enforcement professionals who work alongside the XSponse team as we develop our public safety solutions.  The XLED team partners with local communities to strengthen emergency preparedness and response.

XLED focuses on aligning policy, training and technology, so that when an incident occurs, systems and people work together seamlessly.

This is not simply about deploying tools.  It is about building a response framework that works in the real world.

Advisory Leadership for Public Safety Readiness

Effective public safety requires more than technology. It requires clear roles, disciplined communication, and defined procedures between facilities, operational leadership, and responding agencies.

XLED works directly with municipal leaders, law enforcement agencies, public institutions, and private-sector partners to:

  • Evaluate current response protocols
  • Establish stakeholder engagement and handoff procedures
  • Define scenario-based training standards
  • Support long-term adoption across agencies and organizations
  • Align technology with best practices, policy, and training to optimize response

The goal is a seamless, unified response across all XSponse for the communities we serve.

Where Technology Meets Procedure

XSponse provides real-time emergency response intelligence. XLED ensures that intelligence fits into how emergency responders actually operate.

Advisory engagement addresses both the technical and procedural layers, including alert routing, dispatch, incident command, secure information-sharing protocols, and field-access standards.

By addressing both systems and structure, XLED helps municipalities avoid isolated deployments and instead build sustainable safety infrastructure.

Built on Experience

 The XSponse Law Enforcement Division (XLED) is comprised of public safety and law enforcement professionals who guide our mission.

Together, they bring decades of experience in law enforcement leadership, municipal governance, and coordinated response. Their collective expertise ensures that technology, procedure, and command structures are aligned before an emergency ever occurs.

Their role is to guide municipalities, public institutions, and private-sector partners in building safety programs that are practical, disciplined, and structured for real-world execution.

Meet the XLED:

Andrew Pollack

Public Safety Advocate

Andrew Pollack is an XSponse Public Safety Advocate and has guided Xsponse in school safety since our founding.  After the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas tragedy, he helped shape national and state school safety reforms, supported the creation of the Federal School Safety Commission and SchoolSafety.gov, and authored Why Meadow Died. He consults on security for schools, houses of worship, nonprofits, and businesses—conducting risk assessments, designing layered security plans, and advising on technology and emergency response. Since 2024 he has served as a Strategic Advisor to XSponse, focusing on integrating real-time intelligence with practical response frameworks. Pollack also has entrepreneurial experience in business operations, real estate, and agriculture, managing Sonnybrook Ranch in Oregon.

Chief John Aresta

Ret

John Aresta has 44 years in public safety, beginning as a volunteer firefighter (1982) and EMT with NYC EMS before joining the NYPD in 1986. He joined Malverne Police Department in 1990, advancing from officer to Chief of Police in 2006 and retiring in December 2024. His credentials include Crime Prevention, Motorcycle Officer, and DCJS Instructor certifications and graduation from the FBI LEEDS program (24th Session, Princeton). Appointed in 2022 to the FBI’s CJIS Advisory Policy Board, he has led professional organizations—President of the New York Association of Police Chiefs (2018–19), Past President of the Nassau County Municipal Police Chiefs Association, and President of the Nassau County Police Asian Jade Society since 2010. A longtime advocate for school safety, he now advises X-LED on policy, procedure, and safety systems.

Dr. Matthias Wicks

Ed.D.

Dr. Matthias Wicks is a mission-driven public safety leader with 30+ years in law enforcement, educational leadership, and community transformation. He combines frontline operational expertise and systems-level strategy to strengthen organizational safety, emergency preparedness, behavioral threat assessment, and cross-agency coordination. He has advised governments, school districts, nonprofits, and community coalitions, shifting organizations from compliance models to prevention-focused frameworks. Dr. Wicks served as a school district Chief of Police—restructuring safety infrastructure, unifying regional partnerships, and advancing equity-centered cultural change—and spent more than two decades with the Tulsa Police Department, including as Deputy Chief. He founded a long-standing youth mentorship organization and currently serves as a Youth Advocate and executive coach. He holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, an MS in Management, a BS in Communications, and multiple certifications in threat assessment and crisis response.

Detective Bob Doyle

Ret

Bob Doyle began his law enforcement career with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department in 1972 and joined the Suffolk County Police Department in 1977, retiring in 2010 after 37½ years. He served in jail operations, patrol, and highway patrol, but spent most of his career in investigative roles—crime control, precinct detective, narcotics, and internal affairs. He commanded the Nassau-Suffolk Burglary/Rape Task Force, supervised 60+ detectives, and spent over 15 years in the homicide squad, personally investigating 200+ homicides. He later led the Major Case Investigations and Electronics Units, integrating technology into complex, multi-agency probes. His work has appeared in national media; he consulted on NYPD Blue. Post-retirement he founded a security consulting firm focused on technology and school safety. He is a Vietnam-era U.S. Army veteran with a bachelor’s in criminal justice.

Safety Is a System, Not a Moment

Safety is not created by a single device, alert, or decision point. It is the result of coordinated systems, trained personnel, and disciplined execution under pressure. Technology alone does not create safety. Procedure alone does not create readiness. True preparedness is achieved when technology, policy, and command structure operate as one.

XLED ensures that next-generation emergency response platforms like XSponse are deployed in a way that supports established command principles and field-proven response practices. Our law enforcement division works directly with agencies, school leaders, and safety teams to align system configuration, workflows, and training with how incidents are actually managed—prioritizing clear roles, chain of command, and coordinated action across responding units.

In a real-world incident, seconds matter—but clarity matters more. XLED supports decision-making at the point of command by delivering accurate location data, actionable intelligence, and system-wide visibility without adding complexity or noise. The result is faster recognition, better coordination, and more controlled outcomes.

Built alongside law enforcement professionals and informed by real-world operational experience, XLED is designed to support how responders actually operate—not how systems are marketed. It reinforces command discipline, strengthens interagency coordination, and helps bring order to chaos when it matters most.