Governor-Elect Rick Scott is sending a seasoned team of law enforcement, corrections and public safety professionals on a fact-finding mission to help him identify ways to reduce the size of government, ensure safer neighborhoods across Florida and transform the manner in which we reduce crime, provide rehabilitation services and incarcerate criminals.
Scott has tasked the team with identifying innovative ideas from the private sector, success stories from other states, cost-saving opportunities and legislative priorities that will assist him as he prepares to officially take office in January.
With Scott’s inauguration quickly approaching, the Governor-elect said he was pleased to have such a committed team from across the law enforcement, corrections and legal communities working together to identify opportunities to make the state a safer place for all Florida families.
The Law and Order Transition Team Includes:
Chair: Sheriff Bob White, Pasco County
Prevention/Diversion, Reduced Recidivism, Operational Efficiencies, Emergency Response
Major General Douglas Burnett (Retired), USAF/National Guard
Sheriff Jim Coats, Pinellas County
Hon. Judge Irene Sullivan, Circuit Court Judge in the Unified Family Court; Author, Raised by the Courts
Angela Corey, State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
Linda Mills, President, Policy Catalysts LLC; criminal justice consultant to Collins Center for Public Policy
Henree Martin, Chair, Bill Glass Champions For Life Prison Ministry
Corrections:
Robert Woody, Jail Director, Alachua County; Corrections Foundation Board of Directors
Sheriff David Morgan, Escambia County
Paul Hoisington, Vice President, Net Communications
Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles:
Chris Knight, Former FHP
Michael Smith, Former FHP
Marcia Narine, Vice President, Global Compliance & Business Standards Deputy General Counsel, Ryder System, Inc.
Juvenile Justice:
Wansley Walters, Director, Miami-Dade Juvenile Services Department
David Dennis, President/CEO, Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc.
Tom Olk; Founder and Executive Director, DISC Village
Bertica Cabrera-Morris, Bertica Cabrera Morris Consulting Firm; Member, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Joe Klock – Chair, Bay Pointe
Law Enforcement:
Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, CEO of Kiernan Group Holdings
Police Chief Jeff Harrington, New Port Richey
Military Affairs:
Sen. Carey Baker, Former legislator, Guardsman
Admiral Robert Natter, USN, (Ret.)
Emergency Management:
Joe Myers, Former Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management; CEO, Disaster Strategies & Ideas Group
Ellis Stanley, Director of Western Emergency Management Services, Dewberry Inc.; Director of DNC Planning for the City & County of Denver; former General Manager of the City of Los Angeles’ Emergency Preparedness Department; serves on the Homeland Security Advisory Council’s Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee; Former Director of Louisiana Emergency Services
Chief David Paulison, served as FEMA head from 2005-2009
Karen Knapp, CEO/President, United Way of St. Lucie County; Community Organizations Active in Disaster