Robert S. Hecker, Police Chief, Harbor Police Department, Port of New Orleans, oversees the department’s Uniformed Patrol Force, Police Academy, Marine Division and Detective Division, with representatives on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the BEST Task Force. Hecker’s Port security knowledge has been provided as testimony to the Congressional Sub-Committee and shared on the “Hardball with Chris Matthews” and “ABC World News Tonight.” Hecker began his career in law enforcement with the New Orleans Police Department, and has since been presented three “Keys to the City,” three Medals of Merit awards, 14 Letters of Commendation, a Supervisor of the Year award, and among the mass recognition for his Katrina disaster efforts, Hecker was named Gambit Weekly’s 2005 New Orleanian of the Year.