SILVER SPRING, MD—Darien L. Manley, acting Park Police Division Chief in the Montgomery County Department of Parks since March 2008, was today promoted to head the Maryland-National Capital Park Police, Montgomery County Division.
“I am delighted that Commander Manley has agreed to continue to serve the Department of Parks and our community in this important and challenging role,” said Director of Parks Mary Bradford. “He has proven his leadership ability and represents the best of this department and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.”
Manley began his career with the Maryland-National Capital Park Police on August 17, 1987. He attended the Montgomery County Police Academy in that same year. During his career, he has worked, supervised or played a role in every section in the Montgomery County Park Police Division: serving as detective, patrol officer and supervisor.
He also directed the Support Operations Branch of the Prince George’s County Park Police Division for two and a half years. He has been a Maryland Police and Correction Training Commission police trainer and Firearms Instructor for almost two decades and is active in the Montgomery County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, Montgomery County Emergency Management Group and Montgomery County Executive’s Positive Youth Development Initiative Steering Committee. He also served as treasurer and bargaining team member for the Maryland-National Capital Park Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #30.
Manley has received numerous commendations and awards from the community, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and other public safety agencies and organizations, including national recognition as the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Public Safety Communications Center Director of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic region.
Currently, Manley is active in the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Recreation and Parks Association and the Maryland Recreation and Parks Association.
Manley is a strong proponent of community policing and supports the use of technology to improve the safety of Montgomery County’s parks.
For more on the Maryland-National Capital Park Police, Montgomery County Division, see www.ParkPolice.net.
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Contact:
Kelli Holsendolph
Media Relations Manager
Montgomery County Department of Parks
301-650-2866
Sgt. Lauryn McNeill
Media Relations Officer
Maryland-National Capital Park Police, Montgomery County Division
301-962-1646
240-876-6670