Redstone Public Safety Consulting Group (“RPSCG”), a part of Redstone Architects, has been created to respond to the needs of communities throughout the United States who need sound, objective advice on how to continue to provide quality public safety services with reduced funding. RPSCG is comprised of active public safety chiefs, as well as other public safety and justice specialists. Each of our team members has gone through – with their own departments - strategic planning and analysis process that have resulted in recommendations for cost savings in their departments tailored specifically to their communities needs, including consolidation of departments and courts.
We are a strong team, made up of active chiefs with extensive police, fire, public safety and judicial experience. Public safety team members complement each other, as we are experienced in both full-time and on-call operations, and have led fully cross-trained public safety operations. Our team has a depth of real time experience, including scheduling, budgeting, productivity analysis, consolidation studies, staffing requirements, communications, security, strategic planning and architecture.
Our team includes the following, as well as other specialists in the public safety profession:
Patricia Coates, President,
Coates
Communication Consulting LLC.
Patricia has more than 34 years experience in public safety
communications including CLEMIS administrator for Oakland County Michigan, where
she implemented its county-wide, interoperable radio system. Patricia also
served as the county’s 911 Coordinator
.
Richard A. Marinucci, Fire Chief.
Rich has twenty-seven years as Fire Chief of 125-member Department serving a population of 85,000 and an area of 34 square miles. Rich has been responsible for administration and management of all Department activities including budget, personnel, fire suppression, fire prevention, and emergency medical services.
Daniel Redstone, FAIA, Architect. Daniel has been providing specialized professional services to public safety agencies for over 30 years, and is a nationally recognized design professional in this specialized field.
Randolph Skotarczyk, Chief of Police.
Randy is a recently retired Chief of Police with over thirty one years of law enforcement experience and over twenty years in administration. Chief Skotarczyk is also a certified firefighter in the State of Michigan and is certified in hazmat operations. His research interests include quantitative analysis of governmental operations, consolidation of resources, public relations, and use of force for law enforcement.
Bruce J. Smith, Chief of Police.
Bruce has over 33 years of law enforcement experience serving diverse communities, 23 of which were spent in the public safety field offering fully integrated police, fire and medical first responder services.
Dona K. Gillson, Court Administrator.
Dona was Court Administrator for the 63rd District Court in Kent County Michigan from 1993-2011. During her 33 years of experience in the Michigan District Court System, Dona managed and coordinated the non-judicial functions and operations of the 63rd District Court, including the implementation of new technologies and IT systems. From 2007- 2009, Dona led the consolidation effort of the 63-1 and 63-2 District Courts.