1. Richard Gil Kerlikowske was born on November 23,1949 and is a former Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection.
22 Facts About Gil Kerlikowske
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Gil Kerlikowske assumed office on March 6,2014 and retired January 20,2017.
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Gil Kerlikowske served as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy between 2009 and 2014.
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Gil Kerlikowske has served as Chief of Police in four cities and worked in the United States Justice Department.
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Gil Kerlikowske faced scrutiny in Seattle for the department's tactics during civil unrest.
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Gil Kerlikowske is currently a distinguished visiting fellow and professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University.
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Gil Kerlikowske was raised in southern Florida by his mother and stepfather.
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Gil Kerlikowske is a graduate of the National Executive Institute at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
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Gil Kerlikowske was drafted into the United States Army served from 1970 to 1972 in the military police, and was stationed in Washington, DC Part of his responsibility was saluting then-President Richard Nixon as he boarded the presidential helicopter and he was awarded the Presidential Service Badge.
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Gil Kerlikowske began his law enforcement career in 1972 as a police officer for the St Petersburg Police in Florida.
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Gil Kerlikowske served as Chief of Police in Fort Pierce, Florida and Port St Lucie, Florida.
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Gil Kerlikowske later served as police commissioner for Buffalo, New York for about a year and a half.
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Gil Kerlikowske served as a member of the United States Justice Department, where he oversaw community policing grants.
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Gil Kerlikowske oversaw the demonstrations marking the second anniversary of the controversial WTO conference in Seattle which had caused his predecessor, Norm Stamper, to resign.
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Gil Kerlikowske faced criticism over the department's slow response to the 2001 Seattle Mardi Gras Riots that left one man dead and 70 people with injuries.
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Gil Kerlikowske opposed the ballot initiative, but said such arrests were already a low priority.
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Gil Kerlikowske said Tasers and other less-lethal tools were partly responsible.
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Gil Kerlikowske joined him in a public demonstration in which they were both shocked at the same time.
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In 2005, Gil Kerlikowske faced embarrassment after having his duty handgun stolen from his locked car, which was parked on a public street.
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On February 11,2009, it was reported that Kerlikowske had accepted an offer by President Barack Obama to become Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, succeeding John P Walters.
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On May 13,2009, Gil Kerlikowske signaled that the Obama Administration would no longer use the term "War on Drugs", as it is counter-productive.
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On June 6,2011, Gil Kerlikowske published his report "Drug policies must be rooted in science," in response to a report calling for the decriminalization of illicit drugs by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.