Nancy Rasmussen

Nancy D. Rasmussen is a law enforcement leader and crime prevention professional with extensive experience in CPTED, risk management, training, and organizational leadership.

Nancy serves as President of Florida Operations at Kolins Security Group, where she oversees and conducts security assessments incorporating Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles, including assessments relevant to Florida Statute 768.0706, and develops crime prevention strategies in collaboration with property owners, organizations, and other stakeholders.

Nancy brings more than 30 years of law enforcement, public safety, training, and leadership experience to her work. She spent nearly three decades with the Florida Highway Patrol, progressing through roles as a trooper, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and Academy Director. As Academy Director, she led statewide recruitment and training programs, overseeing recruit selection, background investigations, professional development, instructor development, curriculum, budgeting, and strategic planning. She also led the Academy through its institutional accreditation process with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).

Nancy’s experience also includes serving as Deputy Director of Communications and Chief of Public Affairs for the Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. In that role, she developed communication strategies, advised agency leadership on risk and crisis communications, managed public affairs personnel statewide, and coordinated public information functions during emergency operations.

Throughout her career, Nancy has developed leadership, mentorship, training, and professional development programs using research, data analysis, and national trends to address organizational needs. She later served as a Research and Training Specialist with the Florida Office of the Attorney General, where she developed criminal justice education programs and evaluated technology and other resources to improve program effectiveness.

At Kolins, Nancy applies her law enforcement and public safety experience to crime prevention, security assessments, CPTED, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration.

Nancy holds a Master of Arts in Professional Development from Amberton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of West Florida. She completed the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety and the Leadership in Police Organizations program through the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

She holds Florida Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Practitioner (FCP), Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner (FCPP), and Victim Services Practitioner (VSPD) designations through the Florida Office of the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Justice Programs. She is affiliated with ASIS International and the National Crime Prevention Institute (NCIP).