Vincent Medley served as a law enforcement trainer with the HSUS’s Law Enforcement
Training Center and Maddie’s® Director of Human Animal Support Services. He has over 25
years’ experience in animal law enforcement and protection. Vincent began as an animal
control officer in the City of Dallas (TX) and worked his way up to hold executive and leadership
positions in the cities of Dallas, Houston, San Antonio Texas and Philadelphia, Pa., where he
was the Director of the Animal Care and Control Team of Philadelphia and a founding member
of the Philadelphia No Kill Coalition. In his career, Vincent has established successful
investigation programs and has investigated and supervised the investigation of thousands of
animal crimes in partnership with local, state and federal authorities. He has employed his
experience to testify in support of local and state legislation nationwide, as well as training
animal welfare and law enforcement professionals throughout the country. He has served
tribal, rural and urban communities, and in each one, he collaborated with local groups to
implement innovative programs to support the people and pets who lived there (including
partnerships with the HSUS’s Pets for Life team). Vincent holds several state and national
animal control officer and animal cruelty investigations certifications, and held a federal ACO
commission when he enforced animal laws on the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Reservation.