CEO Changes

CALEA received the following CEO changes for client agencies:

APRIL 2013
Ray Black has been named chief of police of the Miramar (FL) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since August 1996.

Joseph A. Andzik has been named chief of police of the German Township (OH) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1999.

David Griswold has been named director of public safety at the Metropolitan Nashville (TN) Airport Authority.  The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1996.

Colonel William J. Grey has been named commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.  This agency has been law enforcement accredited since July 2000.

J. Jeffrey Smythe has been named chief of police of the Burlington (NC) Police Department.  This agency has been law enforcement accredited since April 1989.

R’ami Spain has been named director of the Savannah River Site (SC) Law Enforcement Department.  This agency has been law enforcement accredited since November 1995.

J. Michael Davis has been named interim chief of police of the North Little Rock (AR) Police Department.  This agency has been law enforcement accredited since November 2010.

Ken Bouche has been named interim chief of police for the Schaumburg (IL) Police Department.  This agency has been law enforcement accredited since March 1986.

MARCH 2013
Colonel Scott Hernandez has been named to lead the Colorado State Patrol. The department is in law enforcement self-assessment.

Brian Childress has been named chief of police of the Valdosta (GA) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 1999.

Will Johnson is the new chief of the Arlington (TX) Police Department. The department is a CALEA TRI-ARC Agency; it has been law enforcement accredited since November 1989, communications accredited since July 2004, and training academy accredited since March 2010.

James D. Schaffer has been named chief of police of the Village of Greenhills (OH) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2008.

Ray J. Tarasovic has been named chief of police of the City of Richmond (VA) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 2010.

Dan Donlin has been named chief of police of the Bismarck (ND) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 1991.

FEBRUARY 2013
Lt. Colonel Jeffery Cook has been named acting colonel of the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DE) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1996.

John Letteney has been named chief of police of the Apex (NC) Police Department. The department is enrolled in law enforcement self-assessment.

Eric Guenther has been named chief of police of the Village of Mundelein (IL) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 2001.

Scott J. Israel is the new sheriff at Broward County (FL) Sheriff’s Office. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1999 and communications accredited since July 2010.

Christine R Dunning has been named chief of police of the Wilmington (DE) Department of Police. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 1994.

Nathaniel McQueen, Jr. has been named the Colonel of the Delaware State Police. The agency has been law enforcement accredited since July 1988.

Eddie Driggers has been named chief of police of the North Charleston (SC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2007.

Cassandra Deck-Brown has been named chief of police of the Raleigh (NC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1992.

Colonel D. Samuel Dotson is the new chief of police of the St. Louis Metropolitan (MO) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 2007, training academy accredited since March 2012, and is in communications self-assessment.

Stephan Hudson is the new chief of police of the Prince William County (VA) Police Department. The department is a CALEA Tri-ARC Agency; it has been law enforcement accredited since November 1987, communications accredited since March 2003, and training academy accredited since November 2009.

Harold Medlock has been named chief of police of the Fayetteville (NC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1989.

JANUARY 2013
Mark Holtzman has been named acting chief of the Hagerstown (MD) Department of Police. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1994.

Elmer Setting has been named acting chief of the New Castle County (DE) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1988.

Galen Carroll has been named chief of police of the Modesto (CA) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2005.

Chris Watts has been named chief of police of the Rock Hill (SC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2001.

DECEMBER 2012
Kim Dine has been named chief of the United States Capitol Police. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 2002.

Hassan Aden has been named chief of police of the Greenville (NC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1995.

Polly Hanson has been named chief of police of the Amtrak Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 2012.

Darel Krieger has been named chief of the Plainfield (IN) Metropolitan Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1997.

Christine Dunning has been named chief of police of the Wilmington (DE) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 1994.

NOVEMBER 2012
Dana E. Watson has been named chief of police of Margate (FL) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1994.

Thomas Townsend has been named acting chief of police of the Hampton (VA) Police Division. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1988.

John Horvath has been named chief of police of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Police Department. The department is in self-assessment, and will receive its initial law enforcement accreditation review at the Fall 2012 Conference in Jacksonville.

Joey Reynolds has been named chief of police of the Bluffton (SC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2009.

SEPTEMBER 2012
Barry Barnard has been named acting chief of Prince William County (VA) Police Department following the recent retirement of Chief Charlie T. Deane. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 2004, communications accredited since March 2003, and training academy accredited since November 2009.

AUGUST 2012
Sam Ceballos Jr. has been chief of police of the Pinecrest (FL) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 2004.

Colonel Larry W. Tolliver has been named chief of police of Anne Arundel County (MD) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 1994.

Todd Schmaderer is the new chief of police of the Omaha (NE) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2001.

