Commissioners to Serve on Homeland Security Advisory Council
Homeland Security Advisor, Tom Ridge,
appointed two CALEA Commissioners to serve as members of the Emergency Services,
Law Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals Senior Advisory Committee to
the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council.
The purpose of
this committee is to provide the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council
with advice on increasing America's security from experts representing the
nation's emergency response community.
CALEA
Vice Chair James T. Moore of Florida will serve as the Vice Chair of the
Council. He is the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
In addition to his law enforcement responsibilities, he will be Florida’s
Incident Commander in the event of a terrorist attack in that state.
Commissioner
Phil E. Keith, Chief of Police, Knoxville, Tennessee, was also appointed as a
member. Under his leadership, the Knoxville Police Department became nationally
accredited and was selected to serve as national demonstration site for
community policing.
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