As the Assistant Sherrif in Las Vegas, Nevada, charged with overseeing technological innovations, investigative services, Homeland Security and special operations, including departments such as homicide, crime, robbery, vice, and narcotics, Brother Dori Korean (Nevada – Las Vegas, 2006) has a huge responsibility for leadership in his department and community. And he gives much of the credit for developing those leadership skills to his time in AEPi.

“In my time in AEPi, I learned how to run an organization…when you’re the president of a chapter you have to know how to do everything from recruiting to finance to fundraising,” said Dori. “One of my strengths now is public speaking and I think running for office in AEPi, and then running for Undergraduate Supreme Governor at an AEPi convention helped me develop those skills that I’ve used throughout my career.”

Born in Israel, Dori and his family moved to the U.S. when he was two and a half years old. His family moved around the country for a few years before settling in Las Vegas.

After originally enrolling at Nevada-Reno, Dori soon transferred to UNLV. “I wasn’t really thinking about joining a fraternity at that time, but I met a few people, and they did a great job recruiting me. I went to one event, and then another and then the next thing I knew, I went all in. I was eventually elected to some e-board offices before serving as chapter master.”

After graduating from UNLV with a degree in criminal justice, he attended the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey in Homeland Security related studies and then quickly joined the police department where he has risen rapidly through the ranks to become one of the third highest officers in the force.

“I always wanted to work in counterterrorism for some reason when I was young. It could be the Israeli roots; it could be just the times I grew up in. I was in high school when 9-11 happened and so I always wanted to work counterterrorism.”

“I ended up being quite involved with building a lot of the counter terrorism programs here and then 9-11 happened and police agencies were relatively new at combatting terrorism. Quite frankly, even the federal agencies were relatively new in truly combating terrorism. And, so, there was a lot of opportunity if you were hungry enough.”

“I moved up the ranks very quickly. I was very fortunate and was the right person at the right time and place but having a strong work ethic has helped me greatly. I ended up being, I think, the youngest counter terrorism detective at the time. And then I was the youngest sergeant and then the youngest lieutenant, the youngest captain, the youngest deputy chief and now I’m the youngest assistant sheriff.”

“I built a lot of technology-based programs while I was lieutenant like, our real-time crime center, which has a lot of advanced technologies like facial recognition, automated license plate readers, gunshot detection sensors, our camera networks. That was in 2016 and got us into kind of a new age of policing. And, now, we’re working on a very extensive and innovative drone program that will probably end up being the most advanced in the world when it is up and running fully by mid-next year.”

His near meteoric rise through the ranks has had some drawbacks, though. “I was truly buried in my work for the longest time…I was working 24/7. It helped me get to where I wanted to go, and it got me there faster than most people, but I was single for the longest time. But, fortunately, I met someone, and we fell in love, and we just got married last February.”

Now, faced with the responsibility of helping to lead Las Vegas’ police force and protecting residents and visitors from around the world, Brother Koren can take a step back and give credit to the lessons he learned in AEPi. “There’s a lot I learned from AEPi. I learned about running national organizations, maintaining the integrity of the organization and protecting the brand, while still addressing whatever issues there are. I use those lessons all of the time.”

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