Bill Hildebrand

William Hildebrand is a law enforcement professional that served twenty-one years with the Atlanta Police Department as a uniformed patrol officer in the Field Operations Division, as well as an Investigator with the Narcotics Unit, Guns/Violent Crime Unit, and the Homeland Security/Intelligence Unit within the Criminal Investigations Division. He is certified by the Georgia Secretary of State as a Classroom and Firearms Instructor.

Mr. Hildebrand’s last seven years of service with the Atlanta Police Department were as an Investigator with the Homeland Security Unit where he was tasked with conducting counter-terrorism investigations and performing counter-terrorism duties through critical infrastructure protection practices in coordination with the U. S. Department of Homeland Security and the Georgia Office Of Homeland Security. Mr. Hildebrand served as the Atlanta Police Subject Matter Expert to the Atlanta Urban Area Security Initiative’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Group. He was a member of the Georgia Office of Homeland Security’s Georgia Vulnerability Working Group and is a current member of the National Domestic Preparedness Coalition’s Homeland Security Task Force. Mr. Hildebrand has provided threat and vulnerability assessments for many of the major critical infrastructure and key resource sites in Atlanta as well as for most of the major special events in Atlanta such as the Peachtree Road Race, Americas Competitiveness Forum, the Chick-fil-A Bowl, and Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday at the King Center. As the Homeland Security Training Coordinator for the Homeland Security Unit Mr. Hildebrand provided specialized and in-service training on homeland security and counter-terrorism issues to sworn personnel from the Atlanta Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in the Atlanta area. As a Georgia POST certified Senior Training Instructor and Firearms Instructor he specialized in training sworn personnel in concealed firearms carry techniques. Duties within the Homeland Security Unit included executive protection liaison with the U. S. Secret Service, U. S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, and Israel Consulate Security in Atlanta.

Mr. Hildebrand earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Homeland Security and Public Safety from Herzing University in Atlanta, graduating Summa cum Laude in 2007, and earned a Master of Arts degree in Homeland Security from American Military University, graduating with Honors in 2010. He is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.