Shafiq R.F. Abdussabur is the Founder and Director of CTRIBAT (Children & Teens-Retreat) Institute For Social Development, which in the summer of 2006 reduced gun violence by 400% in the Dixwell Avenue area of New Haven, Connecticut. He has been working with Inner City Youth since 1985. Shafiq is an active law enforcement officer in the State of Connecticut with over 14 year of Community Base Police Training and experience. In January of 2007, he was appointed Coordinator of the City of New Haven Street Outreach Workers Program by City of New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. And in June 2008, CTRIBAT won the 2008 All American City Award for the City of New Haven.
He is 42 years old and is a native of New Haven, Connecticut having grown up in various sections of the Inner City. At age 18 he received several college scholarships and attended West Georgia University in Carrollton, Georgia where he lived for approximately six years. He has traveled throughout the Southern States and the Gulf Coast Region. Other travels have included Ontario Canada, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida and several New England States.
Educational History:
Saint Aedans Elementary School
Graduated Notre Dame High School West Haven
West Georgia College 1985-1989
New Haven Police Academy 1996
Charter Oaks Sate College (Public Safety Administration) at present
Youth Involvement:
Substitute Teacher in New Haven Public Schools 1985-1990
Art Director, Children’s Creative Arts Center, New Haven, CT. 1991-1993
Behavioral Technician, Area Cooperative Services, Hamden, CT 1991-1994
Executive Director, As We Grow Daycare, New Haven, CT. 1994-1996
Other Youth Involvement:
Certification Yale Child Study Fellowship Program
Certification as Instructor Guns is Not Toys Program
TREE Institute-Community Base Police Training
Mentor Certification in New Haven Mentoring Program
Certification as an Instructor for the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program
Organizational Involvement:
1986 Member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.
2000 Conservation Firearm Safety Chief Instructor for Connecticut DEP
2005 Founder Member and President 2004-2008 of New Haven Guardians Inc.
2007 Board of Director Creative Arts Workshop-CAW
2008 National Delegate New Haven Guardians
2009 Founder Eco-Urban Pioneers LLC
2009 Founder Abdussabur LLC
Other Certifications:
Connecticut POST Certified Police Officer
National Rifle Association Pistol Instructor
National Rifle Association Personal Protection Instructor
National Rifle Association Chief Range Safety Officer Instructor
Member of International Hunter Education Association
National Rifle Association Certified Law Enforcement Firearm Instructor
Awards:
2006 Commendation New Haven Police Department
2006 Citation City of New Haven Board of Alderman
2006 Community Service Award -Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
2006 Man of the Year- New Haven Independent
2007 Law Enforcement Award New Haven Public Library
2007 Community Service Award
2007 Man of the Year- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
2008 Man of the Year-National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Club, Inc.
2008 All American City Award, Tampa Fl (2007)
2008Proclamation of the City of New Haven, CT
2008 People's Victory Award
2008 Proclamation of the City of Haftford, CT
2008 All American City Award
2008 Nation Drill Team Youth Achivement Award
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