DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

DAVID B. MITCHELL, Secretary of State Police

Office of Secretary
Dept. of State Police
1201 Reisterstown Road
Pikesville, MD 21208 - 3899
(410) 653-4219
e-mail: mspsuper@gnn.com
fax: (410) 653-9651
World Wide Web: http://www.inform.umd.edu/UMS+State/MD_Resources/MDSP/

Secretary of State Police since 1995.

Chief of Police, Prince George's County, 1990-95 (began career with county police force in 1971).

Chair, Police Training Commission, 1995-; Handgun Roster Board, 1995-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1995-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995- (co-chair, task force on law enforcement); Task Force to Study Anti-Asian Violence, 1995-; Governor's Executive Committee on Drunk and Drugged Drivers, 1995; State Information Technology Board, 1995-; State Advisory Board for Juvenile Justice, 1995-; State Postmortem Examiners Commission, 1995-; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 1995-97. Chair, Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 1997-. Board of Trustees for State Retirement and Pension System, 1995-.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1950. University of Maryland University College, B.S. (management & technology), 1981; University of Maryland College Park, M.A. (public policy), 1986; School of Law, University of Maryland, J.D., 1997. Graduated from Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, 1988; National Executive Institute, 1991. Author, "Contemporary Police Practices in Domestic Violence Cases: Arresting the Abuser - Is It Enough?," in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, vol. 83, no.1 (1992). Community Service Award, Human Relations Commission, 1992. President's Award, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1993.

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