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DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, David B. Mitchell, Secretary of State Police] COL. DAVID B. MITCHELL
Secretary of State Police, 1995-2003

Secretary of State Police, 1995 to January 15, 2003.

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

Co-Chair, Task Force on Law Enforcement, 1995-96. Chair, Police Training Commission, 1995-2003; Handgun Roster Board, 1995-2003. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1995-2003; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-2003; Task Force to Study Anti-Asian Violence, 1995-98; Family Violence Council, 1995-2003; State Information Technology Board, 1995-2003; State Advisory Board for Juvenile Justice, 1995-2003; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1995-2003; State Postmortem Examiners Commission, 1995-2003.

Board of Trustees, State Retirement and Pension System, 1995-2003. Member, Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 1995-97 (chair, 1997-2003); Maryland Advisory Council on Mental Hygiene, 1997-2000; Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Liens, Regulation of Towing Practices, and the Disposition of Unclaimed Vehicles, 1997; Commission on Juvenile Justice Jurisdiction, 1998-2001. Chair, Governor's Task Force on Childproof Guns, 1999. Member, Statewide 800-Megahertz Communications System Oversight Committee, 1999; Governor's Year-2000 Readiness Task Force, 1999-2000; State Child Fatality Review Team, 1999-2003; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1999-2003. Chair, Forensic Sciences Task Force, 2000-01; Cease Fire Council, 2000-03; Anti-Terrorism Work Group, 2001-02. Member, Maryland Security Council, 2002-03.

Delaware Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, June 2004-January 2009.

Member, State Advisory for Juvenile Services, 2009-.

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; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1997. Graduated from Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, 1988; National Executive Institute, 1991. Vice-Chair, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, 1997-. 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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