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Harold L. Hurtt
Chief of Police - Houston Police Department
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February 27, 2004, Mayor Bill White of Houston announced Harold
Lindsay Hurtt, Chief of Police for the Phoenix, Arizona, Police
Department, as his nominee and choice to head the Houston
Police Department.
Chief Hurtt, a veteran of the United States Air
Force, began his law enforcement career in 1968 as a patrolman
in the Phoenix Police Department. Accordingly, and during
his tenure with Phoenix, he attained many promotional achievements,
including the ranks of Patrolman, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain/Commander,
Major, Assistant Chief, and eventually Executive Assistant
Chief of Police. Consequently, in 1992, Chief Hurtt retired
from the Phoenix Police Department to become Chief of Police
for the Oxnard, California, Police Department. Chief Hurtt
left his post as Chief of the Oxnard Police Department in
April 1998 to return to Phoenix as that city’s Chief
of Police.
In 2002, and again in 2004, Chief Hurtt was selected
by his peers as President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association,
which is an organization of the 63 largest police departments
in the United States and Canada. He served two terms in this
capacity.
Chief Hurtt graduated from Arizona State
University in 1977 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology,
and later earned a Master’s Degree in Organizational
Management from the University of Phoenix in 1991.
William M. Lansdowne
Chief of Police - San Diego Police
Department
 Chief
Lansdowne was sworn in as San Diego’s Chief of Police
on August 4, 2003. He presently reports directly to the Deputy
Chief Operating Officer for Public Safety & Homeland Security.
San Diego, with a population of 1.3 million people, is the
seventh largest city in the United States, and second largest
city in California.
Chief Lansdowne began his law enforcement
career in 1966, when he joined the San Jose Police Department.
He rose steadily through the ranks to the position of Assistant
Chief.
In 1994, Chief Lansdowne left San Jose to head
the police department in Richmond, CA, a diverse community
of 93,000. In August 1998, Chief Lansdowne returned to San
Jose as that city’s “top cop.”, and continued
to emphasize community involvement, holding his department
open to public scrutiny. While he was chief, San Jose became
nationally recognized as the safest large city in America.
Over the years, Chief Lansdowne has expanded
his expertise and his reputation as one of the foremost law
enforcement professionals in the country. He is a graduate
of the FBI National Academy and has served on a variety of
state and national boards, including the Major Cities Chiefs
and the National Conference for Community and Justice.
J. Thomas Manger
Chief of Police - Montgomery County
Police Department
 Chief
J. Thomas Manger was sworn in as Montgomery County Police
Chief on January 30, 2004. The Montgomery County Department
of Police (MCP) is one of the largest police departments in
the State of Maryland, with more than 1150 sworn and 550 civilian
members serving 950,000 residents in the greater Washington
D.C. Metropolitan Area.
A Maryland native, Chief Manger attended Montgomery
Blair High School and graduated from the University of Maryland
in 1976 with a B.A. in Criminal Justice. Chief Manger began
his law enforcement career in 1977 with the Fairfax County
(Virginia) Police Department. He rose through the ranks to
become Chief of Police in 1998. During his tenure in Fairfax
County, Chief Manger received numerous awards including the
Silver Medal of Valor. Chief Manger is credited with reorganizing
and expanding the Fairfax County Police Department’s
Community Policing efforts. His commitment to the highest
ethical standards for policing and his enactment of new policies
to increase departmental accountability earned significant
recognition from the community.
Chief Manger is a graduate of the F.B.I. National
Academy, the National Executive Institute, the Police Executive
Leadership School at the University of Richmond, and the Senior
Executive Institute at the University of Virginia. In 2006,
Chief Manger completed the John F. Kennedy School’s
Program for State and Local government, at Harvard University.
Ralph Mendoza
Chief of Police - Forth Worth Police Department
 Ralph
Mendoza was named the 22nd Chief of Police of Fort Worth,
Texas on February 1, 2000. Chief Mendoza, a native of the
city, was born in August, 1953. He entered the Fort Worth
Police Department in September 1972 as a police cadet and
advanced through the ranks, serving as a patrol officer in
various parts of the city. He was a crime analyst as a corporal,
assembled a gang task force in an assignment as a supervisor,
and commanded the SWAT section as a lieutenant. After appointment
to Deputy Chief in 1990, Chief Mendoza served in every bureau
of community policing and remains a staunch adherent. In 1998,
Ralph received the designation of Executive Deputy Chief and
assisted in the development of the department budget, the
administration of the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention
District and acquisition of a number of grant programs. While
serving as Acting Chief of Police in 1999, Chief Mendoza received
national attention for the decisive and sensitive manner in
which he handled a mass shooting at the Wedgewood Baptist
Church.
Chief Mendoza graduated from the University
of Texas at Arlington with a degree in Criminal Justice in
1993, and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the
Southern Police Institute. He has an advanced law enforcement
certificate, received the Certificate of Merit, and was Officer
of the Year for the Administrative Services Bureau in 1982.
Chief Mendoza is married to Cindy Mendoza, a family law attorney
and registered nurse. They have five children, four of which
attended Texas A&M University. His two sons, Jason and
Paul, are with the Fort Worth Police Department as patrol
officers. His brother, Eduardo, is the Mounted Patrol Sergeant
and another brother, Rufino, retired from the Human Resources
Department of the City.
A. M. "Jake" Jacocks, Jr.
Chief of Police - City of
Virginia Beach
 Jake
Jacocks was born and raised in Norfolk, and he began his career
with the Virginia Beach Police Department as a civilian Precinct
Desk Officer in December 1971 at the age of 19.
Since becoming a sworn officer, in October 1973,
Chief Jacocks has served in many assignments, including all
four precincts, Special Operations, the Detective Bureau,
and the Professional Standards Office. In April 1999 he was
appointed Deputy Chief of Operations.
Upon the retirement of his predecessor in August
1999, Deputy Chief Jacocks was appointed Acting Chief of Police,
and after a seven-month nationwide search and selection process,
he was appointed Chief of Police on March 15, 2000.
Chief Jacocks holds an Associates Degree in Police
Science, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology and a Master
of Public Administration degree. He is also a graduate of
the Southern Police Institutes 64th Administrative Officers
Course, the Police Executive Leadership School at the University
of Richmond, P.E.R.F.s Senior Management Institute for Police,
the F.B.I’s National Executive Institute and Leadership
Hampton Roads.
He is a member of the Executive Board and the
Homeland Security and By-Laws Committees of the Major Cities
Chiefs Association, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Criminal
Justice Services Board and their Asset Forfeiture, Grant and
By-laws sub-committees, the Virginia National Defense Industrial
Authority, the Chesapeake Bay Alcohol Safety Action Program
Policy Board and the Board of Directors of the Sugar Plum
Bakery, Inc., and is a past member of the Board of Trustees
of Leadership Hampton Roads,. Governor Timothy Kaine appointed
Chief Jacocks as a Military Aide de Camp in 2006.
Chief Jacocks received a direct commission as
an Ensign in the Naval Reserve Intelligence Program in July
1987, and currently holds the rank of Commander. He has served
in a variety of intelligence and operational reserve units,
including Department Head tours in Administration, Training,
Operations and Security.
Virginia Beach is the 40th largest city
in the nation. The Virginia Beach Police Department has an
authorized staff of 817 sworn and 170 civilian personnel,
and an annual budget of $74 million, serving a population
of 435,000 and 3 million visitors annually.
William Blair
Chief of Police - Toronto
Police Service
 William
Blair was appointed Chief of the Toronto Police Service on
April 26, 2005. The Toronto Police Service employs over 5500
police officers and 2000 civilian employees, the largest municipal
police service in Canada and one of the largest in North America.
The City of Toronto is a vibrant city covering 636 square
kilometres with a diverse population of more than 2,600,000
people.
Chief Blair started his 30 year policing career
as a beat officer in downtown Toronto, and continued with
assignments in drug enforcement, organized crime units, and
major criminal investigations.
As Toronto’s Chief of Police, he oversaw
the development of the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention
Strategy (TAVIS) to combat violent crime. Rapid response teams
are deployed to at-risk neighbourhoods to enhance enforcement
and support local policing initiatives while promoting the
role of Community Response Units and the ‘neighbourhood
police officer’.
Chief Blair holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree
from the University of Toronto with dual disciplines of Economics
and Criminology (1981) and a Certificate in Law Enforcement
Administration from the University of Toronto (1983). He is
a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National
Academy (1990) and the Police Leadership Program from the
University of Toronto, Rodman School of Business Management
(2002) and National Executive Institute (2006). He is a Member
of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) currently
serving as the President of the OACP Executive and Board of
Directors.
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