Negotiating Police Reform

Since 2012, Colin Dorrity has served as chairman of the Metro Transit Police Labor Committee (MTPLC), Inc., the bargaining agent for the rank-and-file officers of the Metro Transit Police Department in Washington, D.C. Mr. Dorrity is also a detective in the National Capitol Region. He has worked in law enforcement and criminal investigations since leaving active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003. In 2020, the Executive Board of the MTPLC launched an initiative in the wake of George Floyd’s murder to promote reform within their department by partnering with agency management to identify and address areas of immediate action. Mr. Dorrity has a B.A. in Sociology from George Mason University, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2010.

Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan is the interim Chief of Police for the Rochester Police Department (RPD) and the first female to hold the position in RPD’s 200-year history. Throughout her career, Chief Herriott-Sullivan has focused on improving the judicial and law enforcement systems to cooperate more effectively while reducing disparities around race, mental health, and incarceration. She has conducted several internal investigations as a part of the RPD Critical Incident Investigations Team, which handles in-custody deaths. Chief Herriott-Sullivan also served as chair of Unite Rochester Justice Engagement and helped develop the first Community Court Academy and Community Justice Forum. She worked with the Rochester Psychiatric Center to develop a Memorandum of Agreement outlining law enforcement’s response to local mental health facilities and with Community-Oriented Correctional Health Services to conduct statewide assessments of probation protocols. Chief Herriott-Sullivan graduated from Keuka College with an M.S. degree and Compliance Officer Certification.

Dan McCray is the Director of Labor Relations Programs for the Cornell ILR School’s Scheinman Institute, where he teaches management and union teams in collective bargaining and contract administration. Before joining Cornell in 2011, Mr. McCray was the director of labor relations and chief negotiator for several large municipalities, where he led negotiations with municipal unions, including law enforcement. 

Frederick K. Brewington, Esq., is a respected lawyer and community advocate with a private practice on Long Island, NY. With his expertise in civil rights litigation, Mr. Brewington has challenged discriminatory practices throughout Long Island via a sustained focus on affordable housing, community revitalization efforts, employment and civil rights, the environment, and especially voting rights and fair representation in government. He spearheaded the formation of the Long Island Advocates for Police Accountability to help lead community involvement in the necessary reform of police accountability, oversight, and integrity. Mr. Brewington graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and received his Juris Doctor degree from Northeastern University School of Law. He is also an adjunct professor at Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Touro College, and has served as president of the Alumni Association of SUNY Albany, where he remains a member of their Council of Classes.