As the Director of the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC), Russ is responsible for Fox Valley Technical College’s (FVTC) national criminal justice training and technical assistance programs. NCJTC conducts training for the criminal justice and child protection community on a cost-recovery basis. Prior to serving as the Director for NCJTC, he served in all ranks and divisions of the Portsmouth, NH Police Department for nearly 25 years before retiring in 2003 as Chief of Police. He was instrumental in establishing the Portsmouth Police Department’s Child Abuse Unit, New Hampshire’s first child abuse multidisciplinary team, and the State of New Hampshire’s first Child Advocacy Center. He established the Northern New England ICAC Task Force program and served as one of the first 10 ICAC Task Force Commanders in 1998, when OJJDP established the national program.