THOMAS H. CARR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mr. Carr was a member of the Maryland Public Safety Technology Task Force, where he provided leadership in developing and identifying innovative technologies that improved law enforcement efforts and resulted in major revenue savings. He was the principal investigator on a law enforcement data mining project funded by the National Institute of Justice and oversaw an evaluation of Maryland’s emergency calling system. He is the principal investigator on an annual grant of approximately $4.5 million from the State of Maryland, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that focuses on the conversion of mainframe technology to distributed databases. In 2010, he is slated to receive a $2.7 million grant from the bureau of Justice Assistance to fund the development and implementation of a gang task force for Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, Maryland.

Mr. Carr is the committee chair for the Performance Management Process used by the HIDTA Program, Office of National Drug Control Policy. The Performance Management Process established metrics to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of drug control efforts in the fields of drug law enforcement, treatment and prevention. His work in performance measurement earned him the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s coveted Director’s Award.

In addition, Mr. Carr develops antiterrorism curriculum and provides training for the Department of State, Office of Antiterrorism Assistance. His work in the field of antiterrorism has led him to teach in Macedonia, Peru, Thailand, Hungary, Malaysia, Jordan and El Salvador on numerous occasions. Since 2003, he has engaged students from over 30 countries in topics such as task force development, intelligence, performance management, leadership, managing change, vulnerability assessments, policy development, budgeting, red team operations and strategic planning. In addition, he has developed curriculum for the Department of State on many of these same topics and more dealing with terrorism.

In 2007, Mr. Carr was elected vice-chair of the International Association for Intelligence Education and worked with the University of Maryland University College to establish a certificate program in intelligence and crime analysis. The program commenced in the fall semester of the 2007-2008 academic year. He served as chairman of the International Association for Intelligence Education for 2008-2009 and is currently an emeritus member of the association’s executive board.

Mr. Carr has designed and implemented over 125 law enforcement task forces, 12 drug treatment/criminal justice task forces and 5 drug prevention task forces over the last 20 years. He currently administers 54 task forces and a regional intelligence center. He served for seven years as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Mr. Carr has a degree in History from Towson State University and attended the Maryland State Police Academy, the FBI National Academy, the DEA Drug Commander’s School and the Federal Executive Institute.