Associate Vice President Public Safety Education Campus Anthony M. Caison has been named acting Director of the Wake Tech Community College Public Safety Training Academy. The department is in training academy self-assessment.

Howard B. Hall has been named the chief of police of the Roanoke County (VA) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1992.

JULY 2012
Herman T. Jones has been appointed Sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas. The Sheriff’s Office has been law enforcement accredited since March 2006.

Deborah Black has been named interim chief of police of the Glendale (AZ) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 2000.

Tom Kulhawik is the new chief of police of the Norwalk (CT) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1995.

JUNE 2012
Robert W. Marshall is the new chief of police for the Naperville (IL) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1992 and communications accredited since July 2001.

Kimberley K. Jacobs has been named chief of police of the Columbus (OH) Division of Police. The department has been law enforcement accredited since July 1999.

Robert R. Morrison is the new chief of police of the Union Pacific Police Department (NE). The department is in self-assessment in both the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Communications Accreditation Programs.

Troy Lane is the new chief of police for the University of Tennessee Police Department, Knoxville. The department has been law enforcement accredited since August 2009.

Assistant Police Chief Katherine Bryant has been named interim chief of police for the Fayetteville (NC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1989. 

MAY 2012
Roy Wright is the new chief of police for the Richmond Heights (MO) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since December 2008.

Douglass Miller has been named interim chief of the California State University, San Marcos Police Department. The department is in law enforcement self-assessment. 

Director Leroy Smith took over as the CEO of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety as of November 15, 2011. The department has been law enforcement accredited since August 1998. 

Timothy R. Bellamy is the new chief of police for the North Carolina Central University Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2010. 

Christopher Marsala is the new chief of police for the Manalapan Township (NJ) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2010. 

William Anderson has been named chief of the Asheville (NC) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1994.

APRIL 2012
Tony Pustizzi is the new chief of police for the Coral Springs (FL) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1988.

Deputy Police Chief Lewis Morris has been named interim chief of the Huntsville (AL) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1996.

Daniel Garcia is the new chief of police for the Phoenix (AZ) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1986.

Jeff Hughes is the new chief of police for the Brentwood (TN) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 1989.

March 2012
Floyd Simpson is the new chief of police for the Corpus Christi (TX) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 2009.

Roy Wright has been named interim chief of the Richmond Heights (MO) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since December 2008.

Kevin Shoppas was named Director of Public Safety of the Burlington Township (NJ) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2000.


February 2012
Jeff Mitchell is the new chief of police for the Lebanon (OH) Division of Police. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1986.

William J. Anderson is the new chief of police for the Asheville (NC) Police Department. This agency has been law enforcement accredited since November 1994.

Steve Johnson has been named interim chief for the Hermosa Beach (CA) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since November 2010.

Billy Bolin has been named the new chief of police for Evansville (IN) Police Department. The Evansville Police have been law enforcement accredited since November 1994.

Art Pierce has been named to the newly created position of Superintendent of Nation Police and Joseph Smith has been promoted to Chief of the Oneida Nation (NY) Police Department. This agency has been law enforcement accredited since 1998.

Michael W. Reaves is the new chief of police for Port Huron (MI) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1995.

Maggie A. DeBoard has been named chief of police of the Herndon (VA) Police Department. The Herndon Police have been law enforcement accredited since November 1986.

Lieutenant Scott Scrimizzi was appointed acting chief of the Hamilton (OH) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 1990.

David Dowling is the new chief of police at the Schererville (IN) Police Department. This agency has been law enforcement accredited since July 2011.

Mark Swartz is the new chief of police for the Beech Grove (IN) Police Department. The department is in law enforcement self-assessment.

David VanArsdale has been named chief of police of the Middletown (OH) Police Department. The department has been law enforcement accredited since March 2005.

Greg Vesta is the new chief of police for the Wood Dale (IL) Police Department. This department has been law enforcement accredited since July 2001 and communications accredited since November 2003.

January 2012

Steve Stahl has been named Interim Chief of the City of Maricopa (AZ) Police Department. This agency is in law enforcement self-assessment.

Colonel W. Scott McLaren is the new CEO of the New Castle County (DE) Division of Police, an accredited agency since November 1988.

John Fitzgerald has been appointed Chief of Police at Chevy Chase Village (MD) Police Department, an accredited agency since August 1998.

William Halliburton is the new Chief of Police of the Albemarle (NC) Police Department, which has been law enforcement accredited since July 1995.

The new CEO of the New York City Police Department Training Bureau is Deputy Commissioner Dr. James O'Keefe. It has been Public Safety Training Academy accredited since November 2006.

Interim CEO for Delaware County (OH) Emergency Communications is Barbara Temple. This agency is in Public Safety Communications self-assessment.