Renee Muir

Renee LaMark Muir grew up in Ivoryton and attended Region 4 schools. She attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. She earned a bachelor’s degree (Magna Cum Laude) in criminal justice and a master’s degree (with honors) in law enforcement administration. She worked as a special investigator for the New York City Department of Investigation, assigned to a specialized unit investigating political corruption and governmental malfeasance. After 10 years in New York, she returned to Connecticut to work as a principal analyst with the Connecticut General Assembly’s Legislative Program Review and Investigation Committee (LPRIC). In 2007, after 20 years at LRPIC, she joined the Hartford Police Department, graduating first in her academy class. She started as a patrol officer and was promoted to detective, assigned to the Major Crimes Division, initially to the Adult Sexual Assault Unit, and then to the Homicide Unit, until 2016. In 2016, she established Justice Solutions Consulting to provide data-driven, evidence-based, and cost-effective solutions and reforms to policymakers and criminal justice system administrators. She also worked as a senior policy and research analyst with the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at the University of Connecticut. LaMark Muir is involved in the Deep River municipal government as a volunteer member of the Economic Development Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals and a member (and former chair) of the Deep River Democratic Town Committee. She also volunteers as a sexual assault crisis responder for a regional nonprofit organization to support women and families.