Colonel Joe Bradshaw is a Member of the National Sheriff’s Association’s Legal Affairs’

Jan. 6, 2012 - PRLog -- Colonel Joe Bradshaw is a current committee member of the National Sheriff’s Association’s Legal Affairs’ Committee. The National Sheriffs' Association is a professional association dedicated to serving the Office of Sheriff and its affiliates through education, training, and information resources. NSA represents thousands of sheriffs, deputies and other law enforcement, public safety professionals, and concerned citizens nationwide.

Colonel Joe Bradshaw is a current member of the International Association Chiefs of Police, Legal Officers’ Section.  The Legal Officers’ Section is a network of attorneys specializing in police-related advice and litigation from municipalities, sheriffs’ offices, prosecutors and private practice.  They concentrate in police legal issues concerning criminal, employment, legislative and civil liability matters.

Colonel Joe Bradshaw has over 26 years’ experience as a Deputy Sheriff with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and is a former New York City Assistant District Attorney.  He holds a Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law in New York and a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Florida Atlantic University.  

Colonel Bradshaw graduated in 1976 from Florida Atlantic University, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice.  Upon graduation, he began his law enforcement career as a road patrol officer and later as a detective with the Wilton Manors Police Department in Broward County, Florida until 1980, when he became a full-time law student at Pace University School of Law in New York.  He received his Juris Doctor Degree in 1983.  Subsequent to graduation from law school, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City, spending a majority of his time prosecuting child abuse cases in Brooklyn.

Colonel Bradshaw began his career with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office as a road patrol deputy working out of District One on January 1, 1986.  He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1987.  He has served as the Legal Advisor for the Sheriff’s Office for most of his career.  In 1996, he was appointed Undersheriff, where he was second in command under former Sheriff Charles McCutcheon.  Colonel Bradshaw was President of the Florida Association of Police Attorneys from 1994 through 1997 and was sworn in as a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar in 2005.

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• Colonel Joe Bradshaw is a current committee member of the National Sheriff’s Association’s Legal Affairs’ Committee. The National Sheriffs' Association is a professional association dedicated to serving the Office of Sheriff and its affiliates through education, training, and information resources. NSA represents thousands of sheriffs, deputies and other law enforcement, public safety professionals, and concerned citizens nationwide.