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Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske R. Gil Kerlikowske is a 36-year law enforcement veteran and was appointed as the Chief of Police for the Seattle Police Department on August 14, 2000. Serving a Seattle population of 592,800 people, he leads about 1,800 men and women to prevent crime, enforce the law and support public safety. Kerlikowske was the former deputy director for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services that provides federal grants to local police agencies in support of community policing services. He served as the police commissioner for Buffalo, New York, where his selection by the mayor became the first outside appointment in 30 years. He also served as the chief of police for two Florida cities, Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie, of which both cities received the Attorney General’s Crime Prevention Award. He began his law enforcement career in 1972 as a police officer for the St. Petersburg Police in Florida. He also served in the U.S. Army Military Police. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Every day the men and women do their part in carrying out the department’s mission to keep Seattle one of the safest in the nation. Led by Kerlikowske, some of those accomplishments include:
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS Chief Kerlikowske holds many law enforcement positions and offices. He serves as president of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, an organization composed of 56 largest law enforcement agencies in the U.S. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the world’s oldest and largest membership organization of police executives. He is a member of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs and the King County Police Chiefs Association. He serves on the board of directors to the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center. He is a national and international speaker on law enforcement, addressing nationwide viewers and listeners of major television and radio stations such as ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, BBC, PBS, and NPR; including readers of USA Today, Seattle Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Washington Times. He has lectured in Budapest, London, Glasgow, Toronto, and throughout the United States. Kerlikowske also maintains an adjunct professor role in state university and colleges teaching law enforcement courses. Throughout his career, Kerlikowske has received many awards and accolades. He received the “James V. Cotter Award” in 2006 from CALEA for leading three police agencies to achieve national accreditation. He was a Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2004 Jefferson Award nominee for his leadership and compassion in preventing youth crime and violence. He was a 1990 recipient of the “Gary Hayes National Memorial Award for Innovation in Policing,” an award sponsored by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and where he served as the president between 1996 and 1998. He received a one-year fellowship to evaluate police procedures throughout the country from the U.S. Department of Justice in 1985. He was named the Outstanding Military Police Officer Honor Graduate in 1970, and later received a U.S. Army Presidential Service Medal. COMMUNITY SERVICE No matter how busy his commitments are with his day-to-day responsibilities, Kerlikowske finds the time to give back to his community. He is chair of the board of directors of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, which is a national organization that looks into the research and reasons on how to prevent kids from becoming criminals. He also serves on the Seattle/King County Advisory Board of the Salvation Army, feeding the hungry and helping the homeless EDUCATION He holds a B.A. and M.A. in criminal justice from the University of South Florida in Tampa, and is a graduate of the National Executive Institute at the Federal Bureau of Investigations Academy in Quantico, Virginia. |
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