About Richard Aborn
Richard Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City – a non-partisan non-profit organization focused on criminal justice and public safety policies and practices – Richard Aborn draws on his wide experience in criminal prosecution and litigation – policy development – management and government affairs to promote the Crime Commission’s agenda of making the criminal justice and public safety policies and practices of New York City more effective. Mr. Aborn also serves as president of Constantine & Aborn Advisory Services (CAAS) – which advises police departments – criminal justice agencies – corporations and other organizations in the United States – Europe – and Latin America on high-level strategy and management issues. From 1992 to 1996 – Mr. Aborn was president of Handgun Control – Inc. (now the Brady Campaign) – the leading gun control advocacy organization in the United States. Mr. Aborn was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office where he prosecuted major felonies – including homicides – from 1979 until 1984.
