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Nathan Dufault

Veterans Safety Advisor
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Nathan A. Dufault joined the Office of the Veteran Advocate as the Veterans Safety Advisor (Investigator) in May 2024 after serving in Federal Law Enforcement for the past 10 years, and is responsible for coordinating, overseeing, and leading all the Investigations, Inspections, Audits, and Reviews that fall within the jurisdiction and purview of the OVA.    

Nathan is a proud graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA, and the Veterans Affairs Law Enforcement Training Center in Little Rock, AR. He is a Certified Professional Criminal Investigator (CPCI), a Certified Cyber Intelligence Investigator (CCII), and POST Certified Police Officer with over 12 years of law enforcement and investigative experience at the private, state, and federal level, conducting criminal, administrative, death, and personnel investigations.  

Nathan is also a certified Massachusetts Emergency Medical Technician and a Pro-Board Certified Firefighter I/II with over 17 years of fire and EMS experience working in a variety of urban, suburban, and rural communities. He is also credentialed as a Fire Prevention Officer, and a Public Fire & Life Safety Educator, along with holding numerous other Fire, EMS, and public safety related certificates, certifications, and credentials.  

Nathan holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Roger Williams University and holds a certificate in Death Investigations from Texas A&M University through the Texas Forensic Science Academy.  

Nathan is currently finishing a graduate program at the University of New Haven to obtain his Master of Science in Emergency Management & Public Health and is also currently enrolled at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell obtaining a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Criminology.

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