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SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY
The Secretary of Public Safety provides guidance to 14 state agencies, with over 22,000 employees. Some of the functions of these offices during the Kaine administration include: enforce criminal, highway safety, and alcoholic beverage and tobacco laws; teach or train approximately 18,000 adults and 1,750 youths each year; protect public safety through confinement, treatment and re-entry preparation of more than 31,000 felons and through the supervision, treatment and monitoring of over 55,000 people on parole or probation; provide technical assistance, research and training for law enforcement agencies, community fire departments and prosecutors; plan and coordinate the state's emergency preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation efforts; train over 14,000 fire fighters; investigate crimes and test crime scene evidence; train more than 8,200 Army and Air National Guard members; and provide services to Virginia's 740,000 veterans.
On December 20, 2001, Governor Mark R. Warner appointed John W. Marshall as his Secretary of Public Safety. Prior to taking this position, Marshall had served as a trooper, special agent, training academy instructor, and sergeant with the Virginia State Police. In 1994, President William J. Clinton appointed Marshall to serve as the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia. In 1999, he was nominated to serve as director of the United States Marshals Service. He was the first African-American to hold this position. Marshall was reappointed Secretary on 9 December 2005 by Governor Tim Kaine and served until January 2010.
Per § 2.2-126 of the Code of Virginia, records of the Office of the Governor will be made accessible to the public after they have been processed by the Library of Virginia.
Secretary of Public Safety Email — Now Available.
Related Paper Records include:
- Records of the Secretary of Public Safety are being processed. The records are closed to researchers until processing is complete.
- Records of the Governor’s Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (GOSAP), 2006-2010, 1 cubic feet, Accession 44692, State Records Collection, Library of Virginia. These records are unprocessed and closed to researchers.
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Related Resources – Live Web:
- Virginia General Assembly Website
- Includes bill tracking via Virginia’s Legislative Information System
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
- Virginia Register of Regulations