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Darrel Stephens

Darrel Stephens is the Co-Director of the FSU Policing, Security Technology and Private Security Research Policy Institute.  He served as the Executive Director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA) and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Over his 50 year career he has served as police chief in four cities, including nine years (September 1999 to June 2008) as the Chief of the 2100 member Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department.. He served as one of two technical advisors to the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.