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This afternoon at 3:30 in Stuart 409, the Federalist Society has a very special guest coming to speak at BC Law. Mr. Louis Cannon, the Chief of Police for the United States Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence and President of the D.C. Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, will give a talk entitled “The Changing Face of Domestic Law Enforcement After 9/11.” Chief Cannon oversees all law enforcement operations along with the Disaster Preparedness and Anti-Terrorism Offices for the Office of Naval Intelligence. He is also tasked with providing security and investigation of criminal actions that occur at the National Maritime Intelligence Center and surrounding area, and providing protection of Naval Intelligence personnel and installation assets.

There will be a great spread of food and refreshments as well. Any questions about the event can be directed to Guillaume Buell ‘09, President of the Federalist Society.

More on Chief Cannon:

He previously served as Commander of Police Operations and Major Events for the Department of Treasury’s United States Mint Police. During this time he oversaw the Mint Police develop into a full service Police Department and the implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Metropolitan Police Department providing police services to the Downtown Chinatown area which lead to formation of a working security group of law enforcement agencies and private security forces that became known as the Chinatown Operations Group, CHOG. He also supervised a contingent of fifty officers that was deployed to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah that supported the United States Secret Service Protection Plan.

He coordinated and supervised the US Mint Police detail with the US Park Police for the July 4th celebrations in 2004 and 2005. He also implemented, and supervised United States Mint Police participation in the 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inauguration. He initiated and coordinated Deputizing as Special United States Deputy Marshall’s all outside agencies for the 2005 Presidential Inauguration. He was dispatched to evaluate Department of Treasury involvement and needs for Katrina Recovery Operations in 2005. He has previously served as Library of Congress Police Officer and is retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC after 22 years of service, as a supervisor with the Gun Recovery Unit. Additional assignments included time as a supervisor with the Rapid Deployment Unit, responsible for the interdiction of weapons and narcotics entering the District of Columbia, and he also served as a Patrol Officer, Tactical Enforcement Officer, and Narcotics Investigator. While with the Metropolitan Police Department Mr. Cannon received one hundred fifty-nine (159) Commendations for Service. He has also served as the Director of Security for Southern Maryland Hospital.

Mr. Cannon has served seven consecutive terms as President Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, DC serving 10,000 members locally and over 330.000 members nationally. He has served as spokesperson for both Local and National Fraternal Orders of Police when requested to testify before Congress on matters pertinent to law enforcement.

Mr. Cannon was selected by the Department of Justice to develop training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Glynco, GA on Profiling and Stops. He has also served on panels for Racial Profiling at Howard University And Catholic University Schools of Law.