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MICHAEL A. JACKSON, Acting Secretary of State Police
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2025-; School Safety Subcabinet, 2025-. Chair, Cease Fire Council, 2025-; Handgun Roster Board, 2025-; State Law Enforcement Coordinating Council, 2025-; [Secretary of State Police] Superintendent's Council of Advisors on Diversity and Inclusion, 2025-; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2025-; Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, 2025 (member, 2025-).
Member, Maryland Advanced Air Mobility Council, 2025-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2025-; Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council, 2025-; Maryland Cybersecurity Council, 2025-; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2025-; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2025- (chair, 2023-24); Statewide Interoperability Radio Control Board, 2025-; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2025-; Governor's Commission to Study Mental and Behavioral Health in Maryland, 2025-; Council on Open Data, 2025-; State Postmortem Examiners Commission, 2025-; Advisory Board on Prescription-Drug Monitoring, 2025-; Task Force to Ensure the Safety of Judicial Facilities, 2025-; Steering Committee for the Ethan Saylor Alliance for Self-Advocates as Educators, 2025-; Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2025-; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2025-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2025-. Board of Visitors, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 2025-; Commission on Trauma-Informed Care, 2025-.
Member of Senate (Democrat), representing District 27 Calvert, Charles & Prince George's Counties, January 13, 2021 to Novemeber 1, 2025. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2021-25 (pensions subcommittee, 2021-25, chair, 2023-24; procurement subcommittee, 2025; chair, public safety, transportation & environment subcommittee, 2025, member, 2021-25); Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2021-25; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2025-. Member, Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2025- (senate chair, 2023-24). Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 2025. Vice-Chair, Democratic Party Caucus, 2025-. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2021. Senate Chair, Calvert County Delegation, 2021-25. Chair, Prince George's County Delegation, 2025-. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2021-25; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2022-25 (senate chair, 2022-25).
Member, Work Group to Study Partial Expungement, 2021-22; Board of Trustees, Maryland Veterans Trust, 2021-25; Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools, 2022-23; Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Calvert County Public Schools, 2024-25; Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration, 2025.
Member of House of Delegates (Democrat), representing District 27B, Calvert and Prince George's Counties, January 14, 2015 to January 13, 2021. Resigned January 13, 2021. Vice-Chair, Appropriations Committee, 2020 (member, 2015-20; oversight committee on personnel, 2015-17; vice-chair, public safety & administration subcommittee, 2019, member, 2015-19; member, capital budget subcommittee, 2020; chair, oversight committee on pensions, 2020, member, 2017-20). Member, Public Safety and Policing Work Group, 2015-16; Joint Audit Committee, 2015-19; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2017-20; Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, 2019-20; Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019-20. House Chair, Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2019-20. Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2020; Joint Covid-19 Response Legislative Work Group, 2020. House Chair, Spending Affordability Committee, 2020. Member, Work Group to Address Police Reform and Accountability in Maryland, 2020. Chair, Prince George's County Delegation, 2018-19 (member, county affairs committee, 2017-; vice-chair, law enforcement & state-appointed boards committee, 2015-16). Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2015-20; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2015-20; Maryland Military Installation Legislative Caucus, 2017-20.
Member, Task Force to Study the Commemoration of Harriet Elizabeth Brown, 2015-16; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 2015-25; Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, 2016-21; Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland, 2018-20; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-21; Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, 2019-25.
Sheriff, Prince George's County, December 2, 2002 to December 6, 2010. Board of Directors, Economic Development Corporation, Prince George's County, 2006-10. Member, Correctional Training Commission, 2007-08; Police Training Commission, 2007-08.
Director, Executive Development Institute, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, 2011-14.
Special Assistant for Homeland Security to County Executive, Prince George's County, 2014-16. Deputy Director, Administrative Division, Office of Homeland Security, Prince George's County, 2016-.
Born in Cheverly, Maryland, March 29, 1964. Attended Crossland High School, Temple Hills, Maryland; DeVry Institute of Technology, B.S. (electronic engineering/technical management), 1986; The Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Police Executive Leadership Program. Served in U.S. Marine Corp Reserves, 1982-85. President, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge no. 112, 1997-2002. President, Maryland Sheriffs' Association, 2007-08 (member, 2002-10; 2nd vice-president, 2005-07). Board of Directors, Court Officers and Deputies Association (secretary/treasurer, 2006-10); National Sheriffs' Association. Member, American Legion Post no. 275, Glenarden; College Park Moose Lodge no. 453; Mitchellville Kiwanis Club. Adjunct Associate Professor (business & applied professional programs), University of Maryland University College, 2007-. Adjunct Associate Professor (business & management), DeVry University, 2009-. Law Enforcement Person of the Year, Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, 2007. Allied Profession Award, Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus, 2008. Married; one child.
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