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Colonel Michael D. Edmonson
Superintendent - Louisiana State Police
Deputy Secretary - Department of Public Safety & Corrections
Biography Information
On January 14, 2008 Major Mike Edmonson was promoted to Superintendent of Louisiana State Police and
Deputy Secretary of the Department of Public Safety after serving as the State Police’s Training Command Inspector for the past year. His previous responsibilities included supervision of the State Police Training Academy and the Joint Emergency Services Training Center.
Colonel Edmonson started his career with the Louisiana State Police as a patrolman at Troop A in 1981. He has since served as the agency’s public information spokesperson and Commander of the Public Affairs Unit. He served as the Director of Fleet Operations and Communications, the Deputy Regional Commander and Executive Officer for the Transportation and Environmental Safety Section of the State Police, Commander of the Capitol Detail and Physical Security, managing two DPS command sections that encompassed overall police duties for the Capitol Park and a 200-bed Department of Corrections inmate facility that provides a workforce to the department.
Colonel Edmonson served as the Commander of Technical Support Service, supervising the statewide criminal history repository, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the Louisiana Law Enforcement Network, the Sex Offender Registry, the Concealed Handguns Unit and the Traffic Records Unit.
Colonel Edmonson, a native of Alexandria, LA, has more than 27 years of total experience in law enforcement; a bachelor’s of criminal justice degree from LSU and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
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