DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
& CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

SECRETARY


[photo, Stephen T. Moyer, Maryland Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services] STEPHEN T. MOYER, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services



Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services since February 13, 2015. Acting Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, January 21 to February 13, 2015.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2015-. Chair, Correctional Training Commission, 2015-. Co-Chair, Correctional Education Council, 2015-; Education and Workforce Training Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions, 2015. Chair, Maryland State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2016- (member, 2015-). Member, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2015-; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2015-; Cease Fire Council, 2015-; Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Baltimore City, 2015-; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2015-; Governor's Commission for Effective Community Inclusion of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2015; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2015-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2015-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2015-; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2015-; Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council, 2015-16; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2015-17; Council on Open Data, 2015-; Police Training Commission, 2015-16; Pricing and Selection Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland and the Employment Works Program, 2015-; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2015-; Task Force to Study Small and Minority Design Firm Participation in State Procurement, 2015-16; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2015-; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2015-; State Board of Victim Services, 2015-; Governor's Workforce Development Board (formerly Governor's Workforce Investment Board), 2015-; Work Group on Collateral Consequences of Convictions, 2016; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2016-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-.

Vice-Chair, Executive Board, Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2017-.

Deputy Secretary, Department of Juvenile Services, 1999-2002 (on loan from Dept. of State Police). Member, Task Force to Study Alternative Educational Programs for Chronically Disruptive Students, 1999-2000; Maryland Anti-Terrorism Task Force, 2001-07.

Deputy Secretary, Department of State Police, 2002-07 (served in Department, 1983-2007). Supervisor, Environmental Crimes Unit, 1989-94. Executive Protection Unit, 1995-96. Commander, Internal Affairs Unit, 1996-99. Member, Homeland Security Senior Policy Group, 2003-04.

Security Director, University of Maryland Medical Center, 2008-13.

Deputy Chief of Police, Sarasota, Florida, 2013-15.

Born in Harford County, Maryland, 1960. Attended Edgewood High School, Edgewood, Maryland; Towson University, B.S. (biology), 1982. The Johns Hopkins University, M.S. (business administration & management), 1998; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy. Member, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, 1995- (private security committee, 2009-13); Police Executive Research Forum, 1996-; International Association of Chiefs of Police, 1999-; Southwest Florida Chiefs Organization, 2013-; Florida Chiefs of Police Association, 2013-. Advisory Board, Sarasota Salvation Army, 2013-15. Married; two children.

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