Resume - Sheriff L. Jesse Bane 

BIOGRAPHICAL
            -Resident of Harford County since 1954
            -Marriage of 36 years to wife, Lou Ann
            -Resident of Fallston since 1983
            -Member of Harford County Sheriff’s Office since 1972 (37 years)

EDUCATION
            -Graduate, Bel Air High School, 1966
            -Graduate, University of Maryland, College Park, 1972
                        Bachelor of Arts, Major – Criminology, Minor – Psychology
            -Graduate, National Crime Prevention Institute, University of Louisville, 1978

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
            -Achieved Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission Certification for Harford County
                        Sheriff’s Office Training Academy
            -Committee Chair to Establish the 9-1-1 Emergency Number System for Harford County
            -Author, Harford County’s Original 9-1-1 Operating Plan
            -Developed Original Emergency Operations Plans for Harford County Law Enforcement for Protection of
                        Population During Major Emergencies and Disasters
            -Committee Chair to Establish the Harford County Narcotics Task Force
            -Established the Sheriff’s Office Child Support Enforcement Unit
            -Committee Chair to Establish Harford County’s only Emergency Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence
                        And Sexual Assault
            -Partnered with Maryland Park Police and Harford County Public Schools to Provide Summer Jobs for
                       “At Risk” Harford County Youth
            -Chaired Committee to Develop Harford County’s 3-Year Delinquency Prevention Plan (2005)

PRESENT MEMBERSHIPS
            -Maryland Sheriff’s Association
            -Vice-President, Maryland Sheriff’s Institute
            -Maryland Chiefs of Police
            -Maryland Law Enforcement Officers, Inc.
            -National Sheriff’s Association
            -Board Member, Harford Leadership Academy
            -Harford County Chamber of Commerce
            -Route #40 Business Association
            -Greater Fallston Association
            -Chair, Harford County Police Commission
            -Board Member, Greater Edgewood Education Foundation
            -Harford County Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Council
            -Board Member, Maryland Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board

PAST MEMBERSHIPS
            -President and Founding Member, Maryland Crime Prevention Association
            -Governor’s Commission on Missing and Exploited Children (established during the administration of
                        Governor Harry Hughes)
            -Board of Directors, Harford County Partnership for Families, Inc.
            -President, Board of Directors, Harford County Sexual Assault and Spouse Abuse Resource Center (SARC)
            -Chair, Fallston Community Council
            -Chair, Harford County Delinquency Prevention Policy Board
            -Board of Directors, Harford Community Action Agency
            -Board of Directors, Inner County Outreach
            -Chair, Harford County Project Lift Initiative (Substance Abuse Prevention), United Way of Central Maryland
            -Harford County Community Partnership Board, United Way of Central Maryland
            -Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Board
            -President, Harford County Kiwanis
            -Past President, The Arc, Northern Chesapeake Region