DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, Terrence B. Sheridan, Maryland Secretary of State Police] COL. TERRENCE B. SHERIDAN
Secretary of State Police, 2007-11

Secretary of State Police, June 13, 2007 to August 1, 2011. Retired August 1, 2011. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2007-11. Chair, Cease Fire Council, 2007-11; Handgun Roster Board, 2007-11; Police Training Commission, 2007-11; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2007-11.

Member, State Child Fatality Review Team, 2007-11; Governor's Family Violence Council (formerly Governor's Council on Family Violence Prevention), 2007-11; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2007-11; State Postmortem Examiners Commission, 2007-11; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2007-11. Board of Visitors, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 2007-11. Chair, Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2008-11. Member, Commission to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial, 2009-10; Maryland Integrated Map Executive Committee, 2009-11; Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety, 2011.

Served in Maryland State Police, 1965-95. Commander, Drug Enforcement Division, 1990-92. Assistant Chief, Special Operations Bureau, 1992-94. Commander, Bureau of Drug Enforcement, 1994-95.

Member, Task Force to Study Identity Theft, 2007; Task Force on School Safety, 2007; Task Force to Combat Driving under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol, 2007-08.

Executive Assistant for Student Safety, Baltimore County Public School System, 1995-96.

Chief of Police, Baltimore County, 1996-2007, 2017-.

Loyola College of Maryland, B.A. (sociology). Served in Maryland Army National Guard. Graduate, National Executive Institute; FBI National Academy. Member, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association; Police Executive Research Forum; International Association of Chiefs of Police.

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