# John LaPlaca

> John LaPlaca is the founder and CEO of Altaris Consulting Group, a Yorktown Heights school safety and emergency preparedness consultancy. A former Yorktown police lieutenant, he has presented to school boards, participated in community safety forums and helped districts organize ongoing security work. A February 2025 district presentation described Altaris as serving more than 85 districts and more than 350 schools nationwide.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Altaris Consulting Group, LLC
- **Organizations:** Altaris Consulting Group, LLC, Yorktown Police Department
- **Known for:** Founded Altaris Consulting Group, which describes its school safety work as beginning in 2008., Appointed police lieutenant by the Yorktown town board in July 2015., Built a consultancy described in February 2025 as partnering with more than 85 school districts and more than 350 schools nationwide.

## Career timeline

- **1994** — Yorktown police department hire date recorded as September 5, 1994 in the 2016 town budget.
- **2008** — Altaris dates the beginning of its school safety consulting work to 2008.
- **2013** — Presented Altaris recommendations to the Katonah-Lewisboro school board in May.
- **2015** — Appointed Yorktown police lieutenant effective July 8.
- **2016** — October town board minutes record a retirement-related payout.
- **2018** — Spoke at the March Bedford schools safety forum and participated in a June school-security gathering with Senator Terrence Murphy.
- **2023** — Listed as a member of Pleasantville’s Visitors Safety Task Force.
- **2024** — Discussed technology and human response in the January 15 issue of On Board.
- **2025** — A February Levittown presentation described Altaris as serving over 85 districts and over 350 schools.

## Achievements

- Founded Altaris Consulting Group, which describes its school safety work as beginning in 2008.
- Appointed police lieutenant by the Yorktown town board in July 2015.
- Built a consultancy described in February 2025 as partnering with more than 85 school districts and more than 350 schools nationwide.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — A joint Altaris and Levittown presentation described the company’s national reach and continuing coordinator responsibilities.
- **2024-04** — Appeared as a school security expert in an ABC7 report, emphasizing education, anonymous reporting and threat assessment.
- **2024-01** — Commented in On Board on security technology, access controls and the human response behind systems.

## Links

- Website: https://altarisgroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnlaplaca

